Maybe there are so many text editors because they are written by people who are learning?
I'm starting to learn GTK+ and GNOME development, and I am starting by writing simple applications like this. All applications can teach a certain part of an API while keeping the rest clean and simple. Text editors teach file I/O, image viewers teach graphics APIs, instant messengers teach networking etc.
There are many of these programs for other operating systems as well (Windows etc.) because this is a good way to learn practically. It's just that everybody makes them available to others to look at, that there just seems like there's more.
But on the other hand, I run Linux on a p166mmx laptop/w 96mb ram.
I run Debian on it, with the Ion window manager and XFree86 3.3.6 (cos I don't like the glidepoint, and I use mostly console apps on it), but you could use IceWM, Blackbox or XFCE, all of which are in Debian Stable (Woody).
For a web browser I use Dillo mostly but Mozilla for some stuff (SSL etc). I don't use email on that machine though.
For productivity I have vim:P but AbiWord and Gnumeric would work okay I would imagine.
Basically, keep it sensible, and don't go for any memory intensive stuff (KDE / GNOME). Recompiling the kernel would help.
It's a nice laptop actually, apart from the HDD has a maximum transfer rate of 4mb/s, which is it's downpoint. Still, it's adequate for it's needs.
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No! You can't do that, if you regulate by processor serial numbers, then you have a log of what anyone does. It would be much better to do it anonymously. I mean, how many people change their processor that often?
I'm 17, so I fall outside the 20-something range, but I still agree with your point. I started on an old Commodore VIC20, progressing through BBC Micro onto IBM PC Compatables. I enjoyed programming the BBC in BASIC when I was aged around 4 or 5, writing little sprite based 'semi-games'. I found that when I finally got my own PC (I was about 7 at the time) that it wasn't as such fun. I did learn about DOS though, and I still use it to do normal stuff, because I find it a heck of a lot more powerful than Windows.
Windows, with it's GUI, has enabled more people to use the PC, but has resulted in less people knowing what they're actually doing. Like my mum, who keeps asking me where her 'box' (window) has gone to and how to get to all her saved files.
Despite this I still enjoy programming and I am currently teaching myself Visual C++ and a bit of DirectX so I can start programming them little games again:)
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Maybe there are so many text editors because they are written by people who are learning?
I'm starting to learn GTK+ and GNOME development, and I am starting by writing simple applications like this. All applications can teach a certain part of an API while keeping the rest clean and simple. Text editors teach file I/O, image viewers teach graphics APIs, instant messengers teach networking etc.
There are many of these programs for other operating systems as well (Windows etc.) because this is a good way to learn practically. It's just that everybody makes them available to others to look at, that there just seems like there's more.
Martin
As the other reply mentioned, this is off-topic.
/w 96mb ram.
:P but AbiWord and Gnumeric would work okay I would imagine.
But on the other hand, I run Linux on a p166mmx laptop
I run Debian on it, with the Ion window manager and XFree86 3.3.6 (cos I don't like the glidepoint, and I use mostly console apps on it), but you could use IceWM, Blackbox or XFCE, all of which are in Debian Stable (Woody).
For a web browser I use Dillo mostly but Mozilla for some stuff (SSL etc). I don't use email on that machine though.
For productivity I have vim
Basically, keep it sensible, and don't go for any memory intensive stuff (KDE / GNOME). Recompiling the kernel would help.
It's a nice laptop actually, apart from the HDD has a maximum transfer rate of 4mb/s, which is it's downpoint. Still, it's adequate for it's needs.
Martin
No! You can't do that, if you regulate by processor serial numbers, then you have a log of what anyone does. It would be much better to do it anonymously. I mean, how many people change their processor that often?
Just wondering, what countries does the DMCA apply to? Is it just the USA? Anyone know any links to or any information about a similar law in the UK?
I'm 17, so I fall outside the 20-something range, but I still agree with your point. I started on an old Commodore VIC20, progressing through BBC Micro onto IBM PC Compatables. I enjoyed programming the BBC in BASIC when I was aged around 4 or 5, writing little sprite based 'semi-games'. I found that when I finally got my own PC (I was about 7 at the time) that it wasn't as such fun. I did learn about DOS though, and I still use it to do normal stuff, because I find it a heck of a lot more powerful than Windows. :)
Windows, with it's GUI, has enabled more people to use the PC, but has resulted in less people knowing what they're actually doing. Like my mum, who keeps asking me where her 'box' (window) has gone to and how to get to all her saved files.
Despite this I still enjoy programming and I am currently teaching myself Visual C++ and a bit of DirectX so I can start programming them little games again
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