Re: [Trisquel-users] How inconvenient freedom can be?
I've been using Trisquel as my only OS for almost two years now. I used Ubuntu briefly and then found Richard Stallman. Was lucky with my hardware in that it worked without problems. Then I was inspired to get a free bios in the form of libreboot and got a gluglug http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/ No problems. The terminal although daunting at first is now my go-to guy for most tasks. One thing I found very useful at first is dragging a file from a nautilus window and dropping it in the terminal. This gives you a working path to the file without having to rack your brain. ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Certified Hardware
ohh, you didn't post this one twice! just when it was getting interesting. Don't be patanioid! Stay fres!
[Trisquel-users] Re : Questions on old programming languages
C++ is indeed a meta-language, i.e., many different styles are possible: some write C code with the STL, some write truly oriented object code with polymorphism and so on, some write STL-like code with iterators everywhere and function objects, some write generic code (the templates), etc. Many C++ programmers ignore parts of the language (say, no template, no function objects, no malloc/free) to get a code that is, arguably, easier to understand. Bjarne Stroustrup (the creator of C++) argue in the opposite way: that combining the different paradigms leads to a more concise and powerful code. Talking about languages with many different styles, I forgot about Perl that would be between Python and AWK. It is however much slower than both of them, the grammar of the language is (even theoretically) more complicated than that of any popular language and the so many ways to write one thing in Perl really is problematic, I believe. The authors of the language would obviously disagree: they see that as letting the programmer express her creativity. I did not talk about Shell scripting but I do that a lot when the problem to solve is small, involves files, or text inputs (but without the need for AWK's power), etc. However the Shell by itself is ugly, slow and an horror to debug. That is why I now see Shell scripts of hundreds of lines as an abomination. For really small problems, Shell scripting is fun. It is like a puzzle: how to chain with pipes extremely efficient but specific commands (for text processing: head, tail, cat, tr, wc, cut, paste, comm, join, sort, uniq, grep, etc.) to get the correct output?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
My desktop
Re: [Trisquel-users] How inconvenient freedom can be?
Both very good links right there, I would recommend the person who posts this thread reading them. Even I am going to read them :D.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
also if your wondering thats why alot of programmers still today use i j and k for counters at least thats what a c programming book told me
[Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
What is the use of stating implicit none at the start of your FORTRAN? The picture shoes what a user on Reddit said.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
So is counting in decimal values useless.I think so. Unless you are simply counting and printing them to the screen, other than that it seems useless, like you will always do a for loop through an array with integers it makes no sense to do so with a decimal counter as indexes in arrays are always represented by integers and not deciamls.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How inconvenient freedom can be?
As in the RMS analogy?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How inconvenient freedom can be?
Trisquel is my only OS and has been since 2010 But I' not coming from windows I'm come from Solaris and net bsd for me Trisquel is user-friendly I love it
[Trisquel-users] Ulatency - Better performance?
There is ulatency package in the Trisquel 7 repo. Has someone tested it and can that software improves a system performance? Inert use cfq I/O scheduler by default but it can be changed to bfq that is as default in Trisquel. How about prelink and preload? Should I also use them in the same system? I use 3.13.x generic kernel version at the moment.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
Oh okay. But. Lol. Does no one count in floating points at all. I have never requires counting in anything else than integers tho. So that's a fair point I guess.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
Do you have any advice on good Fortran or C books.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
Okay. No picture. My browser does not support the upload dialog. Anyway basically the guy on reddit said if I do not state implicit none then all variables starting with I,j,k,l,m,n will all be of data type integer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!
Nice!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions on old programming languages
Python is great for web applications as well when you pair it with PyPy and Falcon framework.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Sites Server and Forum Software?
Are you guys running HHVM for your PHP tasks instead of the standard package? You may get a big performance boost: Trisquel 6: https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Prebuilt-Packages-on-Ubuntu-12.04 Trisquel 7: https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Prebuilt-packages-on-Ubuntu-14.04
[Trisquel-users] New user switched from OSX
Hello fellas, this is ThunderDee from Italy. Recently I've switched my 2008 MacPro into a one OS system, Trisquel 7! I love Trisquel, it's so fast and I think I'm gonna install it into another computer but I'm not so pratical about using linux systems in general and with theme-customisation (i've saw few themes from you and I would like to try). If is okay for you, I'm gonna post here some problems I would like to learn how to solve with your help of course. Bye for now, T.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions on old programming languages
FreeBASIC is awesome. Bringing back the feelingnof Visual Basic. Any other old languages?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Certified Hardware
Lol.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Certified Hardware
Lol.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
Thank you very much. ;D
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
= FOR C(advanced) this book isnt that accessible but has loads and loads of in depth info about c and assembly you can buy the book here: https://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466568242 or if you dont have the money use the pdf here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00558589031688751903 = == FOR C(advanced) a very good c book for more advanced c programmers i have is expert c programming deep c secrets heres a pdf: http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138815/Linden_-_Expert_C_Programming:_Deep_C_Secrets.pdf FOR c++(and so for c aswell)(begginers) also if you want a more beginners book this one helped me alot its for c++(i started in c++ before i learnt c) but as the languages are very very similar it can also be used as a c programming book: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beginning-c-through-game-programming-mike-dawson/1100025792?ean=9781435457423 you can also get it as a pdf from here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beginning-c-through-game-programming-mike-dawson/1100025792?ean=9781435457423 === FOR c++(and so for c)(intermediate) theres another book called thinking in c++ that again is for c++ but i found it very helpfull with my c programming and learn c++ as-well cant hurt you can buy the book here http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html a online html version of the book: http://www.smart2help.com/e-books/ticpp-2nd-ed-vol-one/Frames.html FOR FORTRAN(intermediate) you can also buy the book here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Expert-C-Programming-Deep-C-Secrets-Peter-van-der-Linden-/161693233748?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3hash=item25a5aaf254 you can buy the book here to support the authors https://global.oup.com/academic/product/modern-fortran-explained-9780199601417?cc=gblang=en; or use the attached pdf if you can not afford the book ===
Re: [Trisquel-users] New user switched from OSX
Welcome! There are many active users in the forum that will help you with troubleshooting :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions on old programming languages
COBOL is a old one: http://www.mainframegurukul.com/tutorials/programming/cobol/cobol-tutorial.html also this one was ment to be the first high level language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankalk%C3%BCl
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions on old programming languages
I must say something about Lisp. The idea of operators being functions is truly awesome.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions on old programming languages
Will check it out. :D thanks.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New user switched from OSX
Ciao ThunderDee e benvenuto nella comunità di Trischello!
