Re: [Dorset] Linux Distribution of choice?
On 13.04.2012 00:42, CPK Smithies wrote: Regarding Ubuntu Unity, I've been keeping an open mind - and getting used to it - and I think it may end up having a lot to offer if one isn't too set in one's ways. For a long time, navigating menu hierarchies has been the way to find things on computer systems and packages, and perhaps there is a better way. (On several occasions, when using an application I'm not 100% familiar with, I have gone burrowing down the wrong hierarchy tree looking for an application feature which was under "Options" rather than "File" or whatever.) I tried not be be "set in my ways" and gave unity a good go but had to give up. Several reasons come to mind: - it could not handle well my two monitors (1920 + 1680) allowing me to launch on each (the way I normally work - 4 desktops across two screens). - certainly was too much for my little netbook (resources) - certain applications I use regularly were befuddled with the maximise and menu discombobulation - something which should improve as app devs get to grok unity. - I find it easier to navigate menus to find what I am looking for although most popular items are either desktop links or launched from file explorer. I could not get on with having to type app names/search since it is hit and miss since I am dielectric(sic). Horses for courses (topical) but I am happier as I was. I will, however, track its development and may try again later. I guess it is fortunate that GNU/Linux splits o/s / X11 / window decorator-manager and so we can all setup how we best like ;-) Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Programming languages
On Sat, 2012-04-07 at 12:48 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi John, > > > I swapped Perl and PHP, and FORTRAN and COBOL. > > I thought their Fortran was pretty unrecognisable compared to the > Fortran I'm used to, but then I read and wrote Fortran 77. Generally, I > thought a bigger example than Hello World would have been good; for > some modern languages it's little more than two lines plus a couple of > braces, not much room for signal. > > Cheers, Ralph. Fortran was one of those that I got wrong, but I did only use it for a couple of years at university pre- '76, and that was the Waterloo flavour called Watfor. After that it was PDP-11/3 assembler for a couple of years. And then in '79-80 I was using Forth, and I got that wrong too. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
