Intermezzo !!

    

Hi people !!

Wondering about the intermezzo ?

Well, this post sort of signifies a change in the direction, you know, a few gradients here and there.

So, let’s summarize what we have talked about in previous posts.

>>> Figuring out the LINUX

This was the very first post and we talked about the extent to which this little thing

 or this ideology has changed future of computers. For, if it was not for LINUX and the FSF in general this instrument of freedom i.e. Computer would not have been realized. Not with this much success, had it been locked in the basement for Scientists and the Armed Forces. This FSF has changed things and I, for one, am convinced that it is for the better.

                

                Further on, we talked about where it is really used and how it is put together.

>>> DEBIAN

                

In this post we explored what essentially was the brainchild of this FSF movement and which OS distributions { distro. in the Lingo} use it. We saw why Ian Murdock came up with this name, DEBIAN.

                We also touched upon that deep suspicion of everything Free , as they say “There is no such thing as a free beer”. But I do believe that this culture of Free Software does has the odds favouring it.

                Say for example, you use Mozilla Firefox and there is someone who tries to slip in a virus by changing the code or by intercepting during the download. For  the latter case there are various checks that are used like md5 checksum which is matched against the site’s actual download and thus blocking out the possibility of interception.

                Whereas for the former the code is open i.e. anyone can see what and how it is made and, what is actual script is , to use the theater terminology. So, if there is a bad dialogue in the script then it is sure to be spotted by someone and thus it’s more likely to be remedied than closed softwares.

>>> F.O.S.S

                This is the post in which we really checked up on the details of the co-operative development approach which makes the system work. And what is it really, that makes people want to wake up late into the nights and to use so much of their brainpower and then in the end upload the thing on the internet for free. BTW if you haven’t read the previous posts then this is a good wake up call, that you really should.

                I build up on my previous posts so jumping in on the wagon halfway would not be the most adventurous thing to do.

                

>>> rms

                This one, personally, was my favourite one. Here, I literally tried everything to convince you that you need to code. You really need to go beyond that uncomfortable feeling when you hear the word “programming”. It’s fun and it’s awesome.

                I enlisted a number of links so as to contribute my two cents in your journey and help as much as I could in getting you started.

                And, of course, we discussed the legendary figure to whom we owe the origins of this entire culture i.e. Richard M. Stallman and the espirit of the movement.

So, in the coming posts we are gonna talk about programming languages that you can get started with. Knowing me, you can guess that I am more inclined to the technology of the future so instead of generation old languages we are gonna focus upon the languages that we are more likely to see in action in near and perhaps in distant future too. The young guns of the programming languages.