>read threads on Jow Forums for weeks while understanding half of the words
>decide linux mint sounds cool and download
>it is cool
What now? I want to start programming, so what language and programs should I use?
Read threads on Jow Forums for weeks while understanding half of the words
Evan Bennett
Jason Wilson
You DID install Gentoo, didn't you?
wiki.gentoo.org
wiki.installgentoo.com
Nathaniel Morales
well what do you want to do
William Reyes
learn python, ignore all the meme language suggestions
figure out how to learn it on your own
Adrian Sullivan
no
Be told what I should do
Joseph Wright
>Install a tiling window manager (I personally use i3, but there are some other great options, like dwm)
>Install arch
>Rice (customize) them
>Learn C++ (Make sure to read a book, not some meme online course and/or coding bootcamp or some other shit)
Lincoln Hill
fpbp
>Mint
>unironically
>after many fuck ups
>after getting hacked
>despite having no purpose
>despite going unmaintained for months because of gay developers
lol
Hudson Morgan
Start with C, that should give you the foundations. From there, you should find learning any language easy. It just depends on what you want to do with programming.
Gavin Perry
This but better don't do that
Adam Roberts
Forgot to mention, learn how to use a good text editor, such as Vim or Emacs. In my case it's Emacs with evil mode. Start with Vim and see if you like it, its keybindings are great and there are tons of other programs that are based on them (see again, tiling window managers).
Jose Ortiz
Getting advice from Jow Forums is a terrible idea. Most of the people arguing on these boards either don't know what they're talking about, or they do but just feel like trolling or being contrarian for sport.
Christian Russell
I didnt really read that much into it, it just sounded easy to use.
Jason Adams
install some text editor(if you want a botnet one it's your choice) to code and search online tutorials about python or install a java IDE if you want to have a shitty job. Your distro already have an intuitive package installer that makes all easy peasy for you.
Joshua Scott
is just ubuntu with a wallpaper, fag it's no easier or harder to use. it's just less maintained
Nolan Roberts
user, this skiddie does not have a job
not how it works
Landon Walker
>now how it works
based delusional mintjeet
Hunter Torres
Start with C. Wish I had done that instead of Python/JS meme.
David Hughes
literally exactly how it works, but you don't realise it yet
Adrian Wilson
>what is a DE
Thomas Roberts
howtogeek.com
Congratulations, you've made Linux Mint.
Brody Sullivan
Based and redpilled
Austin Cook
Uninstall linux mint and install windows
Jacob Miller
dual boot
Bentley Phillips
who are you quoting?
Tyler Ross
this
John Reed
Okay friend I'll give you a proper answer.
1) Install MX Linux, choose the x64 version
mxlinux.org
2) For programming I recommend learning C with
K. N. King's book: "C Programming A Modern approach", do all the exercises.
Get acquaintanced with tools such as gcc (the compiler), gdb (the debugger), etc.
Also as a programming environment just use "nano" on your terminal, search on google how to configure nano to give you tabs to spaces and set every tab size to "4" (4 spaces = 1 tab)
And then you're good to go.
After you're done with that do this course: cs.cmu.edu
And you'll be able to turn a computer inside out.
Cheers!
Dylan Williams
The bias you people have towards Mint is astounding. Security hasn't been a concern with mint for quite some time now, and that screenshot you guys all love to post is all out of date. Ubuntu's had their forums hacked multiple times, hell even last year Gentoo's github was hacked and changed into nigger linux, but no one seems to care about or remember that. Also theres no official Ubuntu Cinnamon spin so until that happens Mint still has a unique DE going for it at least. Seriously though, is all the hate mint gets just JIDF reacting to what clem said about Israel?
Easton Thomas
I feel like C and Scheme (or its modern successors Racket and Clojure) are the best way to learn computer science.
Ian Jackson
On a second thought, just go with xubuntu instead.
Hunter Jackson
*easy way
open notepad and start javascript
*the right way
install python than C than anything you want..