Meeting.2005.11.19

Posted by Maieve Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:13:00 GMT

Here are the main points discussed in this meeting:

  • What are the substitutes for Matlab and Visual Basic on Linux?
  • Impulse C.
  • WiFi on Linux and Chady's experience regarding that issue. Kernel 2.6.14 helps with making everything work nicely.
  • I had a Toffee-Nut Latte, hehe.
  • Inter-process communication. It's a shame that the kernel would be perfect, and the interface absolutely gorgeous, yet the layers in between are horribly implemented.
  • A discussion on Ubuntu and its founder.
  • D language. Everyone more or less agreed that it's a horrible programming language.
  • OpenBSD and NetBSD are not C-99 compliant.
  • The similarities between C# and Java (not to be confused with the coffee beans).
  • Sky OS: It's not open source and you need to pay a fee to be able to have it. Bassam said that it's not worth it, unless you want to fiddle with it.
  • More work needs to be done with regards to memory management on Linux.
  • A discussion on zombie machines and what they are. No, they're not covered in green slime.
  • The art of spoofing, and miscalenous forms of it.
  • Is PSP Linux-compatible? Yes indeedy! The Nintendo DS already has a Linux system on it.
  • A little talk on the innovative Steve Jobs.

That's all folks!