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Well as I just bought IntelliJ IDEA in the JetBrains dooms day sale Java (and Android) is number 1 on my list. Along with a bit of C++11 later in the year. I think I will also learn the basics (maybe a little bit more) of Python as well as I have been putting it off for a couple of years now.

In general I want to move away from Windows and more towards Linux as my development environment as much as possible. I have no real problem with Windows but I would like to feel as comfortable in the Linux desktop world as I am on Windows.

I am in the same boat with my math knowledge. Thanks for the heads up about the MIT courses (and Merry Christmas! :)

Kind of like the ASUS PadFone?

I see the authors point of view and I like the idea in theory however I just can't help but want a real operating system to work on instead of just a browser. I have seen some people have got Ubuntu working on the latest Chromebooks which is a step in the right direction (for me).

If I could get a solid Linux install on a Chromebook (Debian or Slack for example) with a super lightweight tiling WM I would be in heaven.

I love the idea of doing the heavy lifting on a remote server but I also want/need the ability to do _some_ work on the system without internet access so a local gcc, gdb, vim, emacs, java, python, etc. install is a must for those times I can't get online but still want to hack a little bit.

I do believe the future for me will be cheap lower powered systems which I use for the light work and offloading the heavy stuff to a VPS but the hardware and software (OS) balance isn't there just yet.

It appears someone has done some work on it. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%2...

I gave it a very quick look however got missing DLL messages (pthreadGC2) when trying to compile. I don't have the time to look into it today, hopefully over the Christmas break I will be able to get it working. If I do I will look at how sensible it is to maintain a similar Windows build. A standard Windows build available as an archive or an installer would be great.

EDIT: The error messages look like they may be related to Cygwin although I could be totally wrong on that, it is just the readme mentions Cygwin but nothing else :)

Anyone using LLVM/Clang on Windows? If so did you have to do anything special to get it to work? I have not really looked into it much myself as the last time I did Windows was basically a no go. Any advice would be great thanks!

Kind of guessed this was going to happen as soon as I saw Blend as part of VS2012. Glad I didn't spend much time with these tools.

That was a great read. Thanks!

I am very happy that this is finally over for Gary and his family. It was a huge waste of time and money.

I believe aioprisan was referring to the Opera Turbo feature that was introduced to the desktop version of Opera a while back.

Same for me. SO annoyed right now.

Don't know if it is legit but looks about right

http://i.imgur.com/VieLy.png

6am in the UK and still nothing in the UK Play Store :(

$250K! What?!

Looks like a calibration issue. They should have included selecting other candidates in the list. While not good enough (voting machines should be "perfect") calling it "altering votes" is a little much. It shows you that it has registered the wrong candidate, I would call this incorrectly registering input.

It is amazing how well Apple has done in growing so massively during a world wide economic downturn/depression.

Runs painfully slow on my Fx 16.0.2 install on Win7 x64 system :(

I am waiting to see the pricing on the Surface Pro. That is what I am interested in. I was very close to buying an ultrabook but am holding off to see how the SP is as a general computer as well as a tablet.

For those on Windows without access to a *nix machine you can grab a Windows binary of dd at http://www.chrysocome.net/dd the command arguments are the same as on the site.

Windows 8 is a desktop/laptop/tablet OS aimed at home users

Windows 8 Pro is a desktop/laptop/tablet OS aimed at businesses/power users

Windows 8 Enterprise is a desktop/laptop/tablet OS aimed at large businesses (only available via volume license)

Windows RT is a tablet only OS aimed at the iPad/Android market (and can only be delivered via an OEM on a device) Like the iPad and Android it can only run apps available via the Microsoft App Store.

Surface RT is a tablet running Windows RT (so aimed at iPad/Android tablet owners).

Surface Pro (available early 2013) is a tablet running Windows 8 Pro and is more or less like an ultrabook with higher specs than the Surface RT. As it runs Windows 8 Pro it can run all apps that any other Windows 8 Pro computer can it is not limited to the App Store like the Surface RT is.

WinRT is the new Windows Run Time. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinRT as it explains it better than I can in one sentence.

For consuming content and creating very basic content a tablet is great. On a train or on the sofa a tablet is very nice for reading reddit and HN, watching some Youtube, Skype with the family, writing emails and basic document creation.

However for any real content creation a laptop is my primary choice. I would love an ultrabook like the Asus Zenbook or Samsung Series 9. An ultrabook will most certainly be my next computer when I buy one some time next year. I am waiting for them to hit the 10 hour mark which I am hoping they will do next year (already very close with the Samsung clocking in around 9 hours). I am happy to sacrifice some CPU and graphics power for an extra hour or two.

Will Windows RT (aka Windows [8] on ARM) not allow .NET apps to run then?

If you right click on the bottom left corner (where the start menu button was/where the start page icon appears) you will get a context menu with most of the things you could want such as Computer Management, Command Prompt, etc.

My main computer is a 3½ year old Dell laptop (2.5Ghz C2D, 4GB RAM) and Windows 8 boots and runs a little smoother than Windows 7 does. Not enough for me to stick with 8 though, I am quite happy to keep it restricted to a virtual machine.

Well "slams" isn't exactly accurate however he is right in saying Windows 8 is still a pretty big work in progress for Microsoft however they had to release this year. It is a stable OS however it is a little schizophrenic to use with the awkward way that Metro (Modern UI) has been crowbarred into it.

In my opinion Windows 8 is more of a technology/strategy preview and not a "real" Windows release. I have been running the RTM since it hit MSDN and it is fine to use as a primary OS however it isn't all that nice to use as your primary OS. There are so many rough edges and inconsistency’s it is quite frustrating to use at times. However this is Microsoft trying to work out how Windows will work on tablet/touch based devices so it is to be expected.

Other than developers wanting to get used to some of the new development options available with WinRT and people who want Windows on a tablet and not iOS or Android I don't see any real reasons to upgrade from Windows 7. Especially as Windows 7 is a nicer experience for desktop/laptop users IMHO.

This is the biggest WTF for me too.

This guy has a very bright future ahead of him.

The first link in the article is formed incorrectly. It should point to http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/two-chromeboxes-second-49...

This case continues to amaze me.

It is like a movie not real life.

Yeah I am still on 2.2.1 as I did not like the changes they were making to the UI (thankfully just a few clicks changes it back to the old look). Never even installed 3.x