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99<p>Programming has for a long time been one of my favourite hobbies, so it seems appropriate that I should devote a few web pages to it! I&#39;ve programmed on various platforms, including ARM/RISC OS, EPOC, Symbian, Windows, WinCE/Windows Mobile, XBox, PS2, Maemo, Sailfish OS, Android, iOS, the Web and GNU/Linux. More a reflection of my age than anything else, but I now concentrate mostly on Linux and Sailfish OS.</p>
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101<p>You&#39;ll find many of the programs here are rather old, but there&#39;s also plenty of code that&#39;s very much alive and in active development.</p>
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103<p>Click on one of the navigation links to go to the downloads pages. There you&#39;ll find lists for specific operating systems as well as links to programs that are more well-developed and deserve their own pages.</p>
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105<p>You can also find me on various coding platforms, including <a href="https://codeberg.org/flypig">Codeberg</a>, <a href="https://github.com/llewelld">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://gitlab.com/flypig">GitLab</a>, <a href="https://launchpad.net/~flypig">LaunchPad</a> and <a href="https://sourceforge.net/u/flypig/profile/">SourceForge</a>.</p>
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107<p>Enjoy the programs, and remember feedback is always welcome!</p>
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112<p />Computers are often perceived as tools for getting a job done. Unfortunately from this perspective, they're only as interesting as the job they're applied to. Personally I gain more enjoyment when taking computer use to be an end in itself. Consequently, I try to run a variety of operating systems on a collection of different hardware platforms. Like most things that are fun, this is also a collosal waste of time.
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114<p />Anyway, I digress. The point is, I'm trying to get experience with a variety of different platforms. The following is a brief run down of the machines I'm currently running.
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116<p />I have two ARM-based machines running RISC OS: an <a href="http://www.iyonix.com/">Iyonix</a> and an <a href="http://www.advantage6.com/products/A9home.html">A9Home</a>. ARM Risc processors have an elegantly simple yet effective instruction set and on these machines they're complemented by the RISC OS operating system, which I find equally nice to program and use. If you want to know more about RISC OS, check out the entry in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A302004">h2g2</a>. A history of the platform can be found on <a href="http://atterer.net/acorn.html">Richard Atterer's site</a>. The Iyonix also runs <a href="http://www.iyonix.com/linux.html">Debian ARM GNU/Linux</a>.
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118<p />For other computing things and games I have an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ machine that sometimes runs <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/default.mspx">Windows XP</a>, and often runs <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu GNU/Linux</a>.
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120<p />My home server is a small and low-power <a href="http://chasblogspot.blogspot.com/2007/07/koolu-another-small-linux-pc.html">Koolu Net Appliance</a> running <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a>. Despite its small footprint, this has been working very well as an all-round-networked-server-type-device. It performs a variety of nifty server functions, including NAS, SVN, VPN, FTP, HTTP, amongst others. It's not really intended for use as a proper webserver, but you can visit it's own website at <a href="http://www.flypig.org.uk">www.flypig.org.uk</a>.
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122<p />Many moons ago I used a Psion Revo+ running the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPOC_(computing)">EPOC</a> (Symbian) operating system, hence there's some Psion software somewhere around here too. My (lack of) organisational needs are now satisfied by a <a href="http://www.internettablettalk.com/2007/10/17/the-nokia-n810-internet-tablet/">Nokia N810</a> running <a href="http://maemo.org/intro/">Maemo</a> (a Linux variant). It's a really great device!
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