Rambling of a Coder

Education Software

Tuesday 16 December 2008 at 9:48 pm

Few people have asked me recently what software i use while working my course, so i thought i'd make a quick entry about it. Save me being asked again.

First off, while working on my coursework i boot into my Linux install. Why? because i find that when im on windows i have WAY to many distractions like Warcrack and numerous other things i have installed over on that one. And while i also have all the same distractions working on Linux i tend not to use them so much. I'm currently using Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE 4.1 because.. No reason really i felt like a change from Gentoo for a bit. 

I use the FirstClass 9.10 beta Linux Client to deal with the Community parts of the coursework. even though the discussion sections are pretty much dead in the water. Combined with good old Vim for the "Coding" stuff that I've had todo so far, which isnt very much at all. The supplied software though is Notepad++ or something nothing fancy.

I use the standard Eluminate Live V9 on linux for the Virtual Classroom stuff, of which I've only attended one so far. Mostly because i constantly forget about them due to them being on a Sunday early evening.Had a lot of problems setting up the Microphone with this one, took a long time to get it working and have to repeat the same process every time i change distro's which is quite a pain in the arse. Mostly because i completely forget that just because you set the volume of your Mic and Mic boost in linux doesnt mean you've actually set it to capture the sound from your Mic, you need todo this manually.

I'm supposed to use Mathcad 2001i Pro for the mathematical stuff obviously. but I've had to use it a grand total of ZERO times so far. Which im very glad of cos the last time i tried to load it in Wine it did nothing but crash on me. *And a quick test shows, it still does nothing but crash*

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