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Debian in WSL not Ubuntu

TalePunk — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:09:14 +0000

If you are using WSL for programming in Windows, you should use Debian.

This article is not for Linux experts. If you are one and have a Windows machine (main reason is gaming), I hope you are using Debian for WSL and not Ubuntu.

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

If You Don’t Use WSL, You Should

If you program on Windows, some languages require extra setup tools and dependencies to get started. In Linux, you often just need one package install command, and you're ready to code.
The size of WSL (with a distro) can sometimes be smaller than the dependencies you need to install on Windows.

IDEs nowadays, like VS Code offer an option to connect directly to WSL, and the terminal it opens is Linux. You don’t even notice that the terminal you’re using is running on WSL.

You can also copy and move files across Windows and Linux (WSL).

Run this command as admin to install WSL. If you don’t specify a distro, it installs Ubuntu.

wsl --install -d Debian

WSL can also be install through Microsoft store.
(if you encounter problems just search online or ask AI, it’s fairly simple)

Since WSL2, we get a full Linux kernel in a lightweight VM, which was not the case in WSL1. This means Windows is not trying to emulate Linux; you get the actual Linux kernel.

Full article at talepunk.com

Get to know Anthropic's new Claude 3.5 sonnet and 'computer use' in simple terms

TalePunk — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 04:48:16 +0000

Claude just got upgraded, and why you should use it over ChatGPT

On Oct 22, 2024, Anthropic announced upgraded Claude 3.5 sonnet, new model Claude 3.5 Haiku, and computer use.
We are going to see how they compares to other publicly available models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o or Google’s Gemini.

Claude 3.5 sonnet - Anthropic’s top model
Claude 3.5 Haiku - Fast and efficient model (uses less tokens/resources).

Claude 3.5 sonnet is now the top model in SWE-bench Verified.
SWE-bench tests language models on real-world GitHub issues (coding)

Resolved 49%

Claude 3.5 sonnet is also higher on TAU-bench than GPT-4o.

Full article at talepunk.com

The .io domain might be in trouble

TalePunk — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:08:33 +0000

Know how ccTLDs (Country Code Top-Level Domains) can die.

On October 3, 2024, the UK handed over the Chagos Archipelago (a cluster of islands) to the country of Mauritius. It was celebrated as the UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius.
This geopolitical act might have unintended effects on the whole internet.

Before granting independence to Mauritius in 1968, Britain separated it and form a new colony on the Chagos archipelago named the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT).
For a long time, the UK and the US have operated a military base on Diego Garcia, one of the islands of the Chagos Archipelago.

Mauritius has always argued against the control of the UK over the Chagos Archipelago. After many rounds of talks (and a UN court ruling, this longstanding dispute has finally been resolved.
In return for a 99-year lease for the military base, the islands will become part of Mauritius.

That means the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist, along with the .io domain and countless websites.

What will happen is that the International Standard for Organization (ISO) will remove the country code “IO.” Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) which creates and assigns top-level domains, uses this code to determine which top-level country domains should exist.
Once ‘IO’ is removed, IANA will start the process of retiring .io, which involves stopping new registrations and the expiration of existing ‘.io domains.‘

Full article at talepunk.com