Linux has long been known to be a very powerful, secure computing platform with a wide array of features. You’d imagine then that more people would use it than currently do. The problem is that the casual user will find it difficult to use because it requires a complete re-education of software. When you migrate to Linux you lose Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Office, Minesweeper, FreeCell…. Yes it’s amazing the hangups that the average user will have when it comes to Linux. For years I’ve ...
I have been on CodeCall for a little while now, so everyone has probably noticed my free software user bar, and maybe even clicked it. I will tell you about free software in a FAQ style blog post. What is free software? Free software doesn't mean free in price (although it usually is free in price too). That software is called freeware. Free software gives you some extra liberties. It makes sure that you can access the source code, change it, and distribute it the way you like. ...
So what's the special about that? It's not even an even number of days. But multiply it by two and you'll get 365. So this means I joined CodeCall a half year ago. I have been a great time being here and it feels like a very long time even though it's only half a year. During this time I have helped CodeCall a lot(or at least what I think ) and I won't stop doing that now. In fact I will soon upload a huge tutorial series containing about 25 tutorials Well, ...
So I have decided that I have to become totally practiced at being a programmer. I have a decent ability to solve problems but I have the problem of lacking the ideas for new things to do. So after letting my mind toss me around inside my own head for a long time, and living a near completely hermit life, I now extend myself towards this community in hopes that I can give something of value to a social group. I will be writing several wiki pages in the coming weeks to attempt to ...
I was just visited by Ceiling Cat. Just sitting here doing what I always do (programming)... then I see something through a small peekhole near my ceiling... a cat was looking at me. I looked at him. O_O O_O Then I said "What, Ceiling Cat? I'll take you down!" And he ran away. I think it was because I wasn't masturbating. Just wanted to say that.
As some of you may have noticed I'm developing a slight obsession with Linux and *nix systems in general. It's something that's crept up on me slowly. I first began using Unix at university and soon started wondering about installing it in my my own system. I started off with Mandriva 8.2 and, maybe somewhat predictably, occidentally wiped the whole hard drive. The second attempt went much more smoothly and I had a nice dual boot system with Mandriva and XP. For whatever reason ...
A simple and undeniable fact of myself is that I have a significant preference toward higher level languages than lower level. Because of this, I had held C++ in higher regard than C, and it's because I want to be abstracted from the machine. I'd rather think about how I'm going to solve my problem, not how the machine will go about solving my problem. It's not important to me how the machine does it, nor is it important to me if the machine has to do more work for my convenience. In my opinion, ...
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