HP all-in-ones work very well with SANE, provided you have the HPOJ drivers installed. Sadly, the only distro I know of that installs them by default is Ubuntu, and even then, it's only in Breezy, which won't go stable for another month.
This comes from over a year of working with an old HP PSC 950 on FC1 and every version of Ubuntu through Breezy.
1. My laptop, an old Sony that has had its model number rub off in the three and a half years I've owned it. It's dual booted to Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. 2. Power cables for the lappy. 3. A Knoppix disc (always have one with me). 4. An Ubuntu Live disc (ditto) 5. An Ubuntu install disc (just in case) 6. An old copy of The Daily Cougar (it's just in there).
Well, they don't use the same apt mirror sites, and they charge for access to said mirrors. The former makes them nonstandard (of course, Ubuntu is the same way--they use their own mirrors too), and they are dirty in that they charge money for software that can be had for free by a simple download.
However, most of those distros are binary compatable with Debian, with the exceptions of Xandros and Linspire, which take a bit of work. Yeah, even Ubuntu is compatable, if you can work out the library dependencies.
Redistrobution is a bitch. Furthermore, it doesn't run on more exotic platforms, as you can't get in there and compile the JVM for your OS/architecture. Who's to say they're not running Linux on ARM/Alpha/whatever at home?
Well, give them photography skills. Learn Photoshop and all you know is Photoshop. Learn Photography and Paint Shop Pro and The GIMP come easy as well.
But that's beside the point. Knowing markup is also a good idea. As long as you teach them XML, they'll be able to figure things out. But the question was about actual programming and which language you should teach first, not about markup and web developing.
Go with Python. It's quick, easy, and clean. It encourages decent syntax, and is portable to anything. Furthermore, as it's interpreted, you get the instant gratification of being able to run the program once you've saved it and set the permissions--no waiting on a compiler. Also, studens can take their work home with them, as it's portable and free both as in freedom and as in beer.
Also, the GUI bindings aren't that hard to use and most are equally portable.
Agreed, the sale of free software is a bit difficult due to the redistrobution bit. However, it's not completely impossible. Look at RHEL: the source RPMs are the basis of several distrobutions.
Of course, I do see the humor in your initial post, as well as your point. I'm just being incredibly pedantic. Free software is really a case of perfect competition as economics puts it: there is no long term economic profit in making free software. There is some in the short term, but it's been a semester or two since I took that class.
RMS doesn't want to forbid the distrobution of GPLed software for money. In fact, he's even said that it's okay to distribute for profit.
He just said that you need to include the source when you ship the binary copy. If he'd wanted everything to be free as in beer as well as free as in freedom, he would have written that into the license.
Y'know, getting this in the universities across the world might be a good idea. I have a lot of friends who'd love to try something FLOSSy that goes beyond Firefox, but they just don't know where to get it.
Of course, I could use the joke of "Does it run Linux," as we all know that the ultimate troll wet dream is to get Linux actually running on a toaster, but knowing Shuttleworth's reputation (eccentric gazillionare trying to overthrow our old overlord, Bill Gates), it probably runs a hacked-up Ubuntu.
With large volume books by big name authors (JKR is currently the biggest name out there right now), strict release dates are set to make sure that the giant suppliers (who pay more to get quicker shipping and more copies) don't snatch up the customers from smaller bookstores by having the book two to three weeks earlier than the smaller stores.
Basically, it's there to make sure that every bookstore has an equal chance to make a sale on a high-demand book. Normal books aren't like this: they just get put on the shelf whenever they arrive. You've got to be somebody BIG (we're talking multiple titles on the bestseller lists at the same time here) to earn the right to a release date.
I have friends who used to manage bookstores. That's why this is done. It's simply a way of leveling the playing field so that small stores can compete.
I love Ubuntu, but no, it doesn't have MP3, Flash, and Java out of the box. It's a free distro, meaning that there aren't the fee-for-licensure packages such as MP3, Flash, Java, and a buch of other media codecs.
However, getting those isn't hard, as those packages are in restricted (except Java).
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No, "is carrying" is the progressive. "Is carried" would be the passive. /anal-retentive grammar geek
Er...The codenames aren't on the offical pressed CD packaging for the Ubuntu discs. It really is purely internal.
HP all-in-ones work very well with SANE, provided you have the HPOJ drivers installed. Sadly, the only distro I know of that installs them by default is Ubuntu, and even then, it's only in Breezy, which won't go stable for another month.
This comes from over a year of working with an old HP PSC 950 on FC1 and every version of Ubuntu through Breezy.
1. My laptop, an old Sony that has had its model number rub off in the three and a half years I've owned it. It's dual booted to Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.
2. Power cables for the lappy.
3. A Knoppix disc (always have one with me).
4. An Ubuntu Live disc (ditto)
5. An Ubuntu install disc (just in case)
6. An old copy of The Daily Cougar (it's just in there).
Why do you automatically assume that he's straight?
