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Automation / Macro Software Languages, Libraries, or Tools
Based on this info, what automation tools / libraries / scripting languages do you suggest?
I have a C++ / C# backround
I have a Python future
I use Windows, but would very much prefer a ...
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How do they make games cross platform? [closed]
How do they do it technically? Let's take PC, XBox and Playstation for example, how do they make a game work on all platforms? In what language are they written? How do they change all the minor ...
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How do I decide between Code::Blocks and Free Pascal + Lazarus [closed]
I hope this is a meaningful question.
My background is from Pascal, C/C++ (Borland), VB and a few other DOS-generation languages.
Since I switched to Ubuntu/Linux, I've been trying to throw away VB ...
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Undefined reference to _aacplusEncOpen
Following is the copy of my config.log file->
http://pastebin.com/embed_js.php?i=UyTBTTZv
Following is copy of configure file->
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Additionally: As of now ...
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Cross Platform shortcuts
I have a bunch of notes stored in plain text files about various topics I'm interested in. I organize them in a hierarchy of directories and use Windows shortcuts when a file could fit in more than ...
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Most compatible video/audio format for Mac+PC (including legacy machines)?
We're a small non-profit and we're authoring some data DVDs with some instructional videos on them (mostly Powerpoint and video screen captures).
Some of our users may be computer novices, others may ...
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Cross-platform Mercurial settings
I have project files in Dropbox, VC-ed with Mercurial. This way I can work on the same code in Windows at work and in Linux at home. The central repository is on our institute Samba file server, which ...
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Running Market Android apps on the simulator
(Related to, but not the same as this).
I used to be an Android user but switched to an iPhone. There are a few apps that I would like to continue to use, but the idea of carrying around a second ...
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Can Mac OS X be used as a complete subtitute for Ubuntu?
I'm considering buying a MacBook Pro, and though I know that I can triple boot it (Mac OS X, Windows, Ubuntu), I really do not want to give up the ease-of-use of OS X for which Mac is so famous for. ...
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Open-source cross-platform (or MacOSX) tracking software
I'm searching for some software (or some simple scripts or even only code snippets) which:
is Open Source
runs in the background
collects some information
most importantly location information ...
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Best solutions to archive e-mail for cross platform access [closed]
I've got emails going back as far as the early 90s and currently they are spread through various backups of TB, pst files, even a load of mac emails.
I currenly have around 9 or 10 accounts (as I ...
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Standardizing Font Rendering Across Mac, Linux, and Windows
Is there any practical solution for standardizing the display of fonts across Mac, Linux, and Windows platforms? I work in a small office that uses Windows, Mac, and Linux. We mostly use Openoffice, ...
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what's the downside to leaving ascii files with LF line endings in Windows
I'm collaborating on a Git project that has developers on OSX, Linux and Windows. I've set my autocrlf setting to auto which means that it converts the line endings to CRLF as it pulls them down to ...
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Cross platform Hard Disk encryption?
I would like to encrypt my hard drive so that it requires a password to access it. However features like BitLocker in Windows will only work under Windows, and cannot be accessed from another OS such ...
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Cross-platform implementation of GNU tools? (Preferably Java)
I'd like to have GNU tools available on multiple platforms, behaving the same.
I know there are ports, like http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/, but they are different from what's supported by the linux ...
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Free, open source, cross-platform alternative to Skype
What free, open source, cross-platform alternatives to Skype are there that also don't contain banner ads (although a reminder for donations at shutdown would be acceptable)? Connecting to real ...
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Reliable, free 2D dimensional drawing tool
So far the CAD programs I have checked don't seem to support what I am looking for - but I'd be happy to be shown wrong :)
I want to be able to create dimensioned, scalable 2D drawings - specifically ...
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Is there software that will organize files and folders?
I'm looking to organize my files and folders and was wondering if there was a software that fits some of these criterion:
Scans specified folders, and pulls them up so that I can easily identify ...
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Where does flash player save permanent files to, like game saves, or configurations?
I'd like to grab a copy of a save file I have for a flash game (to be fair, there's at least 20 hours of gaming in that save).
I assume that different browsers and different operating systems do ...
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Cross-platform storing passwords [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you keep track of all your passwords?
Hello,
Is there any good cross-platform software for managing logins and passwords.
I'm going to store encrypted file in ...
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Is it a good idea to use compressed NTFS filesystem on an external harddisk?
I'm thinking about using compressed NTFS on my external USB harddisk. It should be used for backups only.
Is it possible to access it from Linux?
Is it reliable?
According to Microsoft it's slower ...
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Running a Windows Application on a Mac
I just did a presentation to a client of mine of a commercial Windows application I just made available. The problem is that this client just has Mac machines. I don’t know the Mac OS version.
So how ...
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How do I identify the file system used on a partition?
Let's say I have a disk which has undergone corruption and I can't boot it anymore.
How can I identify out the file system that has been used for the disk partition in an easy way?
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Cross platform network aware clipboard
Do you know of any network-aware cut'n paste (clipboard) tool between Windows (XP min) and Linux (Ubuntu) - Need to free scarce brainpower resource consumed by retyping dodging strategies.
