Create C++ Programs on the EEE PC

Step 2 Open A Terminal

Easy Mode:

Easy mode is the interface that comes default with the EEE PC. The picture below with the orange background is an screenshot.

to get to a terminal just go to the desktop and press: 'Ctrl' + 'Alt' + 'T' (Press keys as though you were typing 'Ctrl + Alt +Del' )

Advanced Mode:

If you are in 'Advanced Mode' then I assume that you are knowledgeable enough to know what it looks like.

Advanced Mode: Go to Start Menu >> Applications >> System >> Console

Windows XP:

If you have windows XP then you can't get to a Linux terminal like Xandros can (not
without buying an special crossover)

If you want to create a C++ program on Windows I suggest you get one of the following:

Dev-C++ (A great free editor that works like just about any other Windows App)

Visual C++ express (A Microsoft App that takes forever to download and install)

Comments

[jlafay]

There are a two other C++ IDE's for windows that work well and are worth mentioning. I started using CodeLite recently on my newest win machine and I love it. It uses the win GCC port, MinWG and can also compile using the vc++ compiler if you wish to do so. CodeLite can be found @ http://www.codelite.org

The other that I like and use on another machine is Code::Blocks. It too uses MinGW, VC++ and pretty much any other c++ compiler or compiler suite out there. You can find it at http://www.codeblocks.org

Both IDEs work well and aren't as resource heavy as vc++ express. Furthermore, they're both FOSS which is great :) Since you can use gcc or mingw it makes portability a little bit easier, depending on what software you're writing of course.

-jlafay