I noted in Slackware Diary that I had installed Free42 under Slackware. As I wrote in 2006 I fell in love with HP calculators and their RPN notation back in the 1970s, and still find the conventional algebraic notation rather awkward. I no longer carry a physical calulator, but I have Free42 installed on my phone and my tablet, and on my Windows systems. Now I also have it on Slackware. So I circled back to see if I could install in on Ubuntu.
Following up from last time:
gmcdavid@Tyrone:~$ flatpak uninstall com.visualstudio.code gmcdavid@Tyrone:~$ flatpak uninstall com.visualstudio.code-oss
I was prompted for the root password. I may come back to Flatpak on Slackware, but for now on to some other installations….
I have known about Electron–positron annihilation for at least 52 years, from my course in Atomic and Nuclear Physics at Carleton College in the spring of 1970 if not before. The reaction is
e– + e+ → γ + γ
I had always assumed that the inverse reaction
γ + γ → e– + e+
was also possible because of time reversal symmetry. Apparently so had everyone else, but it has only recently been observed: Matter arises from light? We finally know the answer to this question!. Even now there is a caveat about “virtual” as opposed to “real” photons.
Continuing from Slackware Diary – 1
Fixed the prompt by copying .bashrc and .profile (renamed as .bash_profile) from my primary Ubuntu system. This works and I have nice color prompts in Slackware. Need to see if I have scripts from my previous Slackware days to add environment variables, aliases, etc. Life in Slackware means a lot of time on the command line.
The next task on my list was to install Flatpak so I could use apps from Flathub
As I mentioned before, I installed the beta version of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on the same system where I had installed Slackware 15.0. The official release of that version of Ubuntu is out and I have accordingly upgraded that system. A few things that I have noticed so far:
‘Marie was born and raised in Cuffe Street and that is where I live. Marie was baptized in Whitefriars Street. She made her first communion there. Mr. McCausland is doing well in the bank and he rented this house last year. Of course, I wouldn’t be here except that Marie needs help and Mr. McCausland is in the … hospital.’
| comaoineach | Communion | f |
| cíos | rent | m |
| seadú | Settlement; stay, wait | m |
| cúnamh | help | m |
Back in February I looked at the Slackware Linux web site. After years of working with Ubuntu, and occasionally its parent Debian, I decided to see if I could install Slackware and get it to work. I used it a lot in the first years of the current century. Could I still manage it now, or had the comforts of the Ubuntu installation process dulled my edge? From Slackware 15 – The old brigade:
Slackware is deployed using an ncurses interface, with a set of menus where you must make intelligent choices, including partitioning and package selection. And then, there’s LILO the bootloader. Not GRUB, mind! Feels a bit daunting, but then, if you’re careful and methodical, there should be no issues. That said, the approach automatically precludes Slackware from being a typical desktop choice, as most people would have no idea what to do with the installer.
Nodlaig, -lag, pl. -i, f. , oft. with art … .
N. mhaith chughat, I wish you a merry Christmas…
Week before Christmas. The weather was thoroughly unpleasant. Gales of wind,
sudden outbreaks of rain, sleet. Dineen was on his way to the WhiteFriars’ church.
It was about one and it was clear that the rainy, wet day would continue.
In the great hall of the Church, there were many prams, babies sleeping in them,
messages piled on them. There were people, mostly women, running in to confession or lighting up candles: preparation for Christmas in full swing[sail].
| míthaitneamhach | Displeasing, disagreeable; unpleasant, unattractive | |
| ráig | udden rush; sudden outbreak; fit, bout, attack | f pl ráigeanna |
| flichshneachta | sleet | m |
| anfach | Stormy, rough, tempestuous | |
| teachtaireacht | message | f |
| carn | heap, pile | v |
| faoistin | confession | f |
Tharla cruinniú coiste de chuid bhuanchoiste an aonaigh
saothair ar siúl ar ardán an halla nuair a bhuail an Duinníneach
isteach agus bhí an tAthair Merrigan ag déanamh eadrána idir
seastán na gcístí agus lucht roth an áidh. Chuir sé na mná uaisle
ar fad in aithne don Duinníneach, a gheall go dtiocfadh sé chun
aonaigh agus go gceannódh sé stocaí bána cniotáilte uathu dá
mbeidís ar fáil. D’éalaigh siad on gcruinniú ansin agus shiúil
siad thart ar an halla, idir na stainníní, agus iad ag caint.
‘I’ll go in here myself,’ said Dineen when they reached the church.
‘I would like to have a few words with Tom Merrigan.’
A meeting of the standing committee of the job fair was taking place on the hall stage
when Dineen came in and Father Merrigan was mediating between the cake stand and
the wheel of fortune. He introduced all the ladies to Dineen, who promised to come to the
fair and buy white knitted socks from them if available. They then escaped from the meeting and walked around the hall, between the booths, talking.
| coiste | jury, committee | m |
| buanchoiste | Standing committee | m |
| ardán | platform, stage, stand | m |
| eadráin | Separation of combatants; intervention in dispute; mediation, conciliation | f gs eadrána |
| seastán | stand | m |
| roth | wheel | n |
| ádh | luck | m gs áidh |
| lucht | Content, charge; fill, capacity; cargo, load; Class, category, of) people |
m |
| geall | pledge, security | m |
| stainnín | Stand, stall, booth | m |
