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QProcess and exit(1)

Whups. I’ve been using QProcess from QT to spawn some SSH processes in glTail, and then just using exit(1) to quit while testing. And on thursday evening, by server ran out of memory due to ~4000 SSH processes running. Guess I should find out how to properly quit a QT application instead of just exiting.

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Released!

Ubuntu 6.10 Released Woot woot! Fire up those cd-burners and get installing!

Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 – the “Feisty Fawn” > In that spirit, the release will be be code named “The Feisty Fawn”. Nice one. =)

Edgy Release Notes

EdgyReleaseNotes – Ubuntu Wiki Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) has reached Release Candidate 1. Woot! I’ve been running it on my desktop machine for a few weeks, without any problems at all. The upgrade was almost smooth as well, just had a bit of python hassle.

Compiz on ATI X300 using AIGLX and Dual Screens!

I used the default Xorg 7.1 that ships with Edgy, and Compiz & friends from Quinnstorms Edgy repositories. Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option [...]

Latest Linux ATI driver & XGL

ATI Proprietary Linux Release Notes > Resolution of an XGL startup issue that prevented users from starting XGL on display :0. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22841 Woho. No more fiddling with :1 to get Xgl running. If only they would support bigger than 2048×2048 blits I could actually finally start using [...]

Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo

Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo Schweeet!

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

NOVELL: Novell Announces Next Generation Desktop: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop > SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 enables organization to gain flexibility in their IT infrastructure, have greater control of their environment, improve end-user security and dramatically reduce operational costs. > It is the only enterprise-quality Linux desktop on the market designed for general-purpose business. Developed [...]

DivX 6.2.5 Released

DivX Shiny New Features > We here at DivX like to spend our time making things work faster, better, and with some serious style. With that in mind we’ve just finished a whole bunch of work on the DivX decoder, including many performance quality enhancements that we know you’re going to love! Got to say [...]

Microsoft clamps down on VistaTorrent.com

Microsoft clamps down on “vistatorrent” site | News.blog | CNET News.com > With Microsoft having a tough time getting the Vista beta quickly into the hands of all those that wanted it, some folks thought they could help out. > They set up vistatorrent.com, redistributing the code on their own. > Microsoft’s response? Thanks, but [...]