Author archives: Mike
Developer's Desktop v2 Out (Cleaned up version of v1)
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Young Coders.
The cleaned up version of the Developer's Desktop image (still Gentoo based) is now available on LinuxTracker. This version is only 923MB, 50MB less if you don't take the portage disk. There's not much difference between this and the v1 disk other than the packaging (1/3 the size, portage optional). I've burned 10 copies ...
Developer's Desktop v2 Out (Cleaned up version of v1)
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Young Coders.
The cleaned up version of the Developer's Desktop image (still Gentoo based) is now available on LinuxTracker. This version is only 923MB, 50MB less if you don't take the portage disk. There's not much difference between this and the v1 disk other than the packaging (1/3 the size, portage optional). I've burned 10 copies ...
Solution for the portage issue (I think) (From Guillermo's suggestion...)
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Young Coders.
Guillermo's suggestion to use a sparse-file based portage has given me an idea. I can simply create a second VMWare disk that will, if present, be loaded into the system, otherwise /usr/portage will be empty. People who want to update or add software to the system can download the portage disks.
That will also mean ...
Solution for the portage issue (I think) (From Guillermo's suggestion...)
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Tuxedo,
Young Coders.
Guillermo's suggestion to use a sparse-file based portage has given me an idea. I can simply create a second VMWare disk that will, if present, be loaded into the system, otherwise /usr/portage will be empty. People who want to update or add software to the system can download the portage disks.
That will also mean ...
She said yes, by the way (Officially engaged now...)
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Vindaloo.
We had our engagement party on Saturday evening, something remotely like a traditional Albanian one, just the two families getting together to get to know each other. Quiet little thing at which I asked Soni to marry me. She said yes :) .There is now a great deal of chocolate in the house. Soni ...
She said yes, by the way (Officially engaged now...)
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Vindaloo.
We had our engagement party on Saturday evening, something remotely like a traditional Albanian one, just the two families getting together to get to know each other. Quiet little thing at which I asked Soni to marry me. She said yes :) .There is now a great deal of chocolate in the house. Soni ...
Playing with the Developer's Image (Random thoughts...)
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I spent the bulk of the afternoon and evening playing with the developer's image for the laptop. Among other things, I sat down and tried to write a HelloWorld application using "best practises" as far as I understand them.
Playing with the Developer's Image (Random thoughts...)
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Young Coders.
I spent the bulk of the afternoon and evening playing with the developer's image for the laptop. Among other things, I sat down and tried to write a HelloWorld application using "best practises" as far as I understand them.
Looks like we'll have an XO for the talk on Tuesday (Tentatively present...)
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We have a tentative booking to have an XO (OLPC laptop) at the PyGTA presentation on Tuesday. I'm also going to try to get some time to both cut down and defragment the image so that it doesn't take as much disk space (I'd like to get it down to 2GB within the image and ...
Looks like we'll have an XO for the talk on Tuesday (Tentatively present...)
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We have a tentative booking to have an XO (OLPC laptop) at the PyGTA presentation on Tuesday. I'm also going to try to get some time to both cut down and defragment the image so that it doesn't take as much disk space (I'd like to get it down to 2GB within the image and ...
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.