How to compile android emulator on ubuntu 13.10

I was trying to make some modifications to android emulator and was unable to find good set of instructions for the compiling the same. Here are mine. Bash 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 # Get the source code. git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/qemu cd qemu # Install required dependencies. sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib libesd0-dev libx11-dev \ libxext-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev \ lib32stdc++-4.8-dev # Install ia32 libraries (missing from default ubuntu 13....

FOSS (Free and Open Source Code) Licensing FAQ

There are two choices while writing on this topic. One is to write a detailed and accurate port. The other is to write a short post. I preferred the second approach and had added appropriate links to dig further. Target Audience? Someone who is planning to use FOSS, free and open-source code, as a building block for their software development. Someone who wants to contribute to FOSS Someone who wants to release source code of their project聽in public

How Indian Government deals with Technology

This article illustrates some examples of how the Indian government deals with (Information) Technology. Some of these projects are unheard of while some generated unnecessary hype.

Understanding Directory Permissions on Linux

This blog post is for those who understand how file permissions work but are looking for an explanation on how file permissions behave when they are applied to directories.

Programming in Linux for newbies

This is meant to be a small guide (though not exhaustive) for students beginning to program on Linux system. Particularly for those, who have done extensive C/C++ programming in Windows, using the Borland/Turbo interface or the Visual C++ interface, and are greatly intimidated by the Linux platform.