14 Feb 2006, 4:16 am
Hello I'm new here.. I've been reading posts on this forum for a while and now I decided to join the planet 
Anyways, my name is Sam and I'm 19 years old, I'm an Aspie too.. My main interests are computers and music.
I've been programming since I was 11 and I mostly like programming unix/linux applications using C, C++, AT&T assembly, Perl and the GTK+ toolkit. I tried 15 different operating systems so far but my favourite OSes are Fedora Core 4 and FreeBSD.. I spend like 14 hours of my day on my computers..
I also spend a considerable amount of time playing on my piano or composing songs on my electronic organ and using computers with sequencing software to come up with MIDI songs, I don't know how to read notes but somehow have this weird ability to play any song immedietly by ear.
Just like many people here, I have difficulty making friends and getting along with people, I am so clueless. I rarely go outside my house but when I do, I never have a good time. I hate small talk and like to speak about some concrete subject, I also hate being around in some place full of people and prefer being around 1 or 2 people only or being alone. I would really love to find a person who understands me, only 1 person, but that's just not happenning it seems..
I sleep an average of 4 hours or so because I think sleeping is overrated and I prefer to spend my time doing something more useful..
Well that's about it I guess, hopefully you'll get to know me from my posts
14 Feb 2006, 5:23 am
Anyways, my name is Sam and I'm 19 years old, I'm an Aspie too.. My main interests are computers and music.
I've been programming since I was 11 and I mostly like programming unix/linux applications using C, C++, AT&T assembly, Perl and the GTK+ toolkit. I tried 15 different operating systems so far but my favourite OSes are Fedora Core 4 and FreeBSD.. I spend like 14 hours of my day on my computers..
I also spend a considerable amount of time playing on my piano or composing songs on my electronic organ and using computers with sequencing software to come up with MIDI songs, I don't know how to read notes but somehow have this weird ability to play any song immedietly by ear.
Wow, you sound like me in all respects. C, C++, Perl, FreeBSD, Linux, Music, and even age. I just have to do MIPS assembly language, not AT&T. I apologize.
have you ever tried Gentoo? I used to be a developer with Gentoo, but I had to retire because of school. I'm also interested in Darwin (FreeBSD based) and the various Apple Open Source projects like WebKit, which is totally awesome.
What apps have u written for linux? Any experience with ncurses and CLI apps?
14 Feb 2006, 7:17 am
Hello alex, nice meeting you
I never tried Gentoo, but I tried the following Linux distros:
- All Red Hat products starting from redhat linux 7.3 to Fedora Core 4
- Openwall Linux
- Debian
- Knoppix-STD
- PHLAK 0.3
- Mandriva 2006
- Ubuntu (by far the worst, don't know why everyone is praising it)
- SUSE 9.3
Today I downloaded a FreeBSD based OS called PC-BSD, it's meant to attract people to the Unix community by providing an easy user interface..
I've written many, many apps for linux but didn't release any of them on the internet..
The latest 2 apps that have been keeping me busy today is a simple app that converts hexdump output into shellcode and automatically generates C source code that can be immedietly compiled using gcc.. And the other app is a nice GUI app also coded in C using the GTK+ toolkit that I'm using to keep track of the ebooks, movies, mp3s that I download in a nice database, pretty useful because I download a lot of stuff.. Lately I've been also experimenting with the Linux kernel and surprisingly so far I didn't screw anything up.. 
What apps have you developed for Gentoo?
I have experience with ncurses, but I stopped using the library ever since i began developing GNOME2 and GTK+ applications. I've been a command-line person for the last 6 years or so, but now I thought it's time for a bit of change
