Computing related stuff
A collection of programs, hints and links that might be useful to some students and researchers:
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- Asking the smart question
Some help on asking a question in order to get a useful answer
- Dvorak Keyboard
What is the Dvorak keyboard? Pdf file with keys to print, links to background information.
- GNU/Linux
What is GNU/Linux, where can I get it? Manuals for beginners.
- ImageMagick -- Image Processing Toolbox
A very short introduction to ImageMagick
- Notes on Mercurial (Hg) version control
Notes on Mercurial (Hg) version control
- Octave: Installation and Matlab compatibility issues
A collection of differences between Octave and Matlab
- Printing documents into pdf files
How to create PDF documents (for example from MS Word)?
- Python Applications that may be of interest to some
Python Applications that may be of interest to some. Emphasis on engineering education / computational physics / computational tools.
- Python installation instructions
How to install Python. For students of SESA2006, SESG3025, SESG6028 and others
- reStructuredText (rst) example
What is reStructuredText (rst)? An example.
- Sublime Text 2 Editor
Sublime Text 2 Editor
- The Python programming language
Some (introductory) information on Python, and extension modules we use regularly, interesting links.
- Ubuntu
Installing packages on Ubuntu? Notes for beginners.
- Unit conversion tool
Convert (physical) units, short introduction to GNU units programme
- Useful fonts
Useful fonts for programming