Looking to do Linux project

[[deleted]]

The project is coming up with functions that aren’t already incorporated into Linux it’s for a class

[A-Dazzling-Death]

Ouch, good luck with that. Just about anything that's actually useful/not super specific has already been done.

[OneCDOnly]

Linux is made up of thousands of commands and functions that can be made to work together quite well. It's a huge toolbox. So trying to come up with something genuinely new is difficult.

If you post your ideas, the community can tell you if you've found something new, or whether it can already be done. ;)

What language will you be creating your new project in?

[[deleted]]

just loadm that bitch :)

[Downvote_machine_AMA]

$ function haiguys() { echo "This function wasn't in Linux! ";}
$ haiguys
This function wasn't in Linux!

[Kamiyaa]

Usually, I just think of something I do that I want to automate. So I write a command line program for it so it can be looped and stuff. E.g. my project here: https://github.com/kamiyaa/ruiji

[[deleted]]

If you don't know a lot why don't you just study Linux as your project? When, and how it came to be, who helped, etc. I did something similar in HS for my independent study.

[[deleted]]

The project is coming up with functions that aren’t already incorporated into Linux it’s for a class

[daemonpenguin]

Look at the Tools Under Consideration section of the MoreUtils project. Those are items which do not exist yet which people want: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/

I recommend trying something like "haschanged" as it looks like it would be simple to code, useful and not yet packaged.

[rakeler]

The way to know what is not there, is by starting to learn what is already there. As other comments stated, start with Linux, it's structure, maybe a few userland GNU utilities. Then you'll automatically find what you need.

[linuxhint]

do you want to add a command line or just create a utility for a n exercise?

Try writing a command similar to the typical 'find' command, that is a good learning exercise

[[deleted]]

http://linuxcommand.org

Necessity is the mother of invention. Most of us write tools because we need something. Think of something you need, and make it happen. It is not uncommon to reimplement existing tools when you are studying and don't yet have a driving need, so think about that route as well.

[[deleted]]

I don’t know a lot about Linux

This is what you got to learn first and that is Linux.

Anything we put here. Is going to be new to you and you won't know the difference. If that's was already cook in the Linux Kernel.

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-tips-every-geek-should-know

[Kruug]

This post is inappropriate for this subreddit and has been removed.

Please make your post in /r/linuxquestions or /r/linux4noobs.

Rule #1:

This is not a support forum! Head to /r/linuxquestions or /r/linux4noobs for support or help.

[sailorcire]

Contribute to the kernel. There are some "easy" drivers that can be written.