QT 4.2 has been released
This is GREAT news!
I’ve been waiting for this feature for so long:
Tighter integration with the GNOME desktop environment – Qt 4.2 allows developers to create Qt plug-ins for use with non-Qt applications. The tighter integration with the GNOME desktop environment is the result of The Portland Project, a working group dedicated to better interoperability between KDE and GNOME in order to establish a greater presence for Linux in the desktop market.
here are some screenshots of the Cleanlooks style:
And here is the rest of the features of QT4.2:
http://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2006-10-03.5613949127
I wish it could be in Edgy’s repos…
Ubuntu’s Bleeding Edge Drivers
NOTE: this post is aimed at Ubuntu Dapper users only (at least for the moment).
I have started a community project thanks to which Ubuntu’s community can have the latest driver for ATI and Nvidia cards simply by adding a repository and performing an upgrade.
All the users who are interested to participate can install the drivers and share their experience on the following thread of ubuntuforums.org so that the drivers can be tested on as many machines as possible:
Feedback thread
The only problem is that I cannot test them on all the graphic cards on the market. I have used the drivers for a while with no problems whatsoever but I cannot assure you that they will work flawlessly on your computer.
Use the drivers at your own risk.
Only after proper testing they will be deemed stable.
2 kinds of repositories are currently supported:
* LEGACY REPOSITORIES: These repositories contain the following drivers: ATI 8.28.8, NVIDIA 8774 and 7184
their driver won’t be updated so as not to break the compatibility with older cards (especially as far as the ATI driver is concerned)
* NON-LEGACY REPOSITORIES: These repositories contain the following drivers: ATI 8.29.6, NVIDIA 8774 and 7184
their driver will always be the latest (stable) release.
I had to pay 105$ for the webspace for this project (which needs a certain amount of bandwidth) (actually it’s a gift from my parents since I don’t have a job) for a year.
I hope that Canonical will consider the possibility of providing me with some space and bandwidth for the repositories and integrate this project so that I (and all the testers on the forums) can collaborate with the developers.
Let me introduce myself
Some posts of my blog have already been shown on Ubuntu Planet but I haven’t introduced myself yet.
My name is Alberto Milone, I attend the 2nd year of the 2nd level degree course “Lingue Moderne per la Comunicazione Internazionale” at the University of Lecce (Italy), where I got my 1st level degree in 2005.
I’m a moderator of ubuntuforums.org and an Ubuntu member (approved by the Ubuntu Community Council on August 22 2006).
I (mainly) deal with issues related to the Xserver, graphic drivers (especially ATI and Nvidia) on the forums and I’m the author of Envy. The Video & Sound section is the section of the forum where I really feel at home đ
I’m currently studying PyQT (even if I’m a GNOME guy) as I have so many projects on my mind…
I’ll post something on a project of mine about the graphic drivers in Ubuntu ASAP
NVIDIA 1.0-9625 Display Drivers (BETA)
This driver supports GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap and therefore AIGLX and Compiz should work now.
Another amazing feature is “the new “Display Configuration” page for nvidia-settings. NVIDIA’s new display configuration options are similar to ATI’s dynamic display management options. TwinView can now be enabled real-time without restarting X (Xinerama requires X restart). TV-out on NVIDIA cards can also be enabled real-time. The screenshots below demonstrate these display options”.
Envy 0.4.2-1ubuntu10 has been released!
Changelog:
envy (0.4.2-1ubuntu10) unstable; urgency=low
* Changed: if the driver can’t be downloaded from the ftp address envy will get it from the http mirror
— Alberto Milone (tseliot) <albertomilone@alice.it> Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:07:43 +0200
As you can see from the changelog you shouldn’t have problems with the download of the driver as if the transfer via ftp fails Envy will get the driver from the http address.
Enjoy!
Mark Shuttleworth – Conflicting goals create tension in communities
This is a great post by Mark Shuttleworth and which I couldn’t agree more with:
“Iâm of the opinion that Ubuntu could not exist without Debian. So itâs absolutely my intention to see that Ubuntu is a constructive part of the broader Debian landscape. Itâs vital that Ubuntu help to sustain and grow Debian, because itâs the breadth and strength of Debian which make up the âshoulders of greatnessâ on which we in the Ubuntu community stand when we reach for the stars. That doesnât mean Iâm naive enough to think this relationship will ever be an easy one, but I would hope that the discussion doesnât turn into one of âUbuntu versus Debianâ. Because it isnât the case that one of them will succeed and the other fail. You could only perceive that as an outcome if you assumed that the two have exactly the same goals.”
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Improved desktop integration
“We have been working hard on improving our desktop integration with Qt lately. We automatically use the Plastique style if KDE is detected on startup. Starting with Qt 4.2, we intend to pick up the icon theme as well. This means that most of our standard dialogs, such as message boxes and file dialogs will use the same icons as KDE.
GNOME users will get the same treatment. The second image shows a message box on Ubuntu, using the Cleanlooks style and picking up the Human icon theme.”
Envy 0.4.2-1ubuntu9 has been released!
* Fixed: IOError if /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common was not found
Mark Shuttleworth: One on the chin
Luis Villa is absolutely right in his castigation of our X update on Wednesday this week. As a team we made a series of errors, and the result was a desktop that was broken for thousands of users, for several hours. It has been a severe lesson in QA, something Luis knows plenty about.
An incident report is being compiled by the team and we will publish that for our broader community and users as soon as it is complete. My apologies to those who have been affected, I know that a blue screen of death is the very last thing anybody ever wants to see on Linux desktops and that any downtime caused by mistakes on our part, even measured in minutes, is unacceptable.
Geek to Live: Mastering Wget
Your browser does a good job of fetching web documents and displaying them, but there are times when you need an extra strength download manager to get those tougher HTTP jobs done.
A versatile, old school Unix program called Wget is a highly hackable, handy little tool that can take care of all your downloading needs. Whether you want to mirror an entire web site, automatically download music or movies from a set of favorite weblogs, or transfer huge files painlessly on a slow or intermittent network connection, Wget’s for you.
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