Linux laptop

• http://system76.com/index.php
• http://laclinux.com/en/Laptop
• http://www.zareason.com/shop/home.php
• http://www.shoprcubed.com/

I especially like the System 76 (for its Ubuntu-specific feature) and Los Alamos (for its Thinkpad hardware, they even offer the new ultraportable X300!), and really wish that they could combine strength.

ESS (Emacs speaks statistics) has a new version out today

http://ess.r-project.org/

This is unbelivable

http://austinist.com/2008/12/10/aisd_teacher_throws_fit_over_studen.php

Open source and acedemia

Interesting materials:
http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/tayloriley/intro.html

Bash vs. Python

• http://ztatlock.blogspot.com/2008/11/bash-vs-python.html
• http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/02/07/python-for-bash-scripters-a-well-kept-secret/
  

Emacs as Python IDE

http://www.enigmacurry.com/2008/05/09/emacs-as-a-powerful-python-ide/

Linux and the Unix philosophy

A very good book. It should be one of the first readings any college student should do, in my opinion.

Here is part of the book made available by Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ZSagwFkxfWMC&dq=linux+and+the+unix+philosophy&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=0YZJwBXlhY&sig=Q2lS05PW1F7fQLEVBAmdwCs9Jwo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result

OpenOffice 3 on Ubuntu

The broken Ubuntu repository for OO3 has been fixed. Now it is possible to follow the instruction to upgrade from OO 2.4 to OO 3: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-0-in-Ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml

Here is an interesting review of different open source office suites: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212201932

Creating R packages

Here are some detailed instructions:

http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maman/computerstuff/Rhelp/Rpackages.html