Cristiano L. Fontana

494 points

Italy

Cristiano L. Fontana was a researcher at the Physics and Astronomy Department "Galileo Galilei" of the University of Padova (Italy) and moved to other new experiences.

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Authored Content

Draw Mandelbrot fractals with GIMP scripting

Create complex mathematical images with GIMP's Script-Fu language.

Start programming in Racket by writing a "guess the number" game

Racket is a great way to learn a language from the Scheme and Lisp families.

Write GIMP scripts to make image processing faster

Learn GIMP's scripting language Script-Fu by adding an effect to a batch of images.

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Why you should use Node.js for data science

Node.js and other JavaScript libraries are excellent choices for data science. Here's why.

Share data between C and Python with this messaging library

ZeroMQ makes for a fast and resilient messaging library to gather data and share between multiple languages.

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Using C and C++ for data science

Let's work through a common data science task with C99 and C++11.

Contributed Content

Education is essential to being a sysadmin, developer, or any type of IT professional

The ultimate back to school guide to open source for teachers

Learn how to incorporate open source principles and technology into the classroom.

Authored Comments

cristiano.fontana

8 Feb 2021

3 open source tools that make Linux the ideal workstation

Gnumeric feels lightweight, but it is actually very powerful! A colleague of mine uses it all the time to prepare the publication-quality plots for our scientific articles.

cristiano.fontana

16 Jun 2020

How to know if you're ready to switch from Mac to Linux

I agree with your point. If somebody wants to start to use Linux, trying to configure it as a fake macOS could be a bad idea. There are surely going to be differences anyways, that would probably get in the way.
A total embrace of the new ways is, in my opinion, a good method to start.