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GNOME Coder

Ruby Application Development on the Free Desktop

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GNOME Coder is a personal blog about Ruby application development for the GNOME free desktop. It covers projects such as Luz, a live motion graphics editor and performer, along with Amigo, ChessClock and ScreenRuler.

Posts on Luz describe its pure-Ruby engine, OpenGL rendering, plugins, and a fullscreen animated interface in version 2.0 that replaces the earlier GTK-based Luz Studio. The project has moved to GitHub and has added support for video files, webcams, and Chipmunk 2D physics, with a source code guide available. Earlier posts discuss packaging for Ubuntu and moving from Glade to GtkBuilder.

The blog is aimed at developers and users interested in Ruby and GNOME applications, including live performance and VJ tools. Luz is described as free and open source software.

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