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DeeDeeK
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Process is more important than Product.
I'm an old-school programmer, who hadn't written a line of code since 1990ish. Proficient in Zilog Z8, m68k, and mos6502 assembly, Modula-2, Atari Basic (8 bit Atari), I thought it'd be great to get a system I can really dig deep into and learn all about from hardware on up. And learn C.
I'm also an artist and writer and I'm so glad I ignored all the helpful suggestions that I should learn everything else but C. Seems that artsy types aren't expected to be able or want to leave the shallow end of the pool. It's taken a long time to really get somewhere but now that I'm getting familiar with C, and Xlib & XCB, I'm able to do much more, much faster, and with more detailed control than Javascript, Processing, etc., would allow.
Now I'm hungry to learn more and it looks like there are some members here who really know some stuff and I'm genuinely excited! There are so many Linux oriented sites, it's very hard to find the right ones for me. When people read 'artist' they assume I won't be interested or understand more technical stuff, and I've been given so many bum steers from well meaning people, that for a while I nearly gave up trying.
From what I've read in posts here, it looks like a clear question can elicit some very good answers. I'm interested in "how you can do that" much more than "you don't want to do that" or "that won't work." Even less impressive to me is the statement "it can't be done," when it comes without any useful suggestions. If something can't be done, then it can be very instructive to try and fail. As an artist and an autodidact, the process is more important to me than the product.
I'm an old-school programmer, who hadn't written a line of code since 1990ish. Proficient in Zilog Z8, m68k, and mos6502 assembly, Modula-2, Atari Basic (8 bit Atari), I thought it'd be great to get a system I can really dig deep into and learn all about from hardware on up. And learn C.
I'm also an artist and writer and I'm so glad I ignored all the helpful suggestions that I should learn everything else but C. Seems that artsy types aren't expected to be able or want to leave the shallow end of the pool. It's taken a long time to really get somewhere but now that I'm getting familiar with C, and Xlib & XCB, I'm able to do much more, much faster, and with more detailed control than Javascript, Processing, etc., would allow.
Now I'm hungry to learn more and it looks like there are some members here who really know some stuff and I'm genuinely excited! There are so many Linux oriented sites, it's very hard to find the right ones for me. When people read 'artist' they assume I won't be interested or understand more technical stuff, and I've been given so many bum steers from well meaning people, that for a while I nearly gave up trying.
From what I've read in posts here, it looks like a clear question can elicit some very good answers. I'm interested in "how you can do that" much more than "you don't want to do that" or "that won't work." Even less impressive to me is the statement "it can't be done," when it comes without any useful suggestions. If something can't be done, then it can be very instructive to try and fail. As an artist and an autodidact, the process is more important to me than the product.