Author: Mark Johnson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Installing extra programs on a fresh install of
Kubuntu
You nostalgic types will be glad to hear, no doubt, that they're still
teaching us Assembler as part of the "Microprocessor Principles" unit on my
degree course. No machine code yet, though ;-)
Mark
On Friday 29 August 2008 22:24:04 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > 2008/8/29 Gordon Scott <gordon@???>
>
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> > > After a little guidance, my Grandson sets up his own ..... :)
> > >
> > > His big complaint is that he is forced to use M$ at school.
> >
> > Forced? Sounds a tad Dickensian.
> > (Didn't Dickens use Cobol on an IBM or something? :-)
> >
> > Dickensian? Well, I suppose it is, a bit. ("There is but one way and that
>
> is.....")
>
> Cobol? Eeee, when I were a lad, it were Assembler or noothin'. Youngsters
> today, don't know they're born...
>
> Chris.
>
> p.s. I must confess that it was (were?) Ubuntu what did the trick!
