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KCC (a.k.a. Kindle Comic Converter) is a comic and manga converter for ebook readers. - ciromattia/kcc

Games keep growing larger every year, but a group of developers is pushing back against the trend. We've already seen astonishingly small versions of Tetris, Snake, and...

Play Fortnite and Alan Wake II on Valve's popular handheld

C++20 comparisons in Qt.

I've been developing a VNC server for wlroots based compositors such as Sway and Wayfire. It's called wayvnc and it's accompanied by a new VNC server library called NeatVNC. It attaches to a running Wayland session, creates virtual input devices and exposes a single display via the RFB protocol. The project has provided me with interesting problems to work on for a few months now and there are many interesting…

"Aamrok 3.0, ported to Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5, has been released," writes Slashdot reader serafean. "With the heavy lifting being done, the Qt6/KF6 version is expected later in the year." Originally developed for Linux as part of the KDE desktop environment, Amarok is a free, cross-platform music play...

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An open-source, Qt-based eBook reader for Kobos (and other devices). - GitHub - Kobo-InkBox/inkbox at 2.0

Library for native Qt and managed .NET interoperability. Mix QML and WPF. Integration of Qt with Microsoft services like Azure in desktop and embedded OS.

One of the most interesting aspects of the new AMD Ryzen 7040 series laptop processors is the new 'Ryzen AI' capabilities with the new XDNA AI engine capabilities built into the SoC, leveraging IP from their Xilinx acquisition

A C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor. It will adjust screen backlight based on ambient brightness. - GitHub - FedeDP/Clight: A C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor. ...

Recently I started using KTimeTracker to record the time I spent working, and I really like it. So far it's the only productivity app that meets my needs. So I began playing with porting it to Qt6. I'm weak with algorithms, but I know my way with building programs. I made a long fluff post about compilation, even. So I was feeling confident that I would make at least some progress.

"Bugs breaking the world that I got fixed for Asahi" list update: ✅​ Linux core atomic ops were broken on ARM64 for years, including breaking the workqueue code ✅​ QT5 JS engine has been broken ~forever, potentially everywhere but particularly affecting ARM64 ✅​ GCC has been miscompiling things for years, on all architectures. ✅​ libwebrtc PipeWire support was buggy, breaking Wayland screencasting on both Firefox…

I want to start with that Qt is still IMHO the best way to develop C++ apps. This post is not supposed to be a rant. This is for the decision maker at Qt. If you have any question about Qt feel free to join our /r/QtFramework subreddit! The Qt developers are wonderful to work with, and every new Qt version makes it even better, thank you! 🎉 My pain points (no particular order):

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Double the accidents.

Interruptions and context switching are the two most costly factors that directly impact a programmer's daily productivity. Although there is no permanent way to avoid them, there are some interesting strategies to minimize their impact. The Cost of an Interruption Based on various scientific studies, it takes at least 10-15