Condoms are for sex with anyone!
You haven't heard? The United States pwns joo.
Nah. MP3 killed the media star.
Oh, wait...
Well, they don't use the same apt mirror sites, and they charge for access to said mirrors. The former makes them nonstandard (of course, Ubuntu is the same way--they use their own mirrors too), and they are dirty in that they charge money for software that can be had for free by a simple download.
Well, using , Debian is the most popular base for distributions. In fact, they list 129 distributions at this time that are based on Debian. This includes some rather heavy hitting distributions like Knoppix, MEPIS/SimplyMEPIS, and Ubuntu, as well as some nonstandard Debian distros like Xandros and Linspire (both of which make me feel dirty just for even mentioning them in the same breath as Debian).
However, most of those distros are binary compatable with Debian, with the exceptions of Xandros and Linspire, which take a bit of work. Yeah, even Ubuntu is compatable, if you can work out the library dependencies.
...Lap desk. That's right, a lap desk. Allows you to use a laptop on your lap without the potential for groin burn.
Redistrobution is a bitch. Furthermore, it doesn't run on more exotic platforms, as you can't get in there and compile the JVM for your OS/architecture. Who's to say they're not running Linux on ARM/Alpha/whatever at home?
Mod this comment, not parent, -1, Pedantic.
Well, give them photography skills. Learn Photoshop and all you know is Photoshop. Learn Photography and Paint Shop Pro and The GIMP come easy as well.
But that's beside the point. Knowing markup is also a good idea. As long as you teach them XML, they'll be able to figure things out. But the question was about actual programming and which language you should teach first, not about markup and web developing.
Go with Python. It's quick, easy, and clean. It encourages decent syntax, and is portable to anything. Furthermore, as it's interpreted, you get the instant gratification of being able to run the program once you've saved it and set the permissions--no waiting on a compiler. Also, studens can take their work home with them, as it's portable and free both as in freedom and as in beer.
Also, the GUI bindings aren't that hard to use and most are equally portable.
Agreed, the sale of free software is a bit difficult due to the redistrobution bit. However, it's not completely impossible. Look at RHEL: the source RPMs are the basis of several distrobutions.
Of course, I do see the humor in your initial post, as well as your point. I'm just being incredibly pedantic. Free software is really a case of perfect competition as economics puts it: there is no long term economic profit in making free software. There is some in the short term, but it's been a semester or two since I took that class.
RMS doesn't want to forbid the distrobution of GPLed software for money. In fact, he's even said that it's okay to distribute for profit.
He just said that you need to include the source when you ship the binary copy. If he'd wanted everything to be free as in beer as well as free as in freedom, he would have written that into the license.
Why do we always link to just one store? Why not link to a series of various places selling the book for those who are interested?
Yeah, it's an obligatory complaint. Mod me down for it.
I've never gotten UnionFS to work under any live distro that used it. It usually causes kernel panic on my equipment.
And...er...first post?
By using a free operating system, you've got a revolution packaged with it. It's the licensing scheme, really.
But I am going to medical school. My illegible handwriting is excused!
No, but it can make it forward at that speed.
Of course, that figure is only for the European barn swallow.
Y'know, getting this in the universities across the world might be a good idea. I have a lot of friends who'd love to try something FLOSSy that goes beyond Firefox, but they just don't know where to get it.
Of course, I could use the joke of "Does it run Linux," as we all know that the ultimate troll wet dream is to get Linux actually running on a toaster, but knowing Shuttleworth's reputation (eccentric gazillionare trying to overthrow our old overlord, Bill Gates), it probably runs a hacked-up Ubuntu.
So is Bones.
And it looks like the guy in the red shirt does always die, even if it's Scotty.
There's a reason why they restrict it.
With large volume books by big name authors (JKR is currently the biggest name out there right now), strict release dates are set to make sure that the giant suppliers (who pay more to get quicker shipping and more copies) don't snatch up the customers from smaller bookstores by having the book two to three weeks earlier than the smaller stores.
Basically, it's there to make sure that every bookstore has an equal chance to make a sale on a high-demand book. Normal books aren't like this: they just get put on the shelf whenever they arrive. You've got to be somebody BIG (we're talking multiple titles on the bestseller lists at the same time here) to earn the right to a release date.
I have friends who used to manage bookstores. That's why this is done. It's simply a way of leveling the playing field so that small stores can compete.
I love Ubuntu, but no, it doesn't have MP3, Flash, and Java out of the box. It's a free distro, meaning that there aren't the fee-for-licensure packages such as MP3, Flash, Java, and a buch of other media codecs.
However, getting those isn't hard, as those packages are in restricted (except Java).
Okay, I'll tell you everything you need to know:
apt-get install foo
apt-get remove foo
Of course, if you really want to have fun, there's dpkg -i and dpkg -r.
That's all you need to know for a user.