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Saturday, 23 July 2005

Joining the Fun

So, I decided to join in the fun today, after much of the hard work has already been done. In a few minutes I ported KSig over to KDE 4. It's not a real port in the sense of it was just screwing around enough with it to make it compile -- Qt 3-isms still abound, but I thought I'd play with a nice-small-toy-ish app to start off before jumping in full swing. I'll probably continue and clean out all of the Qt 3-ness there for practice. Read More
Saturday, 23 July 2005

NoMachine NX-1.5.0 is out (including sources of GPL-ed NX Core libs)

Pipitas  | 
NoMachine NX 1.5.0 is finally out! Including sources of the GPL'ed NX Core libraries. It also sports a new NX Server Manager interface (still Beta). Ever wanted to have a usable remote desktop access to your KDE workstation even when thrown back to a modem dialup link? -- You should have used NX-1.3 or NX-1.4 or FreeNX already in the last 2 years! Ever wanted to be able to detach from your remote X session, and re-attach to it later? Or just recover a session lost by a network cut-off? Or move a remote X session to a different local workstation? -- You should be using NoMachine NX 1.4.0 or FreeNX already! Ever wanted to have sound come with your remote X session? -- NX-1.4 and FreeNX were here for you already since quite some time. Want to work on your home KDE Linux workstation from the office while sitting in front of your Windows notebook? -- You must have missed it: this works wonderfully already since a long time. Ever wanted to resize your remote NX session window by just dragging the window border with the mouse? -- Or toggle to fullscreen mode and back with a keyboard shortcut? NX-1.5.0 now brings this feature to your fingertips. Need to access from Linux remote Windows Terminal Sessions, but don't like the poor 8-bit color depth of the session? -- Go for NX-1.5 (or FreeNX-0.4.2 with the NX Core libs 1.5.0). Don't like the primitive, proof-of-concept type kNX NX client application that is in kdenonbeta? -- Go hack on it and make it better. Or wait and see if Chris Cook's effort in his Google SoC project bears some new fruits in the next few weeks... The FreeNX Team is also currently busy with a whole list of things: write a release announcement for the 0.4.2 bugfix release, fight the SVN troubles plaguing our Berlios repository getting ready for release the 0.5.0 version which will sport seamless printing powers and a nifty new nxfish utility (derived from KDE's fish:// thingie). Read More
Saturday, 23 July 2005

The Usefulness of kde-commits Archive

Beineri  | 
I know that not everyone is subscribed to and reading the kde-commits mailing list (hint: if you work on or are interested only in a specific area of KDE visit the CommitFilter site). All the more important is having an archive of kde-commits. With a search in the bodies you can quickly track down possible regression introducing commits, see who is working on something, when last, what branches exist for it, on what someone is working and so on. Read More
Friday, 22 July 2005

freedom of speech, opinions and stuff

Chouimat  | 
In the last week i blogged my opinions about certain things that made some people overreacted and some of them reach a new high (or should I said a new low? ) in their comments. Ok I made some comments publicly and I accept the fact some people out there doesn't share my opinions, but do we really need to use free personal attack or life threathening emails?? If we need to use this to win an argument or defend our "faith" I think some persons are greatly misunderstanding the right of free speech and honestly need to grow up and get a life. Read More
Friday, 22 July 2005

KMobileTools - work in progress

Rockman  | 
After finishing (well.. kind of) university exams, i'm again working at kmobiletools. What i'm trying to do is to exit the alpha stage by reprojecting everything, and to provide a complete mobile phone suite, wich can use kaddressbook && kitchensync for addressbook syncing. Read More
Thursday, 21 July 2005

and now something more boring

Chouimat  | 
This an attempt for a cynism free blog ... This morning I woke up. got some coffee and get back working on M2 and the latex-beamer theme Wow that wasn't hard :)
Thursday, 21 July 2005

it was a pleasing experience

Chouimat  | 
Lately I publicly stated my opinions about what I believe is the "ideal opensource DE and world", but some people who doesn't share the same faith or the same political agenda kind of make me rethink about my conception of the world, and I don't talk about the trolls who commented on this website but those who sent me life threathening letter on my email accounts. Those who did this I must thank you because you might me realise that life is more precious thant the things you belive in ... and now OSS is going the way of religious fanatics and political activist, if you think about it's the same thing. Read More
Thursday, 21 July 2005

Only 2:12 left !

After todays stage only 2:12 left to the 3rd place ! Go Ulle ! :-)
Wednesday, 20 July 2005

About Sarcasm and the evolution of the Broadband moron --- a rant

Chouimat  | 
Disclaimer: this blog is highly sarcastic, so if you can't handle it go read something else. You're now advised Since my blog about the Desktop Developers' Conference 2005, where I stated my impressions of the talk and the overall conference, meaning the organization and the behavior of the people, which in my opinion is sometime more important to get the feel of the various developer communities than the actual talk. I realised that some people, not all I hope, are unable to make the difference between impressions and a report about the conference. So let help them with some definitions: Read More
Wednesday, 20 July 2005

Welcome on the Biggest Desktop Planet!

Beineri  | 
You are reading the Free Software Desktop Planet which aggregates the most voices. Especially nice to have also several female voices on it. :-) And looking forward to see selected Trolltech blogs also become integrated in future.