AstroGeek
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| zxy3cpn wrote: | | AstroGeek wrote: | | Mostly I just use it to write a script that will invoke various Python programs and then feed the output into Gnuplot. |
If you wanted to, you could use Python for plotting as well, with matplotlib. |
Eh, I've already learned gnuplot. I can't be bothered to learn another one as well. Anyway, there are a few other reasons why I use shell scripts, although there might be ways to do those in Python too. |
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rll
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Joined: Feb 18, 2012
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CyanogenMOD on my phone.
FreeBSD on the server.
Gentoo on my workstation with BackTrack, Debian, Mint, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, HAIKU and various versions of windows running inside KVM from time to time.
OpenWRT on my router.
*FreeBSD and HAIKU are not Linux distributions.
Languages: Some asm(x86/arm/avr ), bash, batch, C, Cpp, poweshell, python.
Some more that I haven't used in ages - BASIC, Pascal, SQL, LISP |
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NeantHumain
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy) with some packages from unstable (sid) and experimental (latest Iceweasel, for example) |
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scubasteve
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Age: 28
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Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| amboxer21 wrote: | | nostromo wrote: | I don't do programming, however I use Debian a bit. The reason I use Debian is apt-get  and you can easily make Debian a really lightweight unbloated install (e.g. use Ice window manager) which still runs OK on older laptops. I use these as packet collecters (I'm a network engineer) because they are readily available and portable, and I take them to places and leave them running things like snort and ntop.
I have tried distros like Ubuntu which work great if you have horsepower, but run really badly on older stuff, (as bad if not worse than Windows). |
apt-get is awesome! One thing I miss about debian is definitely apt-get! Arch uses pacman, its not bad at all. Its actually quite similar. I like Ubuntu because its super east to use but its not fun anymore. The install is just click and point and does allow complete controlled over the system and its customization like arch provides. |
I use Arch as well. Apt is nice (more so with Aptitude imo than Apt-get) but if you're looking to do a highly customized, lightweight installation, Arch/Pacman is hard to beat. I did a full-featured install on my desktop with a Mate+Compiz setup, and it still starts up twice as fast as Ubuntu. |
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amboxer21
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| scubasteve wrote: | | amboxer21 wrote: | | nostromo wrote: | I don't do programming, however I use Debian a bit. The reason I use Debian is apt-get and you can easily make Debian a really lightweight unbloated install (e.g. use Ice window manager) which still runs OK on older laptops. I use these as packet collecters (I'm a network engineer) because they are readily available and portable, and I take them to places and leave them running things like snort and ntop.
I have tried distros like Ubuntu which work great if you have horsepower, but run really badly on older stuff, (as bad if not worse than Windows). |
apt-get is awesome! One thing I miss about debian is definitely apt-get! Arch uses pacman, its not bad at all. Its actually quite similar. I like Ubuntu because its super east to use but its not fun anymore. The install is just click and point and does allow complete controlled over the system and its customization like arch provides. |
I use Arch as well. Apt is nice (more so with Aptitude imo than Apt-get) but if you're looking to do a highly customized, lightweight installation, Arch/Pacman is hard to beat. I did a full-featured install on my desktop with a Mate+Compiz setup, and it still starts up twice as fast as Ubuntu. |
Apt-get is awesome!! I think the best by far! You should post a desktop screen shot in the desktop screenshot thread so I can see. So we all can see!!! I want to try gentoo or slackare next just don't know which. I have heard they are not as easy as to install as Arch is though. |
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Fogman
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Location: Ноуя Англия
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Currently finishing up the install of SolusOS 1.1, which is essentially Debian Squeeze with the 3.3.6 Kernel, GNOME 2.30 and Firefox 12. --Nice to have a version of Debian Stable with Mod Cons.
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compiledkernel
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Joined: Jun 11, 2012
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Archlinux on all VPSs
BSDs on m desktop virtualization products
All run on Apple Hardware (and OSX of course). |
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Anon1100
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| BackTrack5; learning Python |
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DefKoN
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Age: 20
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used to have centos on my servers, now i use ubuntu, after trying opensuse for a while.
my desktop uses WinXP 64bit, <the love of my life  |
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Reindeer
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: |
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I use Ubuntu Linux 12.04 with gnome-shell.
I have used other distros like Sabayon Linux and Fedora  but Ubuntu Linux pulls me back >.<
I really enjoy using Ubuntu because of the apt-get, the software store and just overall the system 
I know that I can use those things on Debian Linux as well but I just can't seem to make myself install Debian.
Oh and I have root access to my friends server which runs CentOS but he will switch to Debian 7 in july 
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AstroGeek
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Reindeer wrote: | | Oh and I have root access to my friends server which runs CentOS but he will switch to Debian 7 in july |
That's one trusting friend. |
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Siddhi
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I use Debian Sid with Gnome 3, although i am having issues with it as it keeps on crashing. So i am actually using Gnome Classic which is thankfully still available. I like KDE as desktop but somehow there have been issues with it which i have not been able to figure out so i dont want to mess around with it right now.
I used Ubuntu in the past.
I want to use fedora next. I have been trying to get my brother to let me. I am a complete novice with software and essentially depend on synaptic package manager for everything. So i have to be very careful so that i dont mess it up completely when my brother is not close at hand. Although i can work with him telling me what to do. So i am familiar to that point.
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PenguinCoder
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most familiar with:
BackTrack, Debian, Red Hat, FreeBSD, Slackware, Ubuntu Server, Cisco IOS, Windows
playing with:
OpenVMS (is Not Unix, or Open), Mac OSx, and any thing that catches my eye
playing with in the past:
you name it |
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mcg
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Age: 23
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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Fogman
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Joined: Jun 20, 2005
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Location: Ноуя Англия
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| Siddhi wrote: | I use Debian Sid with Gnome 3, although i am having issues with it as it keeps on crashing. So i am actually using Gnome Classic which is thankfully still available. I like KDE as desktop but somehow there have been issues with it which i have not been able to figure out so i dont want to mess around with it right now.
I used Ubuntu in the past.
I want to use fedora next. I have been trying to get my brother to let me. I am a complete novice with software and essentially depend on synaptic package manager for everything. So i have to be very careful so that i dont mess it up completely when my brother is not close at hand. Although i can work with him telling me what to do. So i am familiar to that point. |
Try this. It's Debian Stable with a 3.3.6 Kernel, and some up to date software packages.
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