Linux By Knight: April 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

LBK Post Creating Qt Interfaces with GIMP

Weekend Project
From: http://www.linux.com

Just because Nokia Has Dropped the Ball , Doesn't mean you have to ignore a Perfectly Good Toolbox.

Link: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/428800:weekend-project-creating-qt-interfaces-with-gimp?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/4yy8kkc

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Or Is Nokia Hedging it's Windows 7 Phone Bet?
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Nokia Offering New SDK for Qt

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/224510/nokia_offering_new_sdk_for_qt.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/42zsykp

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Nokia: Keep codin' for Symbian and Qt!

Why leave a sinking ship?

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/30/nokia_appeals_to_symbian_qt_devs/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6chfsth

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Your Perfect Nokia N8: Qt apps, faster processor, Symbian^3 PR2.0

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Free N8 Phone?
Link: http://paucaverba.com/free-nokia-n8-phone/
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Link: http://noknok.tv/2011/04/07/your-perfect-nokia-n8-qt-apps-faster-processor-symbian3-pr2-0/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3su563n

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

LBK Post Our annual data consumption estimated at 9.57 zettabytes

From: http://m.engadget.com

Our Annual Data Consumption is Estimated

at 9.57 Zettabytes

or 9,570,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

"And You Wonder why we don't have a data plan that works."

Link: http://m.engadget.com/default/article.do?artUrl=http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/our-annual-data-consumption-estimated-at-9-57-zettabytes-or-9-57/&category=classic&altPost=alt&icid=eng_latest_art

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3og6qmy

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

LBK Post Mono App for Android Ships and it's Too Too Bad

From: http://www.readwriteweb.com

Now .NET Developers Can Build Android Apps

Novell is licensing the platform commercially, starting at $399 per developer per year. Not the Best way to catch up to Apple's juggernaut system.

And Do you Really Think this is what mr. gnome Miguel de Icaza had in mind when started Mono at SuSE (before Novell).

The Money Machine Jusr Keeps Screwing with Open Source.

Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/04/mono-for-android-ships-net-developers-can-build-android-apps.php

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3k9yxfz

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Monday, April 4, 2011

MC2 Bonus Post: Using Amazon's New Cloud Drive Service

Amazon's New Cloud Drive Service

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cloud-drive-features-2011-3

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6gnekpk

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How To Turn Your Amazon Cloud Drive Into A Network Drive Just Like Dropbox

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cloud-drive-for-windows-2011-4

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6gnekpk

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

LBK Post Ubuntu Goes Touchy Feely Like the Smart Kids (phones)

From: http://www.desktoplinux.com

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta Offers Multitouch

Unity Experience

Is It Beginning to Look Like a Tablet-Styled OS?

The Ubuntu project released the Beta 1 version of Ubuntu 11.04 ("Natty Narwhal"), which switches the Linux distribution to the homegrown, 3D multitouch Unity desktop environment. Ubuntu 11.04 advances to Linux 2.6.38, adds LibreOffice 3.3.2, offers Firefox 4, and Software Center enhancements including a try-before-you-buy function.

Link: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3229986802.html?kc=rss

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3eglycp

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DistroWatch Link to Ubuntu 11.04 Beta:

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06606
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