Comment Re:oh well (Score 1) 167
Yeah. Because you know, when Mandriva gets bought, your Linux installation will stop working instantly!
Nokia Releases Qt SDK For Mobile Development 76
An anonymous reader writes "Nokia has released its unified Qt-based SDK for cross-platform development for Symbian and MeeGo (plus Maemo) devices. The blurb reads: 'Today sees the release of the Nokia Qt SDK, a single easy-to-use software development kit (SDK) for Symbian and Meego application development. Developers can now develop, test, and deploy native applications for Nokia smartphones and mobile computers. The beta version of the SDK is available for download from today, ready for developers to kick off development for new devices, including the just-announced Nokia N8.'"
Comment GUADEC (Score 4, Interesting) 276
The GNOME Conference (GUADEC) will be in The Hague (NL) this year from July 26-30.
You can bet there'll be a lot of GNOME 3.0 hacking going on there.
More information: see the GUADEC website.
Simpler "Hello World" Demonstrated In C 582
An anonymous reader writes "Wondering where all that bloat comes from, causing even the classic 'Hello world' to weigh in at 11 KB? An MIT programmer decided to make a Linux C program so simple, she could explain every byte of the assembly. She found that gcc was including libc even when you don't ask for it. The blog shows how to compile a much simpler 'Hello world,' using no libraries at all. This takes me back to the days of programming bare-metal on DOS!"
Comment Re:OMGWTFPDF (Score 1) 300
And a new pdf viewer window is exactly what you want in this case. (Unless your browser is your OS, of course...)
Comment Re:OMGWTFPDF (Score 1) 300
No, you should click it and have it opened automatically in your pdf reader. That doesn't take more than one click.
Comment Re:OMGWTFPDF (Score 4, Insightful) 300
The real WTF is that you are trying to view a PDF in your browser in the first place. Try opening it with a real pdf viewer instead.
Comment Re:Modern-Day Galileo (Score 1) 1747
This happens wherever people's livelihood depends on Government Grants. Invariably, someone will end up committing fraud to keep getting the grants.
And what makes you think the situation would be better if people's livelihood depended on non-government grants? Are you suggesting that the private sector is a shiny beacon of objectivity that wouldn't ever want something "proven" for them?
Comment Re:Modern-Day Galileo (Score 1) 1747
And when perfectly legitimate questions are posed, by perfectly reasonable people, the answer tends not to be scientific debate, but rather arguments from authority, personal attacks, handwaving, etc.
Care to provide some evidence backing up that assertion? I have seen a number of reports on researchers who have taken the time to invalidate skeptics' claims with facts and hard data (including all the "climategate" emails). What "personal attacks, handwaving etc." are you talking about?
Comment Re:Rednecks? (Score 1) 614
OT, but: Is being "politically correct" such a stigma nowadays that you have to defend yourself to the accusation by declaring that you adhere to a "non-PC" viewpoint in an entirely unrelated matter?
Comment Re:Mandriva 2008 Spring was the best yet... (Score 2, Informative) 267
By any chance did you use the "dual" (works on both i586 and x86_64) iso for installation? It's made for a minimal install, but you can simply setup the software repositories with rpmdrake and install anything you like (KDE is under the task-kde metapackage).
Comment Re:Mandriva 2008 Spring was the best yet... (Score 1) 267
I tried to install Mandriva 2010, but aparently its installer doesn't think my SSD is a harddrive...
Please don't forget to file a bug. Thanks!
Comment Re:The sad fortune of distributions... (Score 1) 267
FWIW, Mandriva is still selling their Enterprise Server product.
Comment Re:I think Mandriva is getting a raw deal from us. (Score 1) 267
Ubuntu has the largest and most active community, the biggest software repositories and for me (I'm a Gnome user) one of the most polished and well working environments. It also tends to stay stable over time and has a regular 6 months upgrade cycle.
However, I'll be happy to take Mandriva for a spin again
You should. Mandriva's implementation of Gnome is second to none (and much less modified than Ubuntu's, I might add).
Comment Re:I think Mandriva is getting a raw deal from us. (Score 2, Funny) 267
Difficulty getting new releases out? You mean that the 2010.0 release was two whole days behind schedule? Yeah, that casts a doubt over the entire distro.
