ubavic

6 か月前議論

From my experience, WASM is great for easily porting existing codebases to the browser. It took me less than a day to download Emscripten, learn a little about WASM, make one toy project, and then port a 20-year-old, 40-KLOC C++ project to the browser [1]. The last part only took me half an hour, and I don't even write C++.

[1] https://poincare.matf.bg.ac.rs/~janicic/gclc/

ubavic

7 か月前議論

This is my third install fest and I planned to write some check list that I compiled in these years. I can share this:

- make sure bring extension chords, and make sure you have enough fast wifi for all participants

- bring enough USB-s. Installation on older laptops can take time

- ventoy is useful

- for beginners stick to Fedora/Debian. Popular distros come and go, but these two are constant and will be supported for a long time

- don't give options to beginners if they don't ask for it. You will induce paralysis of choice

- automatic dual boot setup by Debian installer works very well. Partition shrinking on Windows isn't scary as I thought before

- sometimes you can't install BIOS/UEFI drivers without windows (on older devices). You maybe want to do that before installing Linux

- i think it is good to have a windows installation ready. At least for windows boot loader recovery if anything goes bad

- bitLocker can be PITA. Don't lock users device

- after installation update system

- write some material, what-to-do-after-installation guide, and give to participants. Maybe create group on some social network or messaging app

ubavic

7 か月前議論

You know what? I removed that part. You are probably right, and there is no need to scare beginners :)

ubavic

7 か月前議論

Check podcast https://radiostudent.si/druzba/tehno-klistir They talk about open source, linux, etc...

ubavic

7 か月前議論

System from USB will feel sluggish. Users could get a feel for UI, but I think it would be inadequate for a long term usage.

ubavic

8 か月前議論

That is something I accidentally discovered. TexInfo also uses @.