Roland Walter Dutton - Slashdot User

Submission + - Ideal Linux System for Newbies?

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spiffyman

on Sunday December 17, 2006 @01:11AM

spiffyman writes: "In the next year, I'll begin advanced work in mathematics. I'm already doing it with logic. I'll also be upgrading my desktop box. In light of the advantages of Linux and FOSS in the sciences/mathematics, I want to convert from a Windows system to a dual-boot one. Primary tasks aside from math/logic activities will include learning intermediate programming, web maintenance, some computational linguistics (in Python), and LOTS of LaTeX work for my publishing activities. What do Slashdot readers recommend in terms of hardware, OS, software, and perhaps reading for a quasi-power Windows user to convert to an all-Linux system? Assume no previous experience with Linux. Cost is an issue but not a deal-breaker."

Boston Globe to Blogger — "Stop Using Opera" 465

Posted by kdawson on Sunday December 17, 2006 @01:05AM from the what-part-of-'modern'-do-you-not-understand dept.

PetManimal writes "Mac Daniels of the Boston Globe weighed in on a prickly debate involving the updated local mass transit website. The Globe's advice to one complainer named 'derspatchel': Stop using Opera. Derspatchel's response is to go medieval on Daniels' ass, and ask the question: Why should Opera users give up their browser? Quoting: 'I don't give two whoops about the "percentage of the Internet population" or whatever. I don't care if a website works on someone else's choice of browser; I care if it works or not on my choice of browser. It's a modern browser, it's in active development, and it's free. Once dev stops on the Opera browser and the last version becomes outdated and unable to support newer Web innovations, then I'll "stop using it." How's that, Chuckles?'" After a day the transit authority took the new site offline to "improve performance," reverting to the old version.

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