Posts Tagged ‘GNU/Linux’
Troll Door, by Irish Typepad
Nokia going after Trolltech and Trolltech going inside Nokia, that’s an interesting move. Somewhat surprising move (I also knew about it by reading the press releases), but sensible in fact. The community reactions have been as interesting. No wonder, in this story you can find all the elements for a [...]
Tags: GNOME, GNU/Linux, GTK+, KDE, maemo, Nokia, open source, Qt, Trolltech
This attempts to be a common response to a meta-thread with instances in maemo-users and InternetTabletTalk.
- Sorry for the SDHC bugfix release, but the other option would have been just to wait for Chinook. We thought it was worth going ahead to avoid more hassle to certain SDHC owners doing certain long downloads over the [...]
Tags: chinook, Debian, diablo, elephanta, GNU/Linux, kernel, maemo, N800, Nokia, repository, SDHC, update
GNOME Mobile: where are we?
I’m introducing the GNOME Mobile initiative next Tuesday in the OpenMind conference (open source / open content \ open innovation - Tampere FI). The program is interesting, so interesting that it is clear that I can’t just go with the basics under the arm.
I’m gathering some ideas to open minds. Throw yours for inclusion if [...]
Tags: Finland, freedom, GNOME, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, mobile, online desktop, PC, technology, ubuntu
Finland and its 5,3M inhabitants keep surprising me, specially on anything relating to mobiles & Linux (both local inventions). This time is an Internet Tablet (aka MID / Multimedia Internet Device) called EB, manufactured by ElektroBit with Intel and Linux inside. Menlow processor, slide-out keyboard, 3,2Mb camera, GPS, Wlan / Bluetooth / Wimax / HSDPA… [...]
Tags: Finland, GNOME, GNU/Linux, Hildon, Intel, Menlow, mobile, Moblin, Nokia, open source, tablet, ubuntu, Wimax
Automotive navigation systems started being pretty specialized devices doing a single thing: navigate. Convergence is also hitting hard this sector, and the navigators are becoming more and more multimedia computers, Internet tablets, etc. Now some even have TV & video for your entertainment (hopefully not while you are driving).
I don’t have any study at hand, [...]
Tags: GNOME, GNU/Linux, maemo, mobile, navigation system, open source, tv, video
