Tag: Linux

Funny as heck, but probably only to nerds…

I was just trolling around on the Gentoo fora, and found a thread with this amazing link on it: STRONG LANGUAGE and CONTENT — NOT for anyone under 18: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Gentoo If you’re not a huge nerd like me, that content might not be funny at all. However, if you’re into computers and programming, you will …

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Alternatives to AIR?

No, no, no, this isn’t going to be an article about some crazy new breathing apparatus. Rather, it regards some new technology related to the web-desktop interface that I discussed briefly in my article yesterday. I stumbled upon this new program known as Adobe AIR. Today, however, while perusing the Gentoo mailing lists, I found …

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I’m gasping for AIR

Recently, Adobe Systems released a new, and very innovative piece of free software called AIR. As far as I can tell, this program seems to be a synthesis of the concepts driving Java and already-existing web technologies like Flash and Shockwave. As I just found out about AIR, I haven’t really had enough time to …

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