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C++ Workshop

djays — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:58:59 +0000

LUG Manipal is conducting a C++ workshop to introduce Industry level C++ (ANSI) for both experienced and inexperienced programmers.

OPEN FOR ALL
NO REGISTRATION
NO CERTIFICATES WILL BE GIVEN
BRING LAPTOPS
G++ COMPILER WILL BE USED.

Ubuntu 9.04

djays — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:25:38 +0000

Ubuntu 9.04 was released on 23 rd April .

If anyone is interested they can take the i386 live-cd iso from me.

Upcoming Releases (As of 21st March 2009)

djays — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:13:16 +0000

2009-03-22: Frugalware Linux 1.0

2009-04-23: Ubuntu 9.04

2009-04-29: Mandriva Linux 2009.1

2009-05-01: OpenBSD 4.5

2009-05-07: BlankOn 5.0

2009-05-26: Fedora 11

Beginning Python 3.0

djays — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:28:03 +0000

An introduction to basic Python Programming
PDF Version

INTRODUCTION

Python is a freeware open-source cross-platform interpreted scripting language used by NASA ,
Google , Honeywell and many other companies and now days its also being distributed along
with all the major GNU/Linux distros.

Its been one the most favoured scripting languages due to its short and easy syntax which can
perform complex tasks and is easily extended with new functions and data types implemented in C
or C++ (or other languages callable from C). Python is also suitable as an extension language for
customizable applications.

Many people might have tried using python before but on 03 Dec 2008 Python 3.0 was released
which is a major update to python syntax making its interpreter faster and more efficient.

INSTALLING PYTHON 3.0

1)For Windows
Go to http://python.org/download/ and download software depending on your OS’s architecture
2)Linux
a) First Search in your Package Manager for python 3.0 (it probably is installed) if not try to install from the repos else:
Go to http://python.org/download/ and download the bz package and extract it.
b) Open a terminal in root / superuser mode
cd

where is the path .
c) ./configure
d) make
e) make altinstall (this preserves current python version , else do make install)
If you get any dependency errors ,don’t be scared just try to find them using your package manager or use google to find them.
For Old Python Users:
– Basic syntax had changed but you would get used to it.
– There’s a tool to convert old syntax scripts to new 2to3 .(unstable)

Windows users can add python to their environment variables
My Computer>Properties>(Advanced System Settings in vista)>Advanced
Go to Environment Variables >Scroll bottom scroll bar, select PATH and click edit
Add to the end ;;
Now a script can be written anywhere and executed by

python in dos
-Open DOS or terminal and enter python or python3.0 .Upon pressing enter an interactive shell
shall open with current python version and install date and time and OS type you are using.

Python 3.0 Basics

- print(“Hello”) prints Hello , to know more about any command use help() so help(print) brings the command info.

-Unlike older versions python now classifies strings into data and text. All Text is Unicode represented by type str and all data is encoded Unicode represented as binary data by byte. Both are immutable cannot be inter-converted as in older versions.

-A python script can be written by writing the code in a text file with extension .py Also in Linux / Unix based systems the first line can give the interpreter version
#!/usr/bin/env python or #!/usr/bin/env python3.0
(If you have multiple versions of python its HIGHLY recommended to stick to 3.x versions)
-Python is strictly indentation based, so give same indentation at each level.
Eg.

i=0                      1
while i<5:               2
print (i)                3
i+=1                     4

So inside the file line 1 & 2 have same indentation while those inside while loop (line 3 &4) have
same indentation but different from outside level.
(To Be Continued ..)
For FAQS and More Info Visit http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/ or http://docs.python.org/

Linux Install Fest

djays — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:22:17 +0000

LUG Manipal is organising a Linux Install Fest aiming to introduce GNU/Linux to people who haven’t experienced a type of operating system which is crash-free , virus-free , with power of absolute customization and which is also being used by Google , NASA ,NSA and others.

This will be a 3 days install fest Starting on 3rd of November 2008 at 5:30pm at NLH 103 MIT.

3rd – Introduction to OpenSource and GNU/Linux and Preparation for Install Fest

*4th – InstallFest Day1 with proper directives for installation.

5th – InstallFest Day2 and Post Installation Interaction.

*Please come with an empty 10 GB parition and 2 BLANK CDs

Distro Release Schedule

djays — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:02:16 +0000

Well These are current schedule of release for your favourite Distros.

30/10/2008 Ubuntu 8.10
25/11/2008 Fedora 10
18/12/2008 OpenSuSe 11.1
09/10/2008 Mandriva 2009
01/11/2008 Open BSD 4.4
06/10/2008 Free BSD 6.4
13/10/2008 Free BSD 7.1