Finally I managed to get a Linux distro running on my ASUS N75S. It wasn’t easy, but after lots of tries and failures Ubuntu 12.04 alpha managed to install itself regardless of the pickiness of the nvidia Optimus. My basic problem was that I wanted to use all the 1920×1080 pixels on the 17″ screen, [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Got a Linux on my ASUS N75S
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged linux distro, linuxes, proprietary drivers on February 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Thing you should never do
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As a programmer you inevitably get in a situation when you apply for a job, pass the interview, the occasional testings, pay a visit to the company site, get to know them, and decide that yes, I’d like to work for these guys. And then comes the almighty phrase: “We are really happy with your [...]
Does Open Source experience Help in Today’s Job Market?
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The title is taken from the linux-mag article (http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7250) but obviously I had to comment on this too … My experience is that depends on the company you are applying to. If you’re applying to one of those mega companies, who get the Windows license in bulks, packed together with Office and by default they [...]
New programming languages
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Some interesting new programming languages came out lately, I picked three of them and gave them a quick overview. Don’t expect something deep here, just a short presentation of the language itself. Go On of these new languages is “Go” (coming from Google). According to their web site ” Go is expressive, concise, clean, and [...]
