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    MULTI CORE CPUs to run many programs ?

    I would like this clarified - does the *OS* have something to do with how many cores are used? eg. Linux has a Normal kernel, and it has a SMP kernel, which will make it run across 2 CPUs - how does it do this? The programs instructions are independent of the kernel, how does Linux know which...
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    What are some BASIC implementaions for Linux?

    I'd like a simple one, nothing complicated - something like MS QBasic, adapted a little to Linux would be fine. Why doesn't everyone use BASIC?
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    Need help with adding animation to videos

    does this mean that your students will contribute to free and open source software? IF so (and only if), read this:You can use Blender for doing 3D animation and Cinelerra for video editing. But you will have to do some learning, there's no getting around it. BOTH are avaialble on the Dynebolic...
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    Is Linux harmful to the environment?

    It's not "supposed", the PS3 runs Linux and Titanic was rendered using it, from what I read very long ago.
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    C/C++ Should I Learn PHP Before C++ for University?

    I hate OOP. It's absolutely awful. Just learn BASIC, then C. Out of curiosity, which OS will you be using?
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    Computing in Mechanical Engineering?

    Hello everyone! I'm not an engineer at all, I just surfed on in because I'm you can say a Linux advocate and I'm just basically going around telling everyone about it. It's almost unbelievable luck that a thread like this happened to be going on here. Linux is a free open source OS, you can...