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Mandriva

2007-03-08T09:46:13Z

Jaqui: Updated release version

'''Mandrake''' Linux (now called '''Mandriva Linux''' after its merger with [[Conectiva]]) was created in 1998 with the goal of making [[Linux]] easier to use for everyone. At that time, Linux was still a developer's [[operating system]] and sound knowledge of the [[CLI]] was a must.

''Note: The Operating System now known as 'Mandriva Linux' and its makers, "Mandriva", have been referred to by their former names, 'Mandrakelinux' and "Mandrakesoft" respectively, in certain sections below for historical accuracy.''

==History==
[http://www.mandrivalinux.com Mandrake] was created by Gaël Duval. He realised that ''"Linux had the potential to be an excellent alternative to Windows, or maybe even a full replacement"'' He created Mandrake with the aim of providing ''"a Linux distribution that would be as easy to use as Windows"'' In July 1998 the first version of Mandrake was released (The first distribution to ship with KDE 1.0 as the default graphical environment). It was based on the popular Linux distribution [[Red Hat]] as it offered a robust package management system, [[RPM]] or '''R'''ed '''H'''at '''P'''ackage '''M'''anager (Now called '''R'''PM '''P'''ackage '''M'''anager).
In November 1998, "several young Linux enthusiasts" created Mandrake (the company).

In 2001, the company decided to go public and announced an IPO (Initial Public Offering) of 688,480 shares which at that time represented 20.28% of the company's capital. Trading of the stock began in August 2001 in the ''Marche Libre'' exchange in Paris.

In late 2002, MandrakeSoft announced that it faced a "big short-term cash issue" and requested users to join Mandrakeclub (a paid service that offers certain extra benefits, now called Mandrivaclub), and existing members to upgrade.

Subsequently, in January 2003, MandrakeSoft filed for ''"declaration de cessation des paiements"'', the French equivalent of Bankruptcy Protection. By the end of 2003, MandrakeSoft declared its first quarterly profit in five years. In March 2003, a French court approved of MandrakeSoft's plan to emerge out of bankruptcy and enabled the company to return to normal operations. The company has since made a remarkable recovery.

Hearst Corporation, trademark owners of the comic-book character "Mandrake the Magician" sued MandrakeSoft for trademark infringement. The contention was heard in February 2004 and MandrakeSoft lost the case. MandrakeSoft decided to concatenate Mandrake and linux (as in Mandrake linux) to Mandrakelinux and change its logo as a direct result.

In April 2005, MandrakeSoft merged with Brazilian Linux vendor [[Conectiva]], and the company name was subsequently changed to its current name, Mandriva.

In mid-June 2005 Mandriva announced its acquisition of North American Linux distributor [[Lycoris]].

The company after emerging from bankruptcy has posted strong gains and is surging ahead in popularity and dominates the European, North American and South American (through Conectiva) markets.

==Highlights==
Mandriva Linux features an elegant and user-friendly interface right from installation, hence is recommended for people who are new to Linux.
It is renowned for having excellent hardware detection and support. It primarily dominates the Desktop arena but is now trying to tap into the Server market too.

Mandriva Linux features a versatile configuration utility called the '''Mandriva Control Centre''' (often abbreviated as '''MCC'''). It features a set of tools that ease the configuration of various aspects of the Operating System.

Mandrake linux was the first rpm-based distribution to provide automatic resolution of dependencies with [[URPMI]] (which debuted in version 7.2), and its Graphical frontend, '''RPMDrake'''. URPMI can easily be setup to download and install binary RPMs (which include security updates) from local and web sources without the user having to interfere much.'' (See [[URPMI]] for more information)''.

Almost all popular Linux applications are available in either binary form for the user to install, or can be compiled from source.

[[KDE]] is the default Desktop Environment, but other popular Environments like [[Gnome]] are either included, or can be installed easily.

Mandrake Linux was one of the first distributions to be optimized for [[i586]] [[processor]]s (and superior). Mandriva Linux is currently available for x86, x86-64 and PowerPC architectures.

==Installation==
Mandrake developed a graphical installation process recognized by many as one of the best available, with advanced and efficient hardware detection (although today, other distributions like [[SuSE]] and [[Fedora]] provide similar tools). The Mandriva installation usually needs no more than booting from the first distribution CD-ROM and following instructions.

==Development process==
As of today, Mandriva follows a [[Debian]]-like three-step development process for every release (although much faster than Debian). Every new release begins simply as being [[Mandriva Cooker]], that is the continuously changing current development line, and can be roughly seen as the analogue of Debian unstable. When the packages and set up of Cooker begin to reach reasonable stability, the [[Mandriva Community]] is released (often preceded by a couple of release candidates). Mandrake Community normally still contains bugs and unstable packages, and it is intended as a fairly usable but testing release. After months of testing, feedback and improvements on the Community release, the [[Official]] version is released. [[Mandriva Official]] is intended to be the stable version.

