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Ace Suares: A big Linux advocate on a small island (video)

11-13-2008 12:00 PM
The word "big" has two meanings here. Ace Suares is not only a big-time GNU/Linux and FOSS advocate, but he is close to 2.5 meters tall and built like a football lineman. He lives on the island of Curacao in the Netherland Antilles, where he and his wife run a small Web design and hosting firm that (of course) runs Linux servers. But trying to convert other IT people on Curacao to the FOSS cause has not been easy, and has caused Ace plenty of frustration over the years. Somehow, he keeps going; arranging conferences, holding LPI Certification classes, and generally talking up Linux to his clients, friends, and even to strangers whose businesses or government agencies might be made more efficient by using FOSS instead of proprietary software. Now we'll get out of the way and let Ace tell his story directly to you in the following video. (It's about 13:20 long.)



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Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			  Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow(3pm)

NAME
Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow - The "arrow" glyph SYNOPSIS
See L<Ace::Graphics::Panel> and L<Ace::Graphics::Glyph>. DESCRIPTION
This glyph draws arrows. Depending on options, the arrows can be labeled, be oriented vertically or horizontally, or can contain major and minor ticks suitable for use as a scale. OPTIONS In addition to the common options, the following glyph-specific options are recognized: Option Description Default ------ ----------- ------- -tick Whether to draw major 0 and minor ticks. 0 = no ticks 1 = major ticks 2 = minor ticks -parallel Whether to draw the arrow true parallel to the sequence or perpendicular to it. -northeast Whether to draw the true north or east arrowhead (depending on orientation) -southwest Whether to draw the true south or west arrowhead (depending on orientation) Set -parallel to false to display a point-like feature such as a polymorphism, or to indicate an important location. If the feature start == end, then the glyph will draw a single arrow at the designated location: ^ | Otherwise, there will be two arrows at the start and end: ^ ^ | | BUGS
Please report them. SEE ALSO
Ace::Sequence, Ace::Sequence::Feature, Ace::Graphics::Panel, Ace::Graphics::Track, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::anchored_arrow, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::primers, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::segments, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::toomany, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::transcript, AUTHOR
Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>. Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty. perl v5.14.2 2001-09-17 Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow(3pm)