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Actually, I fondly remember the days when you would buy a book at Barns or Books-a-Million (from an entire section for computers) about Linux and it always came with three CDS in the back for some version of Redhat, mostly 7.x. I had a pile of RH book-supplied disks, and probably still have...

Learned on Slackware for a short time, then Redhat until they abandoned the free market after RH9, then switched to Debian 3 and KDE way back (Early 2000's maybe) and other than using XFCE on some performance-challenged boxes (Raspberrys) have stayed with it until now. At the moment I am...

Warning::Long winded intro. I moved exclusively to Linux back around the turn of the century, specifically when Red Hat 7 came out. It was the first that I found that could make a real desktop for general use. Windows (XP I assume) was abandoned forever except for a bit of below-mentioned...

I eventually got it stable with basic Debian Bookworm. It helps that I stay in console mode almost all the time and only crank up XFCE for a debug session with C or Perl or Java or whatever. But GUI works now. However... I was given a Cheesegrater (not even a newer one, but a 2008, 3.1)...

I have to modify my previous post. After receiving an old Mac Pro Cheesegrater (2010 model or thereabouts) it has become the best Linux box that I have ever owned. Built like a tank (and weighs like one, also), it took Debian 12 without a hiccup. I kept expanding it out to see what it would...

Now in production, so to speak. Or rather, everything works so I can get to programming anything on the I2C chain. It took a considerable amount of research and time with a logic analyzer, but I have an interface from an ordinary parallel port to a single or multiple I2C chain. It only...

Got it. Finally found a parallel card that acts like the old motherboard ports. From Amazon, SIIG Legacy and Beyond Series 1 Port Single Parallel PCIe Card. Interestingly, it has the same A99*** chip as four others that I tested, but they will not respond to any of my probings. But...

Has anyone had any luck connecting an I2C device to Linux? Not talking about a Raspberry PI. That is very easy since I2C support is built in. Unfortunately, the PI is somewhat short on horsepower. With an old (Very old) pc with a parallel printer port it is no problem, since the legacy port...

Yep. Exactly correct. Obviously a 2013 video card will not support 4k, and Debian is just trying to feed to what it sees to be plugged in, without concerning itself with the card. There is no locking in the monitor, so I have to tell Debian to stick to 1080p. Its a smart monitor, but not...

Hardware Mac Pro (Trash Can) AMD Mac Pro (CheeseGrater) (2) Nvidia Homebuilt Rysen Tower No name video card I am installing Debian Bookworm on all four. As always, it installed fine on one of the old Mac Pros. And is working fine. I always install only an absolute minimum system (SSH...

I collect old (ancient, mostly) computers and someone gave me a really nice Trash Can Pro, i.e. Mac Pro 6.1 2013. It runs fine with Mojave but I have a far newer desktop for mundane stuff. It is very quiet and quite powerful and being Intel would make a fine Linux box. So I have tried it...

My collection is a pile of Raspberries. A 3, three 4's, and a box full of Zeros too numerous to count. My baliwick is controlling things, which these days is best done with a Pi and the GPIO. And maybe with an Arduino attached. But, that list also includes my pride and joy, a 1976 Altair...

I agree wholeheartedly with him. C is small, tight and has no fluff. C++, while it has everything that the original C has, also contains the kitchen sink, the backyard barbeque pit, and that warehouse storing new tires that don't fit anything. For everyday use on building programs, it is...

The reason that I always have steered beginners to C rather than the C++ they have alway heard to be vastly superior, is to keep them from withdrawing from the class in total confusion and changing their degree plans to psychology. In one of my many C++ books, plainly advertising itself as a...

Certainly, although plain C is usually the best for an ordinary driver. I have always advised students to start with C before moving on to C++. The structure is much simpler (pointers not withstanding) and for a beginner it will not get them lost in objects, inheritance, classes, polymorphism...

Problem solved. ChatGPT suddenly appeared from nowhere and gave several good answers, some including features of Perl that I didn't even know existed. My professional programming career is long behind me so the issue is only academic, but I would say that the future of coding is going to...

I have used, and use, a lot of Pi's over the years, starting with a couple of 2's, which didn't impress me. My current stable has a 3, a trio of 4's and a box full of Zeros's. My use is for controlling stuff, so working with the GPIO is my emphasis. For controllers they work fine - my PCB...

Debian is aging well. I moved to Sarge from Redhat in (unknown date, but the Wiki says 2005) when my nerdish friends and I discovered the wonderful utility of APT. After the unusable kludge of RPM, by itself it was enough to make everyone change over. In all those years in between, I never...

Apple making it difficult for Linux users is a considerable understatement. I have pretty well given up with Linux on Mac. I can usually make it boot on my stash of old Intel boxes, but there is always something that doesn't work right or takes days to hack through - fans stay at high...

I already use Device::BCM2835. It works fine and my code to access the GPIO pins has no problem with it. But, I apparently didn't make my wants clear. It isn't that I need help in getting the driver to work, but that I don't quite understand the Perl calls that use it. To change a pin to...