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Mon 21.May 2012

11:34 QStringLiteral explained »» Planet KDE
QStringLiteral is a new macros introduced in Qt 5 to create QString from string literals. (String literals are a string within "" included in the source code). In this blog [...]
09:56 Ubuntu.se: Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix gets 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' update »» Planet Gnuheter
With the move to 'Precise Pangolin,' Canonical's business-focused Linux OS gains several new productivity features Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix, launched by Canonical back in February and based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot', has now received a major update to version 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'. “Designed for [...]
09:42 Joachim Strömbergson: Skrämmande snygg kortskimmer »» Planet Gnuheter
Krebsonsecurity har lagt upp bilder på en kortskimmer som hittats på en bankomat i USA. Skimmern är en helt integrerad lösning som placeras ovanpå bankomatens normala kortlucka. Skimmern sedd framifrån. Ser seriös ut. Vänder man på skimmern ser man hur den innehåller en läsare för kortets magnetremsa, [...]
09:28 Soft Proofing in digiKam »» Planet KDE
Soft proofing is a technique which allows you to see what the photo will look like when printed using a specific printer and photo media (paper, canvas, etc.) without actually printing the photo. Many professional photo processing applications support soft proofing, and digiKam is no exception. To [...]
09:28 Cyril Brulebois: Fun with ints, longs, and pointers! »» Planet Debian
While investigating the case of some packages responsible for uninstallability on the s390x architecture, I stumbled upon one FTBFS on a single architecture, reported as #673590 (<insert some nice words about software shipping with a decent testsuite>). Given the int versus size_t question was asked, I grabbed this [...]
04:17 The 3.4 kernel is out »» LWN.net
Linus has released the 3.4 kernel. Significant features in this release include the Yama security module, support for the x32 ABI, asymmetric multiprocessing support, the dm-verity device mapper target, and more. For details, see the always-excellent KernelNewbies 3.4 page. [...]

Sun 20.May 2012

21:56 calibre 0.8.52 packaged for Balsam Professional / openSUSE »» Planet KDE
I'm pleased to announce the new available EBook-Manager calibre package 0.8.52 for Balsam Professional / openSUSE. Whats happend since the last Minorupdate? New Features EPUB Input: When setting the cover for a book that identifies its cover image, but not the html wrapper around the cover, try to detect [...]
21:04 Gregor Herrmann: RC bugs 2012/20 »» Planet Debian
I was on vacations for a few days last week, therefor my list of RC bugs is a bit shorter this time. thanks again to everyone who sent patches to the BTS that I could just use. #625230 – libfile-path-perl: "libfile-path-perl: uninstallable, obsoleted by [...]
18:54 long due TO-DO item: removal of Qt3 from Debian »» Planet KDE
A couple of weeks ago was the first anniversary of orphaning Qt3 in Debian, see bug 625502. In this year, Qt3 has got a few QA uploads with the most relevant change being support to multiarch. And, more importantly, nobody seemed to care enough to step [...]
18:54 Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez: long due TO-DO item: removal of Qt3 from Debian »» Planet Debian
A couple of weeks ago was the first anniversary of orphaning Qt3 in Debian, see bug 625502. In this year, Qt3 has got a few QA uploads with the most relevant change being support to multiarch. And, more importantly, nobody seemed to [...]
16:40 Cyril Brulebois: Busy Release Team »» Planet Debian
With the sound of the freeze approaching, we have been receiving a few more transition requests lately. Thankfully, a lot of them can apparently be processed at the same time, that's why we have currently the following, crazy tracker summary: Of course there are some transitions that started because [...]
15:43 Antonio Terceiro: How to make a grad student freak out »» Planet Debian
So that grad student has just submitted his thesis and you are invited to review it. With these quick tips, you can test the limits of the student’s willpower, and make his degree a little more deserved by putting him up for some constructive mind games. [...]
10:00 EnyoJS as a Framework for Great Justice »» Planet KDE
So, Blaine Bublitz of IcedDev volunteered us to give a talk at next month’s Phoenix Mobile Technology Group meetup on the EnyoJS web application framework. I’ve been doing EnyoJS for about a year now, having dabbled in it when I first got my HP Touchpad (which ran Enyo1 as [...]
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