Author Archives: senorwatsonsan

Months ago, I completed an Edx course on Python. A couple hours ago, on my second try, I was able to solve the (admittedly simple) initiation challenge at codewars. So, back to trying to get this IDE stood up. I’ve gotten Vundle working, and the venv thingy working down in a home folder subdirectory. I’mContinue reading “Python IDE – 2”

One of the threads in my dive into propellerhead territory is coding. I’d like to be able to complete the challenges in Project Euler in a few languages. The question you run into is what IDE and OS to use. For the purposes of an Edx course I took in Python last year, I justContinue reading “A Python IDE in VIM”

Ok, back to figuring this out.…Hmm….concerning….my server booted to a single red rectangle. Hard rebooted….and it came back to normal….gonna have to just roll past that.…Found a walkthrough for installing GCC here. It says I have GCC version 8.3.1 installed……And now installing from the .rpm seems to work… Ok maybe it just needed a reboot…wouldContinue reading “VirtualBox on Centos, part deux”

RTFM’ing on VirtualBox’s site here….hmm…what is “Qt”?Some kind of graphical front-end, I’m gathering. Ok how do I install it?The install commands need a name.A man needs a name. …Ok found a guide here: The guide is for CentOS 6 …. I’m on CentOS 8, but we’re going to try. …Right, so this guide listed “GCC”Continue reading “VirtualBox on CentOS; A journey.”

Hardware has arrived.Refurb Dell T7610 Workstation and a shiny new laptop. Kali/Windows dual-boot on the laptop is working like a champ. I intended to use the Dell as a host for virtual machines from VulnHub, which mostly has VirtualBox machines (at least the few that I spot-checked). Looking at VirtualBox’s website, I saw downloads forContinue reading “Let’s do this.”