How to fork off a process from a program in C. Simple netcat example.

This post will explain how to fork() off a daemon process from a program in C. This is good if you wish to run a process on a machine after the program has finished and you have been returned to the command prompt. The sample program below uses the int daemon(int nochdir, int noclose); function … Read more

Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04 need to keep a consistent desktop environment.

The Ubuntu 12.04 release is coming in 2012 and they are sticking with the Unity desktop for the foreseeable future. I understand that the Gnome team are not working on the Gnome 2 desktop anymore and they have moved on to Gnome Shell and that the new interface is here to stay, but I wish … Read more