Qt 4.6: Nokia Provides Multitouch and Symbian Compatibility
Dec 01, 2009With Qt 4.6 the Finnish mobile giant has made its developer platform Symbian-compatible. Furthermore, it now adds Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 and the upcoming Maemo 6 to its list of supported platforms.
more »Moodle CMS E-Learning with Moodle
Nov 30, 2009The Moodle course management system is useful for e-learning and for practical work in the computer room.
more »ApacheCon Presentations in Free Streaming Archive
Nov 24, 2009The Apache Foundation had its big conference November 2-6 in Portland OR and Linux Pro Magazine was there with its camera. To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the foundation, some highlights from the comprehensive program of talks are available for free in our video archives now.
more »Opera 10.10 with Unite Enables File Sharing
Nov 23, 2009The Opera Unite feature promised in Opera 10 would make it easier for users to collaborate on files, but needed to undergo some thorough testing. The Norwegian browser vendor now delivers it in Opera 10.10.
more »Mozilla Foundation Lays Open its Financial Results
Nov 23, 2009The Mozilla Foundation survived 2008 fairly well despite the economic downturn, says chairman of the foundation Mitchell Baker in her blog. In it she's pretty detailed about its financial status and lays out the figures.
more »Advisory Against WiFi Drivers in Linux Staging Tree
Nov 23, 2009Dan Williams, Red Hat collaborator and NetworkManager developer, might be upset but doesn't let it get to him. In the GNOME blog, he advises "just say no" to WiFi drivers in the linux-staging tree and recommends changes.
more »Just Today: Download of VMware Image of Google Chrome OS
Nov 20, 2009Google has prepared its Chromium OS, alias Chromium, for download. Anyone hesitant to intall if from source code will find a functioning VMware image from Linux Magazine Online.
more »With and Not Against: Canonical Collaborates on Chrome OS
Nov 20, 2009The Chrome OS announcement caused speculation from many sides as to what effect the Google platform would have on other Linux distros. At least Canonical could benefit from it.
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