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting an ubuntu notebook and installing debian 8?
When buying any computing hardware, you must research whether it works with free software. You can start with h-node.org. The ideal procedure is (1) to build a list of all relevant components (usually the main IC manufacturer names and models), then (2) investigate whether each of them works with free software. Start by searching manufacturer name and model concatenated with “linux”, “drivers”, “firmware”, etcetera. Also look in the manufacturer web site and the kernel, X11 and related software documentation. It is unlikely that you will be able to verify that every component works with free software, because manufacturers don't often provide that information and it's not readily available elsewhere so you will have to run some risk that you will not be able to use the full functionality. The most problematic hardware is wireless NICs and graphics controller. Search about “Intel Active Management Technology” and why it should be avoided (suggestion: start searching this forum). Consider buying a computer certified to work with free software, like the Libreboot X200, which is probably the best option regarding free software. You will be supporting the development of free software and the reverse engineering effort (See the work done to disable AMT and ME in the X200).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
just relised i by mistake put one of the links in the wrong place but oh well...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
Nah. It's all good.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New user switched from OSX
Thanks for the answers guys!! Grazie per le risposte!! I would ask you what I have to write in the terminal to make automount my usb memories and my second HD without going to Trisquel menu, just like I had in MacOSX. I find troubles sometimes typing with my apple keyboard inside abrowser like the cursor jump backward and sometimes some word buttons doesn't work. With youtube videos especially when I jump forward the video, seems like there is a problem with the flash plugin (even with facebook videos), anyone solved in a different way?. To SuperTramp: I saw your desktop I would ask you where I could find some instructions for dummies like me about how to install custom themes in trisquel and in general about gnome / xcfe differences. My Macpro is used by my parents and I want to make trisquel more user-friendly than my old OS. Thanks in advance for any information you are able to provide. Bye for now, T.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Questions on old programming languages
Oh yes. Nimrod or Nim is an awesome language.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Fortran Question Right Here
I am taking little baby steps into this language. And I think will will begin to like it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New user switched from OSX
Thunderdee - Io ho usato gnome flash per vari mesi pero non ho mai investigato molto su di esso.. Per quanto riguarda la personalizzazione di Xfce posso sì spiegarti come si fa. Pero chiaramente devi avere installato l'ambiente desktop Xfce. Se tale è il caso, sentiti pure libero di mandarmi una mail. Ti farò una piccola guida. Ciao!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Backup (Duplicity) not working
if you run it from a terminal it might give you some usefull output
[Trisquel-users] Re : New user switched from OSX
See https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/play-videos-without-using-flash for solutions to play videos on many popular sites (including YouTube).
[Trisquel-users] Is Belenos Moving to SystemD?
Hello, I recently did my monthly dist-upgrade, and heard mention of Pieces of systemd, like the journal and services, getting installed. After the upgrade, I went looking for the cli tools like systemctl and journalctl; they're not present. How much of systemd do I now have? Are my system's services now managed by a hybrid of systemd, upstart, and the old sysv init scripts? Thanks, Dave https://social.2mb.solutions/davehunt on GNUSocial
Re: [Trisquel-users] getting an ubuntu notebook and installing debian 8?
The caveat of trying to do the homework yourself is that if it works with Linux it might require a blob that comes with Linux but not with Linux-libre. In a similar vein some devices proudly state that their driver is open source, yet fail to mention that it is more or less useless with a related proprietary firmware. One way to find out is boot a live media of a libre operating system and see for yourself. Of course this requires hands on access. So with these things in mind, it might be easiest to buy something from a vendor that guarantees it works on libre operating systems.
[Trisquel-users] Re : getting an ubuntu notebook and installing debian 8?
If you do not want Gluglug's X200 (the only solution with a free BIOS), the easiest way to go is http://libre.thinkpenguin.com Everything will work out of the box. Trisquel will even come pre-installed and 25% of the benefits on your command will be donated to the Trisquel project. If, for some reason, you neither want a ThinkPenguin laptop, then the easy recipe (which does not involve hours of search on the Web) is to buy a computer with an Intel graphical chipset and to assume that the Wifi card will not work, i.e., that you will have to acquire a substitute card or an adapter from http://libre.thinkpenguin.com or http://tehnoetic.com If you want to substitute the card, *avoid* the following brands that are known to implement DRMs at a hardware level (preventing you from using unauthorized peripherals): Acer, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo/IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. Something more you may want to spend the time checking (for your freedoms, not for compatibility) is whether the Intel processor implements treacherous computing: vPro, TXT, AMT are the words to search (and hopefully not find) on the page for the processor on http://ark.intel.com
