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Eclipse makes you lazy

Posted 03-11-2013 at 08:02 PM by jmajor (Sometimes I Visit Here)

So! Many blue moons! (see my other post). My son is now almost 5 and this is my second post.

I have moved from C to Java as my primary programming language. After using Eclipse for some time I had to modify some of my old C code. I opened Kate and started looking around. I kept pressing F3 and not finding what I expected. Yes that's the same F3 I kept swearing about when it wouldn't repeat my previous search.

Now browsing my old code to find what a called function does,...

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Ditch Deja Vu Sans Condensed, use Liberation Sans, and be happy

Posted 03-09-2013 at 06:01 PM by the dsc (linux-related notes)
Updated 03-09-2013 at 06:02 PM by the dsc (gruesome spelling mistake)

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I used to like the condensed variant of Deja Vu, which is the default font (in the regular variation) for many linux distributions/DEs I guess. I've always disliked the regular variant, I find it too wide, while the condensed is very nice to look at. It's quite a hassle to actually use it everywhere though, either the font is buggy, or the apps that read it are buggy. I think it's the former as other fonts with two "nested subtypes/variants" work (such as liberation). The GUI settings...

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Lesson's

Posted 03-07-2013 at 10:38 PM by Ztcoracat

"If it ain't broke don't fix it-
If you can't fix it don't break it--
You reap what you tweak":-

This was one of my first lessons as a linux user.

Original poetry was written by a member @ Ubuntu-

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How to catch an elephant in Africa?

Posted 03-07-2013 at 06:27 AM by Aquarius_Girl
Updated 03-08-2013 at 02:58 AM by Aquarius_Girl

A technicians joke worth sharing...of course in my personal opinion

Quote:

How to catch an elephant in the Africa

MATHEMATICIANS hunt elephants by going to Africa, throwing out everything that is not an elephant, and catching one of whatever is left.

EXPERIENCED MATHEMATICIANS will attempt to prove the existence of at least one unique elephant before proceeding to step 1 as a subordinate exercise.

PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS will prove the existence of

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Salix linux or Dalek dos

Posted 03-06-2013 at 06:01 AM by nigelc

If you use salix, you have can no butterfingers. Bad passwords are no-excuse.
It does have very good security.
It is just as easy to use as as mageia. etc

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