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Ubuntu's Unity Written In Qt/QML For "Unity Next"
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Originally posted by newwen View PostDo you believe they'll write closed source QT apps?
On the other hand, they will control Upstart, Mir (the display server) and Unity. That can be a basis for a decent stack which can be closed whenever they want.
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostBam bam so the biggest distro chooses Qt. Apparently the Gnome shit interface and toolkit isn't exactly liked by both users and developers. See stupid gnome devs, there are consequences to your actions... The fact that you choose to ignore this will be your undoing.
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Originally posted by newwen View PostI've always preferred gtk over Qt for being C and its numerous bindings. But I agree that this anouncement means a big blow to GTK and Gnome. They're not dead, as long as they have Red Hat's backing, though.
GNOME is RedHat's private desktop nowadays.
Unity is Ubuntu's desktop.
Cinnamon is Mint's desktop.
You can run them on other distros, but it's clear who does all the development and decides the direction.
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Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostThey have spent millions on Unity, Unity2d, fixing GNOME, maintaining Compiz, and doing a number of other things, and NOW they are basically going to write a couple of plasmoids.
Way to go. Awesome leadership.
Really? I'd like to some sources... I really doubt this number. The work they invested into those technologies payed off while they were using them, but now they're switching to a technology they've decided is better. They have a sense of direction, even if they sometimes lack confidence.
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Originally posted by funkSTAR View PostIt is not about chosing technology. It is about doing whats best for Canonical. Source code wise they are gaining the ability to close up almost everything. Quite disturbing if you ask me.
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Originally posted by johnc View PostThis "convergence story" they've been chasing is going to bite them in the ass.
Not really, no. QML is very flexible, and combined with Mir, if Mir works out, then they'll be able to pull this off. If Mir doesn't work out, they might be up a creek without a paddle, as the saying goes... but otherwise, this idea is just crazy enough to work.
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Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostThey are not in the app business. There are plenty of GPL apps which run fine on closed systems, so they don't have to worry about apps.
On the other hand, they will control Upstart, Mir (the display server) and Unity. That can be a basis for a decent stack which can be closed whenever they want.
Pros- No one can clone them?
- They could license their code to partners?
Cons- No one trusts them anymore.
- Partners go back to Android.
- The community, which significantly develops the code for them, can no longer help write code or fix bugs.
- As a result of #3, everything is now buggy, and they no longer have the resources to do much of anything.
- Ubuntu dies.
I'm not seeing any balance sheet on which they could possibly decide to close up the source code.
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