The [[GPL]] (General Public License) governs the development and redistribution of Mandrivalinux and it is community-driven to a large degree. Non-Mandriva contributors have write access to packages in the main distribution, commit access to Mandriva's own tools in [[CVS]], full bug tracking rights in [http://qa.mandriva.com Mandriva's bugzilla] and the [http://wiki.mandriva.com Mandriva Development wiki]. Over half the packages in the entire distribution (combining "main" and "contrib") are maintained by the community. For non-developers, support is available from the unofficial [http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca Mandriva community wiki] and the [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=30 LinuxQuestions' Mandriva forum].

==Criticism==
Although Mandrake is one of the best distributions available, especially for linux beginners and for the desktop, is (like any other distribution) far from being perfect. Mandrake is well known for heavy customization of [[kernel]] and packages. While this often is a plus by adding new functionality, it can also lead to inferior stability (especially in the Community releases) when confronted with other distributions like [[Slackware]] or [[Debian]]. The large hardware support by default Mandrake Linux provides also means installation of a large and heavy kernel. Also many [[kernel module|kernel modules]] are active by default after the installation, weighing on the system. Even with a lightweight [[GUI]] like [[Fluxbox]] Mandrake is noticeably slow on old computers, and cannot be seriously advised as a desktop on a PC with less than 128 Mbyte of RAM and 400 MHz clock rate. These are fairly low requirements (lower than that of [[Windows XP]] for example), but [[Slackware]],for example, can run a reasonably fast graphical desktop on a 150 MHz Pentium with 64 Mbyte of RAM. However Slackware is much harder to install and configure, and has less hardware support by default.

==Distributions similar to Mandrake==
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Libranet]]

==Products==
The latest stable release of Mandriva Linux is '''Mandriva Linux 2007'''. For more information and links to download this, see the [http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en/ftp.php3 Mandriva Linux download page].

'''''Home Products'''''
*'''Mandriva Linux''' It is the mainstream Linux desktop product.
*'''Globetrotter''' It is a version pre-installed in a portable hard-drive which can be connected to a computer with a [[USB]] port (and be booted with).
*'''Move''' is a version which is pre-installed in a [[USB]] pen-drive, from which it can be booted. It is based on Live-CD technology similar to [[KNOPPIX]] or [[DSL]].

'''''Corporate Products'''''
*'''Mandriva Linux Corporate Server''' It is the "Mandriva Linux Server Solution"
*'''Mandriva Linux Corporate Desktop'''Aimed at Office Productivity.
*'''Multi Network Firewall''' a "Security solution dedicated to the business world".
*'''Mandriva Linux Clustering''' It is a version suited for "heavy calculations" and "risk analysis", aimed at research organisations.

==Product History==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
<caption>'''Product History'''</caption>
! style="background:#abcdef;" | Year
! style="background:#abcdef;" | Number
! style="background:#abcdef;" | Name
|-
|1998
|5.1
|Venice
|-
|1998
|5.2
|Leeloo
|-
|1999
|5.3
|Festen
|-
|1999
|6.0
|Venus
|-
|1999
|6.1
|Helios
|-
|2000
|7.0
|Air
|-
|2000
|7.1
|Helium
|-
|2000
|7.2
|Odyssey (called Ulysses during beta)
|-
|2001
|8.0
|Traktopel
|-
|2001
|8.1
|Vitamin
|-
|2002
|8.2
|Bluebird
|-
|2002
|9.0
|Dolphin
|-
|2003
|9.1
|Bamboo
|-
|2003
|9.2
|FiveStar
|-
|2004
|10.0
|Community and Official
|-
|2004
|10.1
|Community
|-
|2004
|10.1
|Official
|-
|2005
|10.2
|Limited Edition 2005
|-
|2005
|
|Mandriva Linux 2006
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|Cooker
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.mandriva.com Official website] (www.mandriva.com)
*[http://qa.mandriva.com/ Mandriva bugzilla] (qa.mandriva.com)
===Forums,Mailing lists===
*[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=30 LinuxQuestions' Mandriva Forum] (www.linuxquestions.org)
===Documentation===
*[http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome Mandriva Community Wiki] (mandriva.vmlinuz.ca)
*[http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Mandriva Unofficial Mandriva Linux 2006 Starter Guide (wiki)] (ubuntuguide.org, yes really)
===Miscellaneous===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux Mandriva @ Wikipedia] (en.wikipedia.org)
*[http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en/ftp.php3 Mandriva Linux download page] (www1.