Simulacra X: Update

yes, the project has kicked off but at a very slow pace. been quite busy with "real life" and work recently. but so far i've been working on the system and maths stuff and lots of ideas about the other stuff have been bouncing everywhere in my head. the project name has changed from "simulacra" to "simulacra x" only because i needed a cool second consonant to prefix my #defines, typedefs and class names. for example, my 3d vector class, now named SxVector3 is way cooler than SVector3 or SeVector3 (e = engine). also considering namespaces too. namespace Sx?
anyway, my major priority now is to install and set up a linux dev enviroment on my almost-3yr old laptop which hasn't been of much use recently. first, i have to buy a new battery for it, totally format and fdisk the whole hdd, then go through mess of installing/configuring a fast, bloat-free linux environment. it's been a since while i played with linux – dunno if my memory is still intact for the command line.