Day 2: Software Preparation

Linux Smiled On Us

• The screen is crystal clear: no banding, no black bars.
• The audio card works without recompiling the kernel.
• HDMI is broadcasting audio and video properly.
• WIFI attached at 5GHz.

First, I took an inventory last night after the little one went to sleep.  The following software is already installed and available.  After this list, I will show the questions and options resulting from that list and what I plan on installing with her during our session this afternoon.

Preinstalled with Raspberry Pi 4B Desktop Kit:

Category	Name	Description
Operating System	Raspberry Pi OS	Linux FTW.
Java IDE	Greenfoot	A classroom-based IDE.
JVM	OpenJDK 11	Fantastic choice, avoiding Oracle licensing woes.
Text Editor	vi, nano, etc.	Forcing a 9-year old to use vi sounds unfair.
Browser	Chromium	Good enough.
Revision Control	Git 2.2	So happy.
Image Editor	None	None
Audio Editor	None	None

Changes We Will Make (and Why):

Category	Name	Description
Operating System	Raspberry Pi OS	She uses iOS and Windows at school. Enough tyranny.
Java IDE	Eclipse/STS	For native Git integration and Maven support.
JVM	OpenJDK 11	Fantastic choice, avoiding Oracle licensing woes.
Text Editor	SublimeText	Free editor that enforces mindfulness (no printing).
Browser	Chromium	This doesn't matter much. In our code, we will be using pure DOM implementation jars for container tests.
Revision Control	Git 2.2	Seriously happy. We have a NAS securely hosting Git.
Image Editor	GIMP	There is no other.
Audio Editor	Audacity	Absolutely fantastic. Go open-source or go home.