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Submission + - Matthias Ettrich Receives Highest German Honour (kde.org)

Submitted by Jiilik Oiolosse on Friday November 06, 2009 @07:36PM

Jiilik Oiolosse writes: KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated today with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. The Federal Cross of Merit is both the most prestigious as well as the only general decoration awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany. It is awarded by the Federal President for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, cultural, and other fields. Matthias was awarded the medal in recognition of his work spurring innovation and spreading knowledge for the common good.

Comment Re:I think that category is fading (Score 1) 519

by sapelko on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @04:28PM (#27055841) Attached to: Apple Store Reopens With Many New Products

well, $599 for a media-center (if that's what you're interested about) is a bit expensive considering it doesn't include a TV tuner/capture card

Comment QT ftw (Score 2, Informative) 62

by sapelko on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @02:25PM (#27054021) Attached to: QT 4.5 Released, Plus New IDE and Analysis Tool

As much as I like gtk+ and gnome apps better, I've been using QT for a while and it really is a joy to use, years ahead of any other toolkit in terms of features and elegance

January 2009 Indie Game Round-Up 22

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @02:34AM from the new-year-new-games dept.

cyrus_zuo writes with this month's round-up of independent game reviews by the folks at Game Tunnel. The top rated game this month is Defense Grid: the Awakening, a tower defense game which "does not revolutionize the tower defense genre, but is solid in every aspect with a few interesting twists." Also scoring highly were cloudphobia and The Tales of Bingwood: Chapter I. "Bingwood is a very clear and unabashed homage to The Secret of Monkey Island. It succeeds because it manages to reference and mimic the style of the original with a fresh and engaging story and a consistent, clean presentation."

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