Download the Adobe AIR installer " AdobeAIRInstaller.bin " from http://get.adobe.com/air/ . [direct download] Give the installer execute rights by running " chmod +x “. danesh@jackal:/Desktop$ chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin Run the installer and follow the screens. danesh@jackal:/Desktop$ ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin That’s it, now download, install and enjoy your Adobe AIR apps.
Bet you already know that Ubuntu 9.04 got released today. If you didn’t,then go here. Being in Malaysia, great internet speed is something we only hope for. Fortunately, through the love off FOSS, multiple local Malaysian based miirors have been setup and made availalbe to the public. So, if you looking to grab Ubuntu 9.04 quick, use one 0f the mirrors below. http://ubuntu.bytecraft.com.my/ http://ubuntu.mmu.edu.my/ubuntu/ http://mirror.upm.edu.my/ubuntu-release/ http://mirror.oscc.org.my/ubuntu/dists/
Here’s how to download a file using cURL. curl -O [full url to file] curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip Sample Output; [root@kmon01 bin]# curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip<br /> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current<br /> Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed<br /> 100 585k 0 585k 0 0 95317 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 120k
XS.my , Malaysia’s very own tinyurl service. The service is provided by Netizens Media. Put in a long URL and out comes a shorten XS.my URL. I’m hoping that Netizens Media will publish some stats on the service. Would be interesting to see how many Malaysian’s actually use Malaysian services like this.
Try Googling your name, you’ll realize that your Google profile does not show up in the results. Google by default will not release your profile anymore until you have explicitly allowed it to do so. For those who rather not have their profiles online, you don’t have todo anything.The default is to not publish your profile. However, for those wanting to publish your Google profile, head on over to Google Profiles and search enable your profile.