General Linux

Question on the '.d' directory suffix convention.
On Jun 16, 4:36 pm, Maxwell Lol <nos...(a)com.invalid> wrote: So "traditionally" directories ending in .d contain scripts. But now it seems that the .d extension no longer means this. Thanks. Would you know of a counter-example... of the '.d' extension meaning something other than a directory containing script... 19 Jun 2008 01:17

best protocol for --prefix etc. when doing a non-root install
When I install a package (say, bashdb) from source and want to do it only for my user (foouser as opposed to root) I use: mkdir /home/foouser/bin/bashdb ../configure --prefix=/home/foouser/bin/bashdb make make install The above approach usually generates directories of the form: /home/foouser/bin/bas... 19 Jun 2008 01:17

A smooth video capture of Compiz Fusion? How?
Hi folks, I have tried several applications over the weekend that take a video capture of X + Compiz Fusion. I have also spent a fair bit of the time doing web searches for information. So far I cannot figure out how to get a smooth video doing this. Granted I am mostly using GUI based tools. If there is a CLI or... 19 Jun 2008 02:25

where can I find the devel / src headers for bash itself;
I was trying to install bashdb (the bash debugger) on my RHEL system and it wants the path to my bash source to optimze some stuff. Of course I have bash (ver 3.2) on my system. But where is the source (it says at least it wants at least the headers) Usually yum yields the package-devel entries. But a `yum sea... 19 Jun 2008 01:17

KDE: how to make app start maximized?
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:18:30 +0200, dillinger wrote: Click on the window's icon (top left) and choose Advanced > Special Window Settings. You can edit these settings from the main menu: Settings > Desktop > Window-Specific Settings There must be another way to achieve that without having to implement a... 20 Jun 2008 09:09

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Help wanted - P/T Linux/c++/scripting - New Jersey
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