A discussion arose on the Qt-interest mailing list a while back about medical device companies using Qt. Given that damned few people read that list I decided to post the bulk of it here. I’ll leave their name out. If you really gotta know you can search the October 2022 archive. The assertion: A poster (troll?) writes that few medical device companies use Qt. That issimply incorrect. I know developers at 4 medical device companies … Medical Device Companies Using QtRead more
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KDE Abandonware
It’s that time of the year again. The time when those of us who used to utilize KDE (an ever shrinking number given the fact most of us are dying off and most new Linux distros don’t include KDE as a “supported desktop”) get reminded of all the KDE Abandonware. How? you ask. Like this. If you want to know the hilarious part, that bug was reported in 2011. Then I had quite a few … KDE AbandonwareRead more
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Your Personal Bin Directory
My personal Linux pet peeve is the complete anarchy around a user’s personal bin directory. I have to use and test on many different Linux distros so this annoys me more than most. Some people start with one major Linux distro and they stick with it all their lives. They don’t even change desktops. When you are writing software you can tell people “well it works on my system!” Well, you can, but that is … Your Personal Bin DirectoryRead more
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Manjaro 5.15 LTS and BOINC
Manjaro and BOINC have had a troubled relationship over the years. Perhaps you read my previous post on this matter. The machine I’m using today is an HP EliteDesk G2. You will notice I’m using the built in Intel graphics so we won’t have any NVIDIA issues to deal with. Later I may stick in a NVIDIA NVS 310 Quadro and experiment with the Hybrid driver. It’s an interesting concept, but a diversion for this … Manjaro 5.15 LTS and BOINCRead more
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Manjaro XFCE Desktop Goes Away
Don’t you just hate it when your desktop goes away? You are toggling between the three-twelve systems you have hooked up to your dual monitor KVM and the one system you really need to use decides to turn off the desktop and displays. I ran into this in issue with Manjaro XFCE. Really annoying. Did some digging. Found out this problem is really tied to Linux kernels 5.10 LTS and beyond. Lots of reports 5.13 … Manjaro XFCE Desktop Goes AwayRead more