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Written by Michael O'Connor
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Friday, 19 October 2007 15:58 |
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AMD Records $396 Million USD Net Loss for Q3
AMD records a loss for the third straight quarter
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Written by Michael O'Connor
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Friday, 20 July 2007 23:44 |
Well, I've done what I've been putting off for years. I've finally immersed myself in the *nix world. I'd made half hearted attempts before, but this time, I was 100% devoted to Unix. Not by my own volition mind you, but because I just started at work, and no one, and I mean no one at work used Windows. Everyone ran FreeBSD or some flavor of Linux. I had no choice. And while I was hesitant at first, I'm glad I made the jump.
So, after some trepidation, I've come to love FreeBSD. Of course, I've had my fair share of headaches, but I've grown to love it. Getting mySQL and phpmyAdmin to play nice did take a few days, as did Java, but getting it to work was worth the time. The sense of achievement is unlike anything I've ever experienced in Windows. Unlike Windows, I can usually fix any annoyances I have in FreeBSD, and if not, have the ability to voice my annoyances and actually have a chance of them being remedied. I've also grown to love the Command Line. I used to hate it, but I've slowly grown to get out of my GUI ways.
For those of you who've never used the Command Line or a terminal, let me tell you, the possibilities are endless. All you need to know is a few pointers. I suggest picking up a book on Bash scripting. For anyone who thinks that I'm wrong, try to cut the first 10 characters from every line of a 200 line document in Word. How long does that take you? Well, I can do it in under ten seconds using cut. How long does it take you to find a word in a script and replace it with another? I can do it in vi(yes, vi, the strangest editor in the world) extremely quickly. I can even do it using sed (which came in very handy in one of my last scripts).
So for all of you who are computer science students or think you're up to the challenge of *nix, I suggest you take the plunge. It's well worth it, and even though you'll initially struggle, its well worth it. You even might be surprised at how nice Gnome or KDE looks. If you're looking for something lighter, check out all the different X.org window managers out there(I use black box; It's ok, but it has its quirks).
As for my scripts, I plan on posting a few on effectu.com soon, but I have to edit them to take out any information that could open up a possible avenue of attack.
--Side note: *nix means Unix or Linux. Theres tons of vairiants of each. For the faint of heart, I suggest Ubuntu. For those really looking for a challenge, I suggest NetBSD.
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Written by Michael O'Connor
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Saturday, 14 July 2007 13:47 |
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I stumbled across the following, a timeline of Linux, showing all the various distrobutions out there, and their origins. Click the picture below for a bigger version. 
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