Qi Hardware Working on GTK for Mini-Handhelds
Oct 20, 2009A new firm from the ranks of revered OpenMoko enterprises is experimenting with running GTK+ apps on top of DirectFB for their NanoNote device running on OpenWRT announced for their fall 2009 release.
more »Google Donates Memory Test Program
Oct 19, 2009The smaller than 200 KB Stressful Application Test (stressapptest) used by Google is now available through the Apache license 2.0.
more »Relaxed Ubuntu 9.10: CouchDB to be Integrated
Oct 15, 2009Even though Ubuntu 9.10 is officially completed, developers managed to slip in the new beta version of Apache CouchDB that stores addresses, notes and bookmarks.
more »First Plasma Widgets Ported to Maemo 5
Oct 15, 2009At the Maemo Summit in Amsterdam Nokia gave away 300 N900 Internet tablets to KDE and Qt developers. The result is the first porting of KDE programs to Maemo 5.
more »Bash Completion 1.1 Adds Shell Functionality
Oct 14, 2009The Bash shell has long supported extending command completion through scripts. The Bash-Completion package delivers full scripts for Linux commands and is currently available in version 1.1.
more »WikiReader: Plan B of OpenMoko Realized
Oct 14, 2009As OpenMoko CEO Sean Moss-Pultz was announcing his departure from the mobile phone project, he mentioned as an aside that we was indeed working on yet another project. His Plan B has now been completed.
more »FSF vs. Windows 7: Round Two
Oct 14, 2009The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has invited 500 representatives of non-profit organizations to opt out of Windows 7.
more »Robot Submarine Wins with Debian
Oct 09, 2009A robotic submarine driven by Debian has won first place in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) competition run at a U.S. Naval facility. The Debian project lauds the participating undergrads from Cornell University.
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