Programming and EeePC
My friends have been working on a game called Fuego. It uses SDL and OpenGL at the moment. I have thought it would be fun to help them program, however, I know little about C/C++ and I have very limited experience with programming on this level. I mostly have programmed in IT-BASIC for my TI-89. Lucky for me, my friend owns a copy of Beginning C++ Game Programming by Micheal Dawson. It starts with the basics, and it is (so far) simple enough for me to understand.
On a different note, I have tried the EeePC. I have to say that the EeePC is a fun little laptop. Asus has really created a functional laptop that can do most common tasks quite well. The laptop is great for quick web surfing, and testing networks. But what is great about it is that it runs linux, and with a little work I can get Ubuntu (with compiz) running on the system. The solid state drive inside is only 4GB which is a little small, but there is a 8GB version. even more interesting is that some people are hacking the hardware, adding bluetooth, 802.11n, and touchscreens among other things.
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