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Probably a dumb question but... I think the age of Linux is coming, and I've used ubuntu for a good while in the past, but I'm not gonna switch until more support is added. This summer its gonna be my goal to master java, and I was just thinking that I should contribute to the compatibility cause.

 

I'm sorry if this is a very broad topic, but what do  I need to do to ensure anything I write is linux compatible? All I know is that it has trouble running .exe

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Probably a dumb question but... I think the age of Linux is coming, and I've used ubuntu for a good while in the past, but I'm not gonna switch until more support is added. This summer its gonna be my goal to master java, and I was just thinking that I should contribute to the compatibility cause.

 

I'm sorry if this is a very broad topic, but what do  I need to do to ensure anything I write is linux compatible? All I know is that it has trouble running .exe

if you want to write programs that are linux compatible, do your programming on linux.

most languages can be compiled for linux, but I may be wrong, I only write programs in C.

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 All I know is that it has trouble running .exe

 

Trouble? its not supposed to run .exe lol

 

If you want to contribute, you can contribute on some open source projects for the ubuntu or such. Tho, i think more C/C++ than java there but good luck :)

 

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Trouble? its not supposed to run .exe lol

 

If you want to contribute, you can contribute on some open source projects for the ubuntu or such. Tho, i think more C/C++ than java there but good luck :)

 

WINE is used a ton from what I've seen. When I say trouble I mean that WINE does have issues with some programs

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if you want to write programs that are linux compatible, do your programming on linux.

most languages can be compiled for linux, but I may be wrong, I only write programs in C.

What changes by programming on linux? Does it compile differently or are different errors highlighted? Could I just write it on windows, switch to linux, test everything then compile a "linux version"?

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What changes by programming on linux? Does it compile differently or are different errors highlighted? Could I just write it on windows, switch to linux, test everything then compile a "linux version"?

the source code should be the same. all of the C programs I've written compiled fine on both windows and linux, but I find linux to be nicer to program in, as I compile with GCC and it's much better implemented on linux.

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Based on that question, can someone tell me how to install steam on ubuntu 14.04? I try to do it and it's updating the steam and then disaster strike ( a blackout). Later when I try to install it fresh from the start, it won't let me

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Based on that question, can someone tell me how to install steam on ubuntu 14.04? I try to do it and it's updating the steam and then disaster strike ( a blackout). Later when I try to install it fresh from the start, it won't let me

Have you tried sudo apt-get remove Steam followed by sudo apt-get install Steam ?

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