<div dir="ltr">Eran,<br><br>I am glad to hear that you find Linux useful and productive. I have an idea of running a Linux party in the lab, in one of these Wednesday Noon no teaching time at the Technion. This party will include help in installation for people who did not install, and free discussion of installation problems. More information, including dates, will follow.<br>
<br>Regarding your suggestions:<br><br>* I asked the lab engineer to install Open Office 3.0. I hope this will solve some of the problems. I am not sure this will solve the little and annoying layout differences though.<br>
* The CR/CRLF problem is not the main issue I think. It is not a problem in Eclipse as far as I know.<br>* VIM is great. It is difficult to convince people to use it though.<br><br><br>I would be happy if the lab would attract Linux geeks who could help others, and in return would enjoy the real nice facilities.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Eran Arbel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sabrerunner@gmail.com">sabrerunner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hi, some time reader, first time writer.<br>I'm a second year CS student and had to work with the Linux in the farms for a while now and frankly, I love the idea that someone finally forced me to use Linux. I think it's a good thing.<br>
<br>I've already had stuff explained to me and had a chance to explain things to others. I already told people that they better get used to using the Linux and Unix on the farm machines. Firstly, because they have to; Secondly, because it's better; And thirdly, because it's fun.<br>
<br>Problems of Windows\Linux compatibility with code files I solved with Notepad++. I don't know if there's a Linux version or a Linux substitute but it's an awesome writer for windows that can display context in many languages and can also convert to\from Windows from\to Linux formatting. Saved me a lot of trouble.<br>
<br>The new Open Office version (3 and up) is completely compatible with MS-Office 2007 documents and gave me no trouble as much as I've used it, making it better than MS-Office if compatibility is the question. It looks different but doesn't require that much of a leap to change to. And it's freely available to both Windows and Linux users.<br>
<br>I used vim to program on the Linux and Unix machines but my brother
recommended Eclipse so I want to try that if anyone is willing to teach
me.<br><br>I know of a Linux geek in the CS farm's support team but I think it takes more than that. I don't know how the W2L lectures went before but I agree that installing Linux, as far as I tried Ubuntu, is pretty straight forward. It's all the configuration afterwords that's troublesome. Up until now I have failed completely at configuring mine for WiFi and a secondary display and those two, along with 'How the hell do I run a Virtual Machine\Box on my Linux?' are the major hurdles before I completely switch to Linux. So, any info on that will be welcome. (I've tried Ubuntu 8.04 and fiddled with Satanic slightly but not much)<br>
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