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by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:04 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: PHPBB on Android
Replies: 9
Views: 3301

Re: PHPBB on Android

I personally would rather there WEREN'T special mobile sites - its a b*tch fighting with these cut down / can't do much versions of sites when my Samsung Galaxy Tab and S2 can deal with the full on site (even this oddball) with no problems because of their large screens
by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:22 pm
Forum: Staffroom, classroom and projects
Topic: Please advise me on a good programming language.
Replies: 15
Views: 7518

Re: Please advise me on a good programming language.

<t>I posted a few days ago about suggesting something that was a bit like VB5/6 as an option and so I installed gambas3 on my fedora 16 laptop<br/> <br/> It was looking promising until I found I could not create any forms - am going to back it out and try the latest gambas2 because they seem to have...
by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:15 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Science Fiction
Replies: 82
Views: 17401

Re: Science Fiction

<t>Some Sci Fi faves of mine<br/> <br/> Films (a right mixed bag)<br/> <br/> Forbidden Planet<br/> <br/> 2001 A Space Odyssey<br/> <br/> Silent Running<br/> <br/> Star Wars Episode 4<br/> <br/> Bladerunner<br/> <br/> Total Recall<br/> <br/> Books<br/> <br/> L Ron Hubbard's (of Scientology fame)<br/>...
by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:32 pm
Forum: Pidora / Fedora
Topic: Fedora 14 Remix - GUI for Python, Perl, Ruby and Bash
Replies: 7
Views: 5934

Re: Fedora 14 Remix - GUI for Python, Perl, Ruby and Bash

<t>Hmmm, its a bit of a struggle in QEMU but we're getting there...<br/> <br/> A quick "yum install geany" from an ssh'ed root session allowed me to do this<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> And after setting the executable bit on the helloworld.py file, I have my first working "Hello World" program in python!...
by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:47 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: C Compiler in Fedora remix
Replies: 16
Views: 3877

Re: C Compiler in Fedora remix

<t>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I'm really not seeing the problem. Installing the compiler and libraries is simple, two command lines or so, and time to do the download on a Model B.<br/> <br/> Once you have done it, you can quite easily take out the SD card, take an image from it, and use it to p...
by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:46 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Is GAME dying
Replies: 5
Views: 1677

Re: Is GAME dying

tzj said:


In ~5 years town centers will be an Argos, or at least the same system would be used.


Let me correct that for you, not Argos... TESCO - they will flatten ANY business anywhere for a buck - not a nice company any more
by SN
Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:53 am
Forum: Pidora / Fedora
Topic: Fedora 14 Remix - GUI for Python, Perl, Ruby and Bash
Replies: 7
Views: 5934

Re: Fedora 14 Remix - GUI for Python, Perl, Ruby and Bash

not seen anything so far in qemu

open terminal and enter "vi helloworld.py"
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:47 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How slow is it?
Replies: 113
Views: 23365

Re: How slow is it?

Shirro I like your go cart analogy

But I do like my leather seats (in my car)
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:44 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: QEMU Emulation - Working cookbooks required for available distributions.
Replies: 41
Views: 10213

Re: QEMU Emulation - Working cookbooks required for available distributions.

Your goosed without that start sector value i"m afraid. I have no clue how yoy"d find it out as i"m not a Ubuntu/Debian type.
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:07 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How slow is it?
Replies: 113
Views: 23365

Re: How slow is it?

<t>In answer to the last two posts . . .<br/> 1. Early selection - the RPF can always jump horse before September, just as long as they keep to one horse<br/> 2. Locked Down - for support from the RPF yes. Agreed you can do what you like, and in that sense its not locked down, BUT don"t complain to ...
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:19 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How slow is it?
Replies: 113
Views: 23365

Re: How slow is it?

<t>I think you"ve made a critically important decision in locking down to a single distro. Combine this with the locked down hardware and you"re supporting something akin to a games console as opposed to pc with all manner of hardware running all manner of patched windows versions. I have personally...
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:07 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: qemu woes
Replies: 37
Views: 13266

Re: qemu woes

I did warn you to disable the screensaver

kill qemu and restart it, log in on the GUI and disable in - under Settings somewhere
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: MagPi – Raspberry Pi Magazine
Replies: 262
Views: 53463

Re: MagPi – Raspberry Pi Magazine

Its not your fault, wordpress/simplepress is rubbish at this
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:49 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: qemu woes
Replies: 37
Views: 13266

Re: qemu woes

So that will create an X desktop on a remote machine 800x600 big yes?
I forgot when I posted the last point that its the QEMU window size I need to rectify.
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: qemu woes
Replies: 37
Views: 13266

Re: qemu woes

Let me know when you crack the screensize issue!
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: What ARM devices do you have already?
Replies: 32
Views: 8870

Re: What ARM devices do you have already?

And I have THE daddy of all UK home gaming machines

I don"t think it has ANY cpu at all. . .
nomobile=1
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:23 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How slow is it?
Replies: 113
Views: 23365

Re: How slow is it?

Lotus 123. . . Spreadsheet n00bs

Anyone else used Visicalc?
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:21 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: qemu woes
Replies: 37
Views: 13266

Re: qemu woes

You need to do the chmod BEFORE you attempt to start the GUI (just after you entered passwords and such)

There is something odd going on though, as I posted elsewhere, with root. I can only get in as root with ssh
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:15 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Raspberry Pi and GB/GBC/GBA Emulation
Replies: 16
Views: 23255

Re: Raspberry Pi and GB/GBC/GBA Emulation

Might have to try that qemu for windows to see how it compares with my fedora version - thanks for the link
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:48 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How slow is it?
Replies: 113
Views: 23365

Re: How slow is it?

<r>rmm200 said: <br/> <br/> <br/> That Fedora Remix link in the last post is really valuable.<br/> <br/> If the Wiki does not point to it - it should!<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> This is where the magic's at - it answers a LOT of questions!<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wik.....nistrati...
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:40 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How slow is it?
Replies: 113
Views: 23365

Re: How slow is it?

<t>Well the Fedora Remix build on qemu isn't the speediest beast either but it does keep up the keyboard OK - and this is emulated so I don't expect the results reported to be a problem on the real thing<br/> <br/> HOWEVER... I do note the password issue he had on that article - I've seen similar an...
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:44 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: What ARM devices do you have already?
Replies: 32
Views: 8870

Re: What ARM devices do you have already?

And another longtime Slug user - though its 'asleep' at the moment (dead memory stick - see swap issue elsewhere)

I also have a £99 HP Touchpad, plus an original 7" Galaxy Tab - solid state computing is the way to go
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:41 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Taste-testing-the-Raspberry-Pi
Replies: 15
Views: 3732

Re: Taste-testing-the-Raspberry-Pi

As did Ms. C who was partial to a snifter at the pub at lunchtime and consequentially you never learned anything in her class in the afternoon (ah the good old 1970's )
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:32 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: suitable IDE
Replies: 21
Views: 6095

Re: suitable IDE

I think we're straying from the main Use Case for the raspi - that of a classroom of kids all sat with one in front of them with a screen, keyboard and mouse - there's no option to have 'remote machines' etc
by SN
Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:27 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: QEMU Emulation - Working cookbooks required for available distributions.
Replies: 41
Views: 10213

Re: QEMU Emulation - Working cookbooks required for available distributions.

<t>OK I have a minor issue - my QEMU runs at 640x480 ONLY<br/> <br/> I have tried to increase the screen resolution using the -g WxH option as indicated in the -help output but I just get the terse message<br/> <br/> Option g not supported by this target<br/> <br/> Any ideas?<br/> <br/> -full-screen...

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