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Re:tmux 1.8 Released on Friday March 29, 2013 @02:10PM (#5462084)
Shouldn't you be using checkinstall instead of 'make install' to make removal of the package easier in the future?
Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet on Sunday March 10, 2013 @11:40AM (#5352275)
A bit off topic, but I've always wondered why some refer to the language as 'assembler' whereas others call it 'assembly'. I always thought the assembler is the name of the thing that reads in your assembly code and turns it into a machine binary. Is there some historical significance to calling it 'assembler'?