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distcc with serial cable or usb
Has anybody cross-compiled with distgcc where the host and target are connected through a serial or usb cable?
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Free virtualization with cross-platform migration
I will soon be setting up a home server running both Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu Linux. This server will host some webservices, and as a home user, sometimes unexpected maintenance is required (this ...
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Cross-platform file system open-source
What is the best cross-platform file system, for Linux, Windows, MacOSX and FreeBSD?
NTFS would be the best option but isn't open source.
FAT has important limitations like 4GB per file.
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Which Large File System Format to use for USB Flash drive compatible with Ubuntu/Mac/Windows?
I've had this problem for a long time and can't find a solution. I switch between the 3 OSes all the time and use a 1TB USB Drive to do so. I can't seem to find a format that is compatible across all ...
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SQLite DB borked when opened on a different machine
I'm using SQLite to store some data. The primary database is on a NAS (Debian Lenny, 2.6.15, armv4l) since the NAS runs a script which updates the data every day. A typical "select * from tableX" ...
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Cross platform diagramming tool
I am looking for a cross platform diagramming tool like Viso I can use on Windows, Linux, and OS-X for diagramming. Are there any decent ones available?
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Is there a tool for verifying the contents of a Zip archive against the source directory's contents?
Here's the scenario:
I create a ZIP archive using some GUI package like WinZip, 7-Zip or whatever by right-clicking on a directory "somename" and selecting "Compress to archive 'somename.zip'"
When ...
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Automated Video Encoding Solution
The Problem
I have around 3000+ videos growing daily. Each of these videos need to be converted to H.264, with 2 audio tracks, straight through and Stereo in an M4V container. I currently use a .Net ...
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git stash running on crossplatform ntfs folder
I've put my working dir on an ntfs drive so as to be able to work from both windows and ubuntu linux. I've put this one under git. When I try to run "git stash" from ubuntu, I've got the following ...
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Importing GnuCash data into Quicken
I've been looking and it seems like no one has ever moved from GnuCash to Quicken!
I know that GnuCash can import .qif's but Quicken cannot import GnuCash's XML files and I can't see any way to ...
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Can MS Office or OpenOffice.org open Pages documents from an iPad?
Can MS Office or OpenOffice.org open Pages documents from an iPad?
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How can I disable receiving HTML email?
I want to decrease the risk of exploits from emails in Opera Mail by disabling seeing the HTML version of emails. Is there a way to do this?
I know how to set Opera to prefer plain text, but I want ...
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What soundcard should I use for cross-platform professional audio software development?
So, someone stole my sound card. It was a beautiful Terratec PHASE 26 USB and I liked it a whole lot. Except it was rather clumsy to work with in a Win/Mac environment for MIDI development, since MIDI ...
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Keynote to DVD?
Is there away to burn a Keynote presentation to a DVD that will work in DVD players and PC's? I'm using Keynote 5.
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Internet Federated web server?
I'm not sure what to call this...
What I would like to do is have a web server that is capable of serving pages from separate servers across the internet (not a local network).
eg,
If I visit ...
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Cross-platform file-sharing over wifi
My iPhone has a program called Discover that creates a local website that allows me to share files from my phone over wifi and upload files. I have quite a limited download cap, so keeping the traffic ...
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How can I sync my clipboard across multiple computers?
What's the easiest way to sync a clipboard between multiple computers? I would prefer a cross-platform solution but anything is better then nothing.
I do want to be on a different network and still ...
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How to start gVim maximized?
How to make gVim automatically maximize it's window when I open it? And a cross-plataform solution, I'm trying to use the same configs in a Linux and Windows machine...
I've tried the hack :set ...
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Alternative to Dropbox (on my server)?
I love using Dropbox to sync files between all my machines, and I've heard it uses RSync internally to keep files synced.
Sometimes I need to sync very large things, and I don't necessarily want to ...
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WYSIWYG editor for structured text (suitable for SVN versioning)
I'm looking for an
open source
cross platform
WYSIWYG
editor that I can use to write documentation. I'm not looking for a web based solution - i.e. it should work without a web server, and I want ...
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What is the most portable and cross-platform format to store my email backups?
I currently use gmail, but this question is valid for any client: What is the best way to backup and store my email so that in the future I will be able to access it on a variety of platforms and ...
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Open source chat protocol that handles voice & video?
I'm looking for a chat protocol which:
Has easy to use clients which will run on both Windows and Linux.
Has a server which I can run myself on Linux (preferably easy to set up).
Supports duplexed ...
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Cross OS data recovery, USB drive involved.
A MacBook had OS X 10.4 and Windows XP dual booting using rEFIt. Then the Windows partition gets corrupted and it won't boot. Presumably a virus. There were sensitive files there and those were ...
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Recommend Online password manager [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
online password manager with sharing capabilities
Hi,
I am looking for a good online password manager with the following requirements:
Single click login from ...
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Cross-platform note taking / wiki application that is lightweight/simple to use? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What is your notes taking tool ?
I am looking for a note-taking / desktop-wiki app that would work on Mac and Windows with the following features:
Very simple UI and ...
