The Fedora Project is preparing for the final release of Fedora 17.
openSUSE(R) 12.1 was released on 11/16/2011. Image credit.
arXiv and Journals
List of new cond-mat submissions.
List of recent cond-mat submissions.
Journals: Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B,
Rev. Mod. Phys. and
The European Physical Journal.
The C++ Programming Language
This C++ spec. is probably intended for compiler writers, but I've found it useful for programmers as well. Also of interest is Sutter's gotw. Keeping up with C++11 and beyond isn't easy. To help in that regard, here's Stroustrup's talk from GoingNative-2012. Here's Alexandrescu's static if proposal.
The D Programming Language
I'm investigating
if the D programming language will be feasible
for HPC.
The D newsgroup.
The DMD compiler, phobos and druntime are
here.
The GDC repository, GDC is a D compiler
that uses the GCC backend (and DMD frontend).
My project Bubbles aims to replicate (and maybe replace)
PsimagLite using the D programming language.
The Assembly Programming Language
One can't get closer to the metal than this. A good starting resource is Programming from the Ground Up.
(La)TeX and Typography
"CTAN lion drawing by Duane Bibby; thanks to www.ctan.org".
The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.
The TeX Users Group.
A TeX leaflet (pdf).
The TeX showcase.
The CNMS User Form in LaTeX is here.
The 1922 edition of Updike's book on fonts is available from google.com. Note that there are two downloadable pdfs, one for each volume.
Like me, you probably use pdfTeX all the time, but have you ever wondered about pdfTeX, pdfLaTex, XeTeX, luaTeX, luaLaTeX, and the future of TeX? See this luatex-doc.pdf. From the linked document: "...[LuaTeX] is the designated successor of pdfTEX and includes all of its core features: direct generation of PDF files with support for advanced PDF features and micro-typographic enhancements to TEX typographic algorithms...'' and it goes on to list the features. See also the table in the same document to understand the different engines and their capabilities. There is a roadmap for luaTeX. There are more great TeX projects, including ConTeXt and LaTeX3 (with a news page). We live in interesting times for TeX and typography.
"Git
is a distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development.
Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server."