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Unfortunately, the option is not present on some machines, and treated as a "guideline" on the rest (i.e. totally ignored, four times out of nine).

Another option, which does actually do some good, is the "metered connection" setting (wi-fi only) -- but if you set that, winio will not allow you to use bluetooth at all, out of pure bitchiness, I presume.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Have Windows 10 on the dell sitting next to me. Works just fine. My sons are still using Windows 7 on their laptops--big pain in the ass.

"Early German eats noodle soup and finishes off with a drug, resulting in this blown instrument (9)"

Good luck!

Andy B

Saxophone

Saxon - early Germanic tribe.
Pho - Noodle soup - Vietnamese - had to look it up but it sounds quite nice.
E - I wouldn't know ...

Well done! You're up tomorrow Smile | :)

Saxophone

Early German - SAXON
eats - put in...
noodle soup - PHO
finishes off with a drug - E

blown instrument - SAXO-PHO-N-E

danged second, now I can't waste my morning tomorrow Big Grin | :-D

veni bibi saltavi

Hah! You will anyway! Laugh | :laugh:

Me? I was trying to work HARMONICA in there... Sigh | :sigh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Good morning guys!

I don't post that often over here, but I thought I might give it a try with the following situation I currently find myself in.

With the recent cockups MS has been making (NSA, no VoIP support on mobile SDK, End User License agreement questionability etc.), I have decided to take a stab at Ubuntu/Linux. Now I am not an expert on using that OS, but I find myself comfortably using it for the most part and for the instances where I do get stuck, Google usually has my back.

I am a 9 years+ experienced .Net developer in C# with some SQL background (for the most part). I want to broaden my horizons a bit and want to start coding some more in C, C++ and maybe a little Java and I think the best way to learn might be to start contributing to some open source projects using Linux as my dev environment, but I have no idea where to start.

I have installed Git, Android Studio, VSCode, compiled and executed a basic .Net Core console app, I did a helloworld with C and gcc, but I really want to get to the more gritty C stuff and start learning how the olden gray-bearded ones did/do things.

My question(s) is/are this:

Is Eclipse still a viable IDE to use, or do you have any better suggestions? What tips do you guys have for transitioning from VS2015 C# .Net to Linux C development? Do you have any open source project recommendations that I might look at as I embark on this new, strange journey? Is the earth in fact flat?

I'm really excited, but I am completely lost. Big Grin | :-D

Any suggestions would be welcome.

while(alive)
{
Code();
Sleep();
Eat();
AllTheOtherNonEssentials();
}

throw new ObjectDisposedException();

I think with Java IDE's you'll find most people are quite opinionated about which is better and it is generally the one they are more used to.
I have used both Eclipse and Netbeans and they both have their strengths and weaknesses. Trying to be objective, I'd choose Netbeans, as I have had mostly positive experiences with it, over Eclipse, which is steaming pile of doggy doo-doos.

Hope this helps.

veni bibi saltavi

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Trying to be objective, ... Eclipse ... is steaming pile of doggy doo-doos.

O...Kay.
So if you weren't being objective you'd be rude about it? Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

I used Eclipse at work and home and found it did everything I needed: never steamed and never looked like cr*p. Tried Netbeans a couple of times but I never felt comfortable with it.

Exactly. They both work well, or well work, but, to be serious for a moment, I don't think it is really an easy thing to switch between the two as they behave very differently.

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Very true. BTW How is life in Redacted?

Gin less[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

It's not too bad, so far, but we're still just finding our feet. There is a small problemette in the total lack of BACON but we're surviving; actually a colleague brought us some over at the weekend.

veni bibi saltavi

Is bacon more important than Gin? OMG | :OMG:

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Surely you have that abomination they call beef bacon in redacted

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Worse, they sell a turkey based travesty!

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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Very true. BTW How is life in Redacted?

You're allowed to say Nigeria. He's keeping the first million he scams, then he's sharing the rest with us long time regulars.

Michael Martin
Australia

"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

True, true, but only after they've paid the $892 processing fee. See, I don't even round it up, I just want to cover my costs.

veni bibi saltavi

Is the division of the spoils by length of CP membership (yay!), or by accumulated points (boo!)? Smile | :)

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

--Winston Churchill

Eclipse is a great IDE, but has a learning curve, as do all of them. Going from C#.NET back to C or C++ is not as easy as the other way round. I would suggest getting some books or looking at online tutorials such as Reliable Software - Creators of the distributed version control system, Code Co-op[^]. Also, you will probably get better guidance on one of the Linux specific forums, CodeProject tends to be much more Windows focussed.

Great response! Do you have any suggestions for a Linux developer forum/community that I might sign up for?

No, but Google will most likely find them.

Of course. Thanks.

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