I think it's an open secret that you can legally use an unregistered version of Windows for evaluation purposes. So this is one way for a non-Windows user to do some Windows-only stuff, like ironically flashing custom firmware on your Linux-based Android device, unless it's a Nexus that can be flashed using only the Google-supplied command line tools.

How about this?

$ tcc -v Sudoku2.cpp
tcc version 0.9.26 (x86-64 Linux)
-> Sudoku2.cpp
Sudoku2.cpp:1: error: unrecognized file type
$ cp Sudoku2.cpp Sudoku2.c
$ tcc -v Sudoku2.c
tcc version 0.9.26 (x86-64 Linux)
-> Sudoku2.c
$ ./a.out
Row[1] : ^C

Also compiles under gcc and g++. Except for the file extension;) the PM's code is legal and portable C and therefore also legal C++. The code, however, appears to have poor runtime error handling. The program will happily accept any character you input from the keyboard, punctuation marks as well as letters and numerals. Other posters have also noted the absence of any online help or usage instructions.

I think Debian made a mistake by again making Gnome the desktop default. They should have stuck to XFCE or chosen LXDE, which is approaching Gnome 2 in usability..

Why don't you just buy a cheap smartphone and install only essential apps on it? I have an Android One phone I use just for communication, no games. I have Galaxy Tab for that.

Shill means paid to post. Do you have proof of that? Mac and Linux fanboys and zealots, yes.

Thanks to its rolling release Unstable branch, I haven't installed Debian in a long time. So this question is directed to those who are planning a fresh install. Does the Jessie installer give a choice between init systems? I know I can choose the default and then change using apt-get, so this for now this is more of an inconvenience than a dealbreaker.

Speaking of PulseAudio, it seems Bluetooth audio no longer works purely with the Alsa sound drivers. The package bluez-audio has been removed from the testing and unstable branches of Debian. A package search for bluetooth audio results however in pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, which I'm hesitant to install because it would pull in the whole PulseAudio stack. I'm wondering how the lightweight Ubuntu/Debian derivatives, not to mention the embedded distros like OpenWRT, are going to cope with this horrible mess just to get something basic as wireless sound.

Really? Has anybody tried hooking up one of those full-size Yamaha or Casio keyboard to their Android tablet, smartphone? I know desktop Linux has USB midi support, but the story is quite specific about this keyboard's mobile support.

People like seeing patterns. That's all. Like seeing Jesus Christ in your toast or the Face on Mars.

The new machines lack LPT ports? WTF kind of machine did you buy without an LPT port? A laptop, sure, a desktop? You have to look hard, even today to find a machine that doesn't have a printer port.

Google for NUC or Chromebox, palm-sized desktop computers that lack printer, serial, VGA, and sometimes even DVI ports. Fortunately there are "modern" adapters for all these "old" ports.

If MS is serious about preventing a browser monoculture, they'd opensource their rendering engine or at least parts of it. Webkit is dominant precisely because it's open source, allowing competing companies to implement their own browsers on top of the common foundation. If they fear the viral nature of the GPL or permissiveness of the BSD, they can release it under their own license like Apple did with some of their native technologies such as Darwin.