acquiring source codes

[vandit]

Can any1 tell me from where to obtain the source codes......
If I try to download them from the net then I would take 3 hrs.....
So I download any items less then 4MB.....
Are these source codes availabe in CDs....???? for free!!
Also which other softwares and programming languages are required to know for developing a beauty from a source code...... 8)

 

[desertwind]

which software's source code do you want ? Usually source code will be available for download from its website itself, if the software is a FLOSS.

 

[GNUrag]

Head over to *packages.debian.org/<package-name> then select your release (testing/unstable/stable) and you'll get the package's .deb file along with its dependencies to download.
Scroll down to the bottom and you'll be offered the source code for it too: like in this screenshot.
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the file .orig.gz is the original unmodified source code and the file .diff.gz is debian specific modification. Debian mirrors 16thousand packages in its stable tree so almost all the Free/OpenSource program's source code can be obtained from there: