Micah Carrick

Here are some commands I use ALL THE TIME when working on a web server through SSH. I'll try to update it as I think of other stuff that comes in handy.
Read the rest of this entry »

I have been running Ubuntu for a few months and have seldom--if ever--needed Windows. However, I've recently needed to test some software on both Windows and Fedora Linux. So, I had to add a Windows XP installation and a Fedora Core 6 installation to my current Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" system. Here's some install notes.
Read the rest of this entry »

I haven't tried it out yet but I've stumbled across an AVR microcontroller IDE for Linux. It's called KontrollerLab and looks promising. When I searched around about a year ago I couldn't find anything and have often considered starting a project myself. But I like what I'm seeing here. It's called KontrollerLab.
Read the rest of this entry »

As a web developer and programmer, I prefer to use a powerful text editor over WYSIWYG software. I write code using HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, etc. The standard text editor that comes with GNOME is much more powerful than you may know. This article is written to illustrate how you can configure gedit for use as a powerful, stable web developer's text editor.
Read the rest of this entry »

I see people asking around in the forums quite often about which tools to use for web development in Linux. Here are some tools and instructions for setting up your gnome-based Linux distributions to handle all your web development needs.

I won't be discussing any commercial software here. Just the open-source (free) stuff.
Read the rest of this entry »

Anjuta is a nice programming IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Gnome. I use it for C and GTK+ programming. Today I installed version 2.2.1 on my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn distro running AMD64. This isn't an extensive installation guide, but instead just a couple of notes on possible hang ups.
Read the rest of this entry »

From Visual Basic...

... to C/GTK+

Read the rest of this entry »

If you a home hobbiest such as myself, having an oscilloscope is ideal, but may not be economically feasible. However, there is a free option available. xoscope For Linux is a GTK application which allows you to view signals through your PC's sound card (thus limiting the range to audio frequencies dependent upon the sound card being used). This can come in handy for robotics type hobby projects. Additionally, the author (Tim Witham) has provided a buffer hardware circuit to buffer the proble similar to a true oscillosope and protect your PC's Line In from excessive voltages.

Read the rest of this entry »

In this example code, I show how to use the GtkFontSelectionDialog and the GtkColorSelectionDialog using C/GTK+ and libglade. Both dialogs as well as the main window are in the gui.glade file created by Glade.

Read the rest of this entry »

This is a simple Linux application using GTK+ and libglade to demonstrate some very simple dialog boxes. The application's interface is created in Glade and accessed using libglade, however, the dialog boxes are implemented entirely in GTK+ code since they're so easy to implement that way. These dialog boxes are from the GtkMessageDialog widget, which is a derivative of the GtkDialog widget.

Read the rest of this entry »