i need a good linux c programming tutorial

Not really very specific - and certainly too large a topic to be covered here, unless you have 10,000 points or so.

But here are some links to get you started:

The C FAQ - a must read
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html

Not so much a tutorial, more like a reference.

For a general list of links, and a "how to learn C" overview, try:

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~jamie/C/

Found this really good.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/c.htm

The links above have probably already pointed this out but one good thing to keep in mind is that when generically talking about "C Programming" one will typically be assuming ANSI C. When programming in ANSI C, programming on Linux or Windows, or whatever will be the same (should be anyway).

The differences come in when you need to program outside of the basic stuff and use operating system specific features.

For example, socket programming is somewhat different in Windows than Linux. GUI programming is massively different between all unix systems and Windows (note that Linux falls into the unix category for the purposes of this dicussion).

This being said, to learn the "basics of C Programming for linux" one needs not necessarily focus on Linux only tutorials. Instead you probably should google for "C tutorial". Once you grasp things within the boundaries of ANSI C you will be more apt to comprehend things in an operating system-specific manner - that is, outside ANSI C.

Most news groups, especially the infamous comp.lang.c will rather dogmatically only answer ANSI C stuff, so be warned if you go there.

Well, I hope this helped out. On a possible tangent, is there a specific thing about C as it pertains only to the Linux operating system you are trying to understand? Maybe asking something more specific would help...

Good Luck!

sorry for the ambiguous question, the point is that i actually know the basics, and something more, about c programming but i cannot find an editor to work in Linux, i ve installed debian and mandrake and everybody says "use kdevelop or stuff like that" but it doesnt seems to be  anywhere, i dont want to be forced to use vi to write the code and gcc to compile it and oh! i made  a mistake and go back to the awfull vi. i just want something like the old good turbo c or some editor where i can write my code, push a button and see it working, cannot believe linux doesnt have this.

Oh, here's a link... (duh...)

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/PLD/dists/ra/PLD/i386/PLD/RPMS/xwpe-1.5.29a-2.i386.html

And here to find others...

http://www.identicalsoftware.com/xwpe/idelinks.html

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