what langs?

[Zirconium]

I want to know what programming langs are used in, say Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Freespire, and what langs are used in the DE's Xfce, Gnome and K

oh and please list all of them, but if you can't, list all the ones you know of, and if someone has posted a lang, please don't post it again

I also want to know what is required to make a Linux distro, edit the kernel, make a DE, and where to get them

no I'm not going to make a distro yet, I just to learn the langs and tools required

[valan]

XFce and Gnome both are C. KDE is C++. The distros use any number of a variety of languages, but most of the software will probably be C. If you want to make a distro, check out Linux From Scratch. That's just the beginning. All the other stuff, look into google.

[Zirconium]

ok so what are the ones used in all of them, not the ones that vary between distros?

and what ones other than the ones used in all are used in Ubuntu?

[techieMoe]

ok so what are the ones used in all of them, not the ones that vary between distros?

and what ones other than the ones used in all are used in Ubuntu?

C. Every distribution on the planet uses C, because the Linux kernel and all the basic utilities included with it are in C. Some use C++ as well.

[RobinVossen]

The languages that are Active in the Linux World (as far as I know) are:
C, C++, Perl, Phyton, Bash, AWK, SED.
The Languages also used a lot by linux people for websites are:
php, mysql, Perl, Phyton
The Languages that are used a lot when you do Embedded Linux are:
C, C++, ARM-Assembler, SPARC-Assembler

and Ive heard Java is also used. But I dont know about that.

But if you want to write your own DE and Kernel mod and Distro you better learn C, C++ and have a whole lot of time.

Cheers,
Robin

[Zirconium]

Okay, thank you very much for the answers, now I just need to find some books on programming using Linux

[RobinVossen]

Look at Oreily Serries and not at the "For Dummys" Serries..

[apoorv_khurasia]

I am a personal fan of the OReilly Head First books. They are really great.

[Zirconium]

where can I get them?

[apoorv_khurasia]

I think any technical book store (I don't know if there is such a concept in your locality) will have them. This is how I got them.