On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Dale Amon <a...@vnl.com> wrote: > Source is an educational tool. > Learning command line is a lesson in taking control of your own computer. > Kids explore. > > Make sure J Random's computer is full of things to intrigue and > lead a 13 year old to the power of the source.
Personally, I use apt-get source for one thing: the little note that tells me which bzr branch I can use, instead. (There's probably a better command for that, but I don't know what it is). Using the bzr branch always works better for me. It's easier to keep track of my changes and submit them (instead of remembering when it's too late that I'm working without any kind of version control), and I can use bzr builddeb to reliably create an installable package with those changes. There are also way fewer junk files. I get the source, and that's it, instead of a bunch of different tar.gz files that are going to be entirely meaningless for someone who is just exploring the system ;) Dylan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
