Forum: Alternatives
2010-02-23, 16:34
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Forum: Community
2010-02-19, 20:28
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
still...
one of the benefits of having a huge armel repo is that you also don't have to worry about dependencies much. you take the control file 1:1 and just rebuild what's missing, again not having...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-18, 22:12
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
Considering the policy has absolutely no bearing on the packaging format or it's parameters/features, what makes you think that ?
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Forum: Community
2010-02-18, 18:45
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
That's only half the story though. If it's a simple standalone package, yes it'll work. If it integrates with the system (ie. init, associations/mimetypes, icons, other package configs in /etc,...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-17, 21:27
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
Hey, it would eliminate all those pesky complaints about Nokia not releasing updates often enough. "So soon? I'm only 72% into my last emerge --update --deep world!"
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Forum: Community
2010-02-17, 21:13
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
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Forum: Community
2010-02-17, 17:06
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
I dunno about that. I'm sure there's independent deb distro's.. but they use the same basic tools.
That's what I don't get - Why does every "individual" project have to reinvent the wheel over...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-17, 16:39
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
Exactly, and all things equal, why change (rhetorical question, not directed at Rob1n) ? Moblin was also DEB until a little over a year ago, I don't believe Moblin devs forgot how to do DEBs. So they...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-17, 16:32
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
Except for as I said: Nearly anywhere you find DEB, you find APT. Not the case with RPM. So while I agree apt is a tool addon like Yum is an add-on to RPM.. Yum can't really be used to help the...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 19:19
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
That other thread has already gotten quite huge.. I made it about half way before I decided I'd have to go back...
But I must agree that the switch to RPM is rather upsetting. I've never met an...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 18:47
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Replies: 267
Views: 89,020
Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo?
UPDATE: according to MeeGo developers MeeGo is going to be a new independent distribution
which uses the RPM format for packages but which is incompatible to Fedora or OpenSUSE,
i.e. there is no...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 16:49
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
If it's going Fedora-based, RPM-based? Ditching the Debian origin? Oh yes, I'll be out of here then. There would be nothing left for me here, I moved _away_ from that kind of packaging and OS for a...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 16:33
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 15:53
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
Nothing stops them from still using binary drivers like every distribution can which won't help support of already binary platforms like the n900...
Also, looking at...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 15:19
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
I'd used RPMs a long time ago, in Red Hat, but it was the equivalent of DLL hell in Windows. At that time, there seemed to be no central repository, so you had to manually hunt individually RPM...
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Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan
2010-02-15, 14:44
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Replies: 84
Views: 46,596
Harmattan UI framework development is opened
Hi,
We're releasing the Harmattan UI framework as open source today: http://duiframework.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/announcing-the-open-source-release-of-the-maemo-6-ui-framework/
At the same...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 14:11
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
Just a few thoughts... as a N800 owner it's funny to see people freaking out that their device is already obsolete. When Fremantle came out, my old tablet suddenly started getting updates and new...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 14:00
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
If Nokia is smart it creates an N900 built of the first MeeGo images. Many enthousiasts among us will try it and give it a free beta test. That way they can polish things up for their first real...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 13:42
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
I was excited until I saw the move away from being a Debian based distribution. As a developer and Ubuntu user, I loved it. Now, I'm sad.
EDIT: I was also sad when Moblin made the switch.
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 13:10
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
from http://meego.com/about/faq:
* Will MeeGo use .rpm or .deb as its packaging system?
* MeeGo will use the .rpm format
That's just too bad IMO. .rpm is inferior in every way to .deb.
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 12:31
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
The MeeGo API is based on Qt and Web Runtime (which sits on top of QtWebKit, which sits on top of Qt). This was/is exactly the API plan for Harmattan (no wonder since MeeGo is a result of merging...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 11:26
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
That's fantastic news! :-)
Still digesting, however an obvious question is what's going to happen packaging-wise (what with Maemo being based on Debian and Moblin on Fedora).
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 11:21
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Re: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
So with all of the potential uses of this platform we are discussing naming?! As if other industry names (Microsoft, Apple, Blackberry, Wii) are somehow better? please...
What is next? The color...
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Forum: Community
2010-02-15, 10:46
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Replies: 509
Views: 205,590
Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
http://flors.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/maemo-moblin-meego-join-us/
I will update this later. Let's start the discussion here.
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Forum: Nokia N900
2010-02-08, 14:53
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Replies: 85
Views: 26,855
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