Chaos, the Fashion and Hacker
The Chaos
This happened last Friday's class travel vacation 20hs some friends and I ministered in FEI on introduction to Linux. I would like to record our thanks once again for all the support we received from the institution, represented by Prof. Plinio .
The course was affectionately redefined during the week as "a chaotic and fun introduction to the Linux world," because instead of focusing on memorization of comandinhos, we try to show students how to fend for themselves, accustoming them to use the manual and leaving it them comfortable enough to try.
Testing the Flash 64 on Kubuntu
Courtesy of staff charges.com.br
Linux beats Windows on the number of accesses
Sign of the times?
End Times?
For the first time in history Read more
End of Vacation # 2
Making a clean house, I found an old journal where an old news item said that Linux was beginning to grow on servers and that IBM was going to start playing with the penguin (now without the umlaut!).
Gone are the old days ...
Ubuntu on the Eee Eee, The dark side ...
Given that there are bunch of tutorials on the net about how to install various Linux distributions on the Asus Eee I was not expecting to write a post about for two reasons: first because I had more to do and second because I hate to go to Google search and find several sources with the same content, as happened this morning. I figured that was below the yellow brick road and all be happy.
LSI-TEC open vacancies for programmers
The LSI-TEC , part of the company internationally renowned Laboratory of Integrated sitemas USP, is looking for talent to work in development projects related to Digital TV.
Requirements:
- C, C + + or Java;
- Linux for embedded sitemas;
- Subversion;
- Autotools;
Location:
University of Sao Paulo - Campus University City
Interested parties may send their resumes to:
Hillel Becher <hilel@lsi.usp.br>
Laboratory of Integrated Technology Systems
Integrated Systems Laboratory
Adventurers of the lost book
Recently I was struck by the need / desire to write one in C + + classes to abstract complications in Linux System V IPC, but I tell this story later. The reason for this post is that in researching various sources I found myself again in the great repository of online documentation tldp.org . There I found a book that was instrumental called "The Linux Programmer's Guide" .
I was very surprised however to see that the book is not updated since March 1996, ie almost 12 years, being listed in the category unmaintained. I had no doubts, I gathered some friends and we are trying to get permission to update the book.
Basically there are four steps that suggests TLDP to get the permit:
- Try contacting the original authors;
- Determine if there is already a newer version of the book or other document that covers the subject;
- Contact the TLDP to avoid duplication;
- Send to TLDP the document with the changes intended for review;
Curiously, the second step was done first. In a search on the net, we found no references to the new title, except for a translation into Polish dating from 2000. At the very TLDP, we found no other documents that address the general programming environment for GNU / Linux on a single tab.
The second step, was then the first (!?). We tried to contact the original authors B. Scott Burkett, Sven Goldt, John D. Harper and Sven van der Meer and Matt Welsh through the mail in the book itself and references to their names on the Internet.
So far have received no answers, because as expected, all the old emails contained in the book returned undelivered with a tender. It remains to wait for the emails obtained on the Internet can reach the correct recipients and return with good news. Until then we are hoping and preparing for a possible re-edition of "The Linux Programmer's Guide."
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