Rubygame 2.5.2 for Windows

I've compiled a new version of Rubygame v2.5.2 for Windows; you can find the download & some others in this thread at the Rubygame forum.

New Mandriva Version

Last evening while I was using Mandriva, I received a message asking whether I wanted to upgrade to the newest version. I accepted & after about a download time of 4 hours & 1,426 files, I'm now using Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring.

Free Pascal New Version Released

You can view the changes in the new version here & download it from here.

If you are taking a look at Free Pascal 2.2.4 you might also want to take a look at the Lazarus IDE too.

New thinBasic Version

Read more about thinBasic v1.7.7.0 here & download from here.

New Java Version released

A new version of Java has been released & can be downloaded from here. As I occasionally write programs in Java I downloaded the JDK 6 Update 12 version.

Which Ubuntu version?

Want to know which Ubuntu version you're using?

Most people think that if they enter the following they'll find out the answer.

uname -a

But all that does is return the following information...

Linux matthew-laptop 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

If you want to know which Ubuntu version you're using you should enter this...

lsb_release -i -d -r -c

Which will display the following on the screen.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

If you want to know what the different parameters are just enter...

lsb_release -h

Basic4GL v2.5.5

You can download & read more about the new version of Basic4GL here.