Santosh83

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by Santosh83 11y ago
True. I taught myself C using vim + gcc under Linux. For those wondering what exactly you learn: 1. You learn the command line interface to your compiler, which is invaluable and something you'll have to learn at some point, even if yo
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by Santosh83 11y ago
Alupis wrote: "Average users who just consume distro's are not going to switch to a new unproven CoreUtils (even if they knew how), and distro maintainers are not going to switch until it's proven either. It will take a huge
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by Santosh83 11y ago
This is a quite likely scenario since collective human activity has so far spelled doom to most species other than humans and our parasites, commensals and domesticated species. If we are serious about researching or preserving alien life i
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by Santosh83 11y ago
I get what you mean, but I guess calling it the "C Standard Library" is really a historical holdover from times when the entire system was written only in C (with the exception of a smattering of assembly). In the current context
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by Santosh83 11y ago
I think the poster is talking about programs using the new Microsoft application frameworks and provided through their app store. The older style "Win32" programs can be installed as they always were.
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by Santosh83 11y ago
Exactly. The Right to Tinker needs to be fundamental, especially with consumer/hobbyist machines (as opposed to corporate/enterprise ones). Mechanisms to secure and lock-down need to be opt-in (although it can and should be made v