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Hi I'm just starting to learn to program and stuff and I want to program Linux and I just don't know where to start so if you could help me the would help me a lot. If i said something wrong please feel free to correct me. Thank you very much.

Yeah thats were im confused is what I want to do. I'm already learning python programing but were do I start on Linux?

slashkele: Like many platforms some languages are easier than others. C is a good language to start with and most Linux distributions have C compilers to run applications written in C. As where to start maybe buy a book that introduces you to programming in C? Just my 2 cents.

another vote for C from me; python+C seems good. Java for mobile phones. However in the office i have a particular dislike for individuals who learnt Java at college and then C++ from that, and then declare you can't use a "#define" to solve a problem with the compiler not handling the machines' instruction set, or that you can't use C functions or duplicate class definitions for reducing inter-file recompile dependancies when designing interfaces for a large program because it breaks visual-studio 'intellisense'. GRRRRRRR. worst of all are java types who declare "one class per source file" (no, thats a wasted opportunity to group classes into concepts, or a statement that java wastes filenames) mobile phone apps are small so should be ok for C if the world was working right :) - low-power devices hence would benefit from better low-level skills... Learn to [i]program[/i] then learn/demand tools to help you organize/interpret them. python-to-C is a very interesting research area (what are templates for? plus look at c++0x "auto" type..) [Modified by: ceti331 on August 29, 2008 06:25 PM]