Author archives: Mike
Seems the hardware has advanced? (More RAM and Flash, more powerful processor...)
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Young Coders.
It seems that the hardware specification for the laptop has been quietly expanded. The specs page now lists the processor as the Geode LX, which includes a floating point processor and both L1 and L2 cache. The memory also specs as 256MB (up from 128) and the storage as a 1GB flash drive (up from ...
Seems the hardware has advanced? (More RAM and Flash, more powerful processor...)
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Young Coders.
It seems that the hardware specification for the laptop has been quietly expanded. The specs page now lists the processor as the Geode LX, which includes a floating point processor and both L1 and L2 cache. The memory also specs as 256MB (up from 128) and the storage as a 1GB flash drive (up from ...
PyGTA Presentation Goes Smoothly (New developer commitments (one in critical area)...)
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Had a pretty good first external-developer-focused presentation at PyGTA tonight. Adrian brought along the hardware (thanks Adrian! you saved me from getting lynched). We had at least 3 or 4 people install the developer's images tonight and gave out a few CDs as well. Miles had success on booting and running Sugar on VMWare for ...
PyGTA Presentation Goes Smoothly (New developer commitments (one in critical area)...)
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Young Coders.
Had a pretty good first external-developer-focused presentation at PyGTA tonight. Adrian brought along the hardware (thanks Adrian! you saved me from getting lynched). We had at least 3 or 4 people install the developer's images tonight and gave out a few CDs as well. Miles had success on booting and running Sugar on VMWare for ...
Developer's Desktop v2 Out (Cleaned up version of v1)
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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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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 ...
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.