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  1. I learned C++ in high school about your age. Granted it was Boreland C++ at the time. If I were teaching a kid today, I would probably go Python -> C++ -> Assembly -> Java/C#. Once you get into college, if you go CS you will learn C -> Assembly -> C++ -> then Java or similar depending on department/etc. I was CpE so I was a bit more hardware level, but ultimately after C++ it is the same salad with different dressings.
  2. I would bet money it could run Tiny Core since it is targeted at 486 level hardware. I would start there and move to Puppy Linux. If it runs puppy well enough (and it should) then move up to AntiX. If AntiX runs well, you might try crunchbang++, but this is about as far as that hardware would take you. You might maybe get peppermint (kinda like ubuntu based chrome os) to run well enough, but that is a big maybe. You certainly wont get modern chrome to run on that hardware worth a dang. I agree with everyone else here though. Daily life will be a struggle for that processor.
  3. I think I learned things backwards, but ultimately it made me a better programmer. My path was C -> C++ -> Assembly -> Java -> Matlab -> Javascript -> python. I have dabbled with c#, but it was in a brief but weird time in my life where I thought I might actually go back to windows. I have professionally worked with c, c++, and java. The only time I used assembly was at a hackathon for an embedded project. I have a love/hate relationship with javascript, mostly because it feels like there are so many fundamental parts missing. I LOVE Matlab and it is just so dang useful. If you want to actually learn the fundamentals of programming and understand what is happening, you should really learn c / c++. Learn pointers, memory allocation and how that all works. Build the constructors and destructors for your objects, learn how inheritance / multiple inheritance works, abstract classes and functions, polymorphism, and and and lions and tigers and bears oh my! Ultimately, I guess it depends on where you want to fall on the coder [ --- ] programmer spectrum. There is nothing wrong with just being a coder.
  4. Well first you need to understand that every time you introduce an adapter you introduce another point of failure. Second, sodimm is slower than most regular memory, often has different voltages, and generally something like this would require a lot of tinkering to get running. But even then, I don't believe it would ever really be stable. I don't really understand how this could be worth the headache.
  5. Whichever one you need. Installing a bunch of distro's just because you have room is just giving yourself a part time job.
  6. awesome. If this is for your fathers multimedia build, you might consider ubuntu studio. It would be a bit less resource intensive and a bit more user friendly. https://ubuntustudio.org/
  7. lemme take a look, I have not used virtual box in a few years. Have you tried changing the resolution inside the distro?
  8. Ya, there are some area's where vmware is just better. It sounds like you need to install virtualbox-guest-utils and virtualbox-guest-dkms.
  9. yup, right control + f on virtual box Edit, you should be warned that distro is coming right along and is chock full of eye candy, but it always runs like crap in a vm. It is just too resource intensive unless you have beefed up that vm.
  10. I disagree with the government in this case. Walmart is one of, if not the largest IT employer in the world.
  11. Ya, I have put a number of 1030's in computers at work and they have been great even with only 2gb vram. It's why I don't understand the hate on an AMD competitor with 3gb of ram. The competition can only be a good thing imo.
  12. But in order for it to be a monopoly, it would have to also be the only walled garden would it not? There is 5 or 6 of these gardens you can be in, often simultaneously. I cannot find anything comparative to this. Like what? I am not trying to be super pro apple, I am just curious.
  13. I think it's great as we are not really starving for high end cards. What we need are more capable and power efficient low end cards, especially for laptops and low end desktops. I also don't really understand the hate on the 3gb vram. I can put this is my nieces computer and she could watch netflix, play facebook games, and do her school work with no trouble whatsoever. The truth is something like 98% of the pc user base wont ever even max out an onboard intel...
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