KDevelop, the integrated development environment for KDE that’s designed for C++ support and other programming languages, experienced a major release. Several new features are presented by KDevelop 4.5…
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KDevelop 4.5 IDE Offers More Integrated Unit Testing
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Fedora Is Testing Out Radeon, Nouveau, Intel Graphics
April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Fedora developers are running another “Graphics Test Week” and are seeking your help in evaluating the open-source Intel, Radeon, and Nouveau graphics drivers…
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Fedora Is Testing Out Radeon, Nouveau, Intel Graphics
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Linux 3.8 File-System Testing From A SATA 3.0 HDD
February 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Most often when carrying out any Linux file-system benchmarks — or really, any benchmarks in general — on Phoronix it’s using solid-state storage. SSDs are just too great to pass up with their incredible performance. However, for those still using rotating media, here’s a collection of file-system benchmarks from the new Linux 3.8 kernel when tested on a Serial ATA 3.0 Western Digital hard drive.
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Skype now beta testing video messaging service with some mobile users
February 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Skype is actively testing a new video messaging service with a "group of mobile and mac users" according to its official Twitter account today. The new feature, which doesn't require a new update to the mobile app, enables users to send video messages back and forth up to 3 minutes in length. If you've been selected to be part of this initial test, the option will be found under a contact's name in the "More" category, which now holds options to do video messages and send files. You get a basic video interface where you can press the record button to start, and when you're done hit the record button again to save and send the message.
The menu item clearly says "20 free video messages remaining", so we're going to assume that sending video messages is going to be a premium feature costing Skype credits going forward. Are you seeing the feature show up in the Skype app on your devices? Let us know in the comments.
Source: Skype (Twitter); Via: iMore
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Lightworks Re-Opens Its Linux Alpha For Testing
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Installing Debian Wheezy (testing) With debootstrap From A Grml Live Linux
January 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Installing Debian Wheezy (testing) With debootstrap From A Grml Live Linux
This tutorial explains how to install Debian Wheezy (testing) with the help of debootstrap from a Grml Live Linux system (like it is used as a rescue system at Webtropia). This should work – with minor changes – for other Debian and Ubuntu versions as well. By following this guide, it is possible to configure the system to your needs (OS version, partitioning, RAID, LVM, etc.) instead of depending on the few pre-configured images that your server provider offers.
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Developers Claim Apple is Testing Their Apps on iOS 7 With a Mysterious New iPhone
January 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Apple iPhone creates quite a lot of buzz when it comes close to launch, and that has been the case with any iPhone that launched after the first gen iPhone back in 2007. Most of these are mere speculations, while in some cases there will be circumstantial evidence to confirm a feature or two of the next iDevice. The developers have a key role to play in the iOS ecosystem as devs are the ones who keep the platform running. And according to a new revelation, developers are claiming that Apple has been testing their apps on the next major version of iOS i.e. iOS 7 and also with the iPhone 6. The device being tested apparently goes by the name iPhone 6.1, which makes sense given that the iPhone 5 before release was known as the iPhone 5.1 and 5.2. The info was spotted on app usage logs by the developers.
It goes without saying that Apple could in fact be developing a new iPhone for a launch in Q3 this year, but that doesn’t quite prove that what developers claim to be the iPhone 6 is indeed that. What’s interesting is that the IP address of the data comes from Apple’s Cupertino campus, which could well mean that what the developers saw was real. We can know more about this as the days progress, but all in all this has been a great start to 2013 with the rumor mill picking up pace already. The Apple WWDC 2013 event will shed more light on Apple’s plans for the future of iOS and iPhones. There have been rumors pointing towards a quick iPhone refresh, which we can easily rule out.
It will be interesting to see what changes Apple will make with iOS 7, especially if there will be any new UI elements being added. Because ever since iOS 5, the platform hasn’t seen a major revamp of any sort. We can all learn from Google’s example which made the jump from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0 to substantially improve the performance. No doubt the current iteration of iOS is smooth as it is, but it would never hurt a platform to make it even more enjoyable. As for the iPhone 6 reference by the devs, I don’t think we should pay too much heed to it and it could well be a very early prototype, considering the fact that the iPhone 5 has been available for a little over three months now.
Source: TNW
Via: Phone Arena
Snapkeys Makes Translucent Keyboard Available For Testing
December 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tired of your usual QWERTY keyboard on your Android device? A new innovation from Snapkeys might help refresh the experience for you.
Snapkeys is a translucent typing interface that features just four colored keys, which appear when users need to type. Each colored key has four letters, including one vowel and the letters that one commonly uses. According to its makers, the interface offers “a simple and intuitive way to enter text” that is, in their words, “fast, comfortable, and intelligent.” It has predictive technology, one that is similar to what is found on other QWERTY keyboards today, that suggests the words that one may want to use. For convenience, users have the option of accepting or rejecting these words. Snapkeys also allows users to add words to the dictionary, use caps lock, and perform corrections. There are mouse functions as well as options to hide the snapkeys.
While the interface may be different from what many have, by now, gotten used to, the makers of the keyboard are confident that the technology will be a welcome change on mobile devices.
Benjamin Ghassabian, the Snapkeys CEO explains: “SnapKeys Si brings a long overdue upgrade to the mobile device market, where the screens of mobile devices have been limited to a QWERTY keyboard and a small text box. Despite innovations in smartphone and tablet technology, mobile devices today are still reliant on QWERTY-based keyboard designs, which were originally intended for typewriters and computers as a separate peripheral from the screen. The screen space of small mobile devices is precious and cannot be occupied by many keys.”
Snapkeys, which uses the tagline “take back your screen,” hopes to enable users to enjoy the display on their mobile device without the interference of an on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
On the Snapkeys website, those who are interested may try a private beta of the keyboard. However, its official public launch is scheduled in January.
via thenextweb
Fedora Needs Help Testing Out NetworkManager
December 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Fedora Needs Help Testing Out NetworkManager
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LibreOffice 4.0 Alpha 1 Is Freed For Testing
November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
