Yeah. We got a new computer and I'm getting the old one.
Now I'm going to take an old 15 GB hard drive I have and make it my "Linux Drive" where I'm going to install Ubuntu 9.04. So I'm going to be running both XP and Linux. Good times. :)Over the summer I'm going to learn C++ like I've been procrastinating for years. If anybody has some experience in this language, you should help me out! I've wanted to get into a lower level language for a while now. I think that this summer is the perfect time to get a grasp of something that will help me in the future.I've recently picked up some old stuff I made before and I found the last version of a TDS I was making called Snowstorm. It's really just an engine but it could be pretty fun if I work on it some more, but the bad part is that the code is really messy and sometimes just plain crappy. So if I want to get some work done I'm going to have to get some work done. :(Overall this summer should be pretty good. I'll get to mess around with C++, Linux, and skate more often.
I just bought a book on it.
I guess you should get this nice gui :p it loads fast.codeblocks.orgI want to try dual booting too, but I have no way of backing up my 20GB of data I have. I know it's not much, but I don't have a place to put it while I partition my hard drive. >_<
For a beginner, C++ is not used as a low level language.
"C++ ("C Plus Plus", pronounced /ˌsiːˌplʌsˈplʌs/) is a general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features.", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B.Although it does have a wide array of low level features for a long time you will heavily rely on its higher level features.Furthermore, if you are aiming to really get a grasp on Linux you shouldn't be installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu, as an operating system, is not much different to Windows and you will not learn that much from it. I suggest that you try something more different if you are installing it for educational purposes.-SethI'd disagree, it's certainly not baptism through fire, but it's a good way to get out of the windows mentality that "if it's broken, I can't fix it", or "The command line is archaic, and no longer necessary in today's fancy GUI worlds"
I can't stand any linux form, I'm just too used to ms office, live messenger, games, among other applications. Usually there are open source alternatives, but they're not good looking.
The only thing I know about C++ is that (I think!) int is the C++ equivelant of GML's var. I could be wrong on that, though.