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Nokia, Intel Merge Maemo, Moblin Into MeeGo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there-can-be-only-one dept.

AVee writes "Intel and Nokia just announced a new project called MeeGo. MeeGo is supposed to be the result of merging Maemo and Moblin, bringing together the best pieces of those (already quite similar platforms). Interestingly this means that Intel will be sponsoring a mobile Linux distro which will run on ARM."

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  1. Re:Gtk RIP? by Seth+Kriticos · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I agree, it's weird.

    I was playing out with Qt and Qt Creator recently and the framework is very accessible and cross-platform, while GTK+ is somewhat more of a hassle to port. It's also nicer to develop with (much easier to get started and the Qt library has some very nice features, esp. since the 4.6 release).

    That said, I perceive KDE as a very ugly desktop environment. I stopped using it a long time ago. Still checking it out once or twice a year, but I don't like it compared to GNOME. I want a desktop that works on installation, not one where I have to tweak around for two weeks to get it do something. Also the options that pop up everywhere, the atrocious control panel and several other things are just horrible.

    Also when tweaked right (with some compiz magic) I can improve my application interaction productivity very much (application switching mapping to mouse, multiple desktop control with mouse, etc.) that are just not there in an evident way in KDE.

    Never mind the fact that it still looks ugly and very clumsy.

    I seriously don't know where this is going. Maybe the GTK+ team will do something unexpected and GTK+ 3 will completely smash Qt (though I'd be surprised), or maybe KDE will get some good looks and usability (which would also surprise me), or GNOME will be ported to Qt (haha), or maybe something else will let them both in the shadow while they don't get anywhere (though I have no clue what).

    I don't complain though. Qt integration in GNOME is not bad, so I can happily write Qt apps and don't care about the desktop (though I'm more into web and platform development, not much of a UI person).

    What ever comes around, it should be interesting.