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Unity Linux >

64bit Linux finally happened for me.

There were a few stumbling blocks, most of which involved the general hesitation I had with stepping away from so much software I was relying on.  But now that I’ve seen how trivial recompiling is, and most especially because Macromedia Adobe Flash has an alpha out for Linux.

Yeah, an alpha.  But I couldn’t tell.  Way back when, there were 32bit betas which were horrific.



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Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

A web browser and feed reader.

  • Originally called Phoenix, then Firebird.

    • Yes, I used it way back then.
  • Shares some code with Thunderbird



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Software > Programming >

https://www.exept.de/en/smalltalk-x.html

Smalltalk/X, a product from eXept Software AG, is a complete implementation of the programming language Smalltalk, class library and development environment, providing:

  • An object-oriented programming language
  • Graphic development environment with editors, browsers, debuggers, GUI builders, etc.
  • Incremental compilation, byte code interpreter and dynamic (just in time) compiler
  • Static compilation and DLL generation, controlled by make-files
  • Comprehensive class library with ready-to-use modules for applications
  • Open Smalltalk source code.

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