[A83] Re: VoyageT_200 [OT]
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[A83] Re: VoyageT_200 [OT]
Yes, another Debian user!
I have a setup similar to Olle's. Two computers, one running Windows 2000,
the other running Debian Linux. Both have a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
It's nice having two machines right next to each other. I like using
Windows for web stuff, email, games, instant messaging, etc. I use Linux
for development.
Windows 2000 is really a decent operating system. It is stable, has a nice,
professional feel, and runs, well, everything. Linux is nice because unix
is just plain cool. I never had a Linux box before I started using it for
work. I'm more pragmatic than anything else. Windows works, and if it's
going to be my only system, I think it's a better choice. Using something
just because you hate something else is not a very good reason. As the
saying goes, Linux is for people who hate Windows, and FreeBSD are for
people who like unix.
FreeBSD is quite cool, and if you like unix, I recommend trying it out. It
has a different feel from Linux. If you want to use a "real" unix system,
then give BSD a try. It seems to be more stable that Linux, on the whole.
I've probably had a 2.4 kernel crash just as much as Windows 2000. Not to
say that Linux is unstable, but just being Linux doesn't make it magically
bullet proof.
As for starting out, I wouldn't recommend using RedHat. RPM's are a
nightmare to deal with, and I've never seen any really convincing argument
to use RedHat. Debian has the best package management, packing standard and
package repository, by far. If only RedHat and the like would learn from
Debian and FreeBSD. Debian can be a bit tricky to setup at first, but if
you know what hardware you have and have someone to help you, then it's
definitely worthwhile. Once you have it setup and working, nothing beats
it. There's something to be said about being able to have the latest
software daily, with just one command.
If you need help with Debian, check out debianplanet.org, and hang out in
#debian on irc.openprojects.net. You can also ask me, but I make no
promises on being able to give a correct answer :) And of course,
groups.google.com and www.google.com/linux are your friend. It's amazing
how much info you can find.
I'll try to bring this back to a TI related conversation. I started a
project about a month ago, OpenTASM. It's mostly finished. I will finish
it up when I get back to my apartment in Tempe. It is a free implementation
of TASM, and will run on anything that has a 32 bit ANSI C compiler. If you
want an assembler that you can use in your project, this is it. I will
probably make a library interface for it, so it can be a shared library on
Linux, or a DLL on Windows.
I also plan to clean up or rewrite Bin2Var, and release a new version of it,
with support for everything. That should get released along with OpenTASM.
If anyone has any suggestions for any of this, or more free TI related
utilities, then let me know. Does anyone know how the app signing works?
If the source doesn't get released, I'd wouldn't mind rewriting it.
> > You brought up some good points that I didn't know...
> I'll take them
> > into consideration when I load redhat on my machine.
> Thanks
> I don't know about RedHat, I always used Debian. Be
> prepared for a lot of work... If you want an efficient and
> still fancy system up and running, of course.
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