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Interactive Debugging KDE Apps with QtCreator

April 28, 2009 in tech by Seb

Recently I began using QtCreator to try and do some development on Amarok. During my day job as a Java developer I get to work with tools like Intellij, which is a great IDE when you can put aside the problems of Java GUI apps on Linux. For a long time I’ve been using [...]

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Amarok 2.1: Mini Update

April 3, 2009 in tech by Seb

A few weeks ago I started working on improving a few little niggling problems that I’ve been having with Amarok recently. Here’s a brief overview of what I’ve done.
Prettier Collection Browser
A image is really the best way to show this:

You can see that each collection uses more space to make it easier to find and [...]

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GdkPixbuf woes

March 13, 2009 in tech by Seb

For the last four days I’ve been trying to implement cover art support for iPods in Amarok 2.1. I’ve reached desperate measures here, appealing to the wider public for any hints that might be available.
Here’s the problem. Any returned GdkPixbuf objects from libgpod when called from within Amarok are invalid — they’re either garbled junk, [...]

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World of Goo

February 16, 2009 in tech by Seb

A community service announcement:
World of Goo has been released for Linux.
It’s a wonderfully enjoyable puzzle game which has been awarded multiple awards across for the PC, Mac and Wii versions – and it has recently become available for Linux. It’s cheap, DRM & region free, and if you buy it you’ll not only be supporting [...]

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Amarok on Twitter

November 6, 2008 in tech by Seb

Most of the Amarok crew are on Twitter – it’s been said before.
But if you’re a little more excited about developments in Amarok as opposed to the lives of the developers, you should checkout the official Amarok twitterer. You’ll be able to follow announcements, updates, cool tips, links, and we might throw in a few [...]

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