ramesh gandhi

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 03:52 +0530, ramesh wrote:
> I am the starter  to Ubuntu.
> 
> I want to know the followings:
> 
> 1)Is it possible to install .exe files in Ubuntu? And how?
> 
> 2)what are the executable files in Ubuntu.

  This is actually Your better first question, so I'll deal with it
first.  Linux has a number of executable file types, binary blobs (can
be .bin); script files (e.g. .sh ); interpreted languages (Java, python,
etc); compiled interpreted files Python, Java et al. (Python compiled
file is .pyc); script and binary blob (.run)

  If you are thinking of actual Windows .EXE (or .COM) files these are
compiled into binary format and executed.

> 3)how to install a new software in Ubuntu with out having internet?

  You would need to get the application that you want to install and all
of it's dependencies onto the system one way or another.

> 4)how to edit or access the source code of Ubuntu or any application
> source code?

  You can download and install the source code for any FOSS software
covered under the GPL (it is part of the license demand), and then look
at it with any decent text editor, look at your repository setup in
Synaptic, there are names (unchecked) of the various source repositories
with their URL's.

  HTH

  Take Care,

  Mike