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== Suggested Prework == You might want to change some Ubuntu default settings. By default, after the system is idle, the screen blanks and you'll have to re-enter your password when you start using it. You can turn off the screen lock on resume by hitting the Windows key, clicking the wrench icon ("System Settings") in the left vertical menu. Then click the "Brightness and Lock" icon, and hit the Lock toggle button to make it read OFF. You probably still want to require your password when waking from suspend, but it's up to you. |
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| Tip: You may want to pin the terminal app for easy access by hitting the Windows logo key, moving your mouse over the terminal icon on the left vertical menu, right clicking, and chosing "Lock to Launcher". You can make the menu go away by hitting the escape key. | Tip: You may want to pin the terminal app for easy access. Do that by hitting the Windows logo key, moving your mouse over the terminal icon on the left vertical menu, right clicking, and chosing "Lock to Launcher". You can make the menu go away by hitting the escape key. |
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| Once that finishes, run these three commands: | Once that finishes, run these two commands: |
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| mkdir git mkdir git/kernels |
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| Tip: mkdir creates directories, and cd changes the current working directory to a different directory. You can learn more about any command by reading the manual pages. Simply prefixing the command with the word "man", e.g. {{{man mkdir}}}. | Tip: mkdir creates directories, and cd changes the current working directory to a different directory. You can learn more about any command by reading the manual pages. Simply prefixing the command with the word "man", e.g. {{{man mkdir}}}. |
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That's going to take a while. Why don't you read up on [http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ Linux Device Drivers] in the meantime? |
Option 1: Running the VMPlayer Image in Linux
Option 2: Developing on a native Linux platform
These instructions assume you're running a varient of Ubuntu (like 12.04 LTS).
Install some packages
First, open a terminal. Click the ubuntu logo at the top left corner and type "terminal". Click the terminal screen icon.
- Tip: You may want to pin the terminal app for easy access. Do that by hitting the Windows logo key, moving your mouse over the terminal icon on the left vertical menu, right clicking, and chosing "Lock to Launcher". You can make the menu go away by hitting the escape key.
Next, run this command:
sudo apt-get install vim libncurses5-dev gcc make git exuberant-ctags
Setup your Linux kernel code repository
Once that finishes, run these two commands:
mkdir -p git/kernels cd git/kernels
Tip: mkdir creates directories, and cd changes the current working directory to a different directory. You can learn more about any command by reading the manual pages. Simply prefixing the command with the word "man", e.g. man mkdir.
Then use the revision control system called [http://git-scm.com/ git] to clone Linus Torvalds' repository:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
That's going to take a while. Why don't you read up on [http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ Linux Device Drivers] in the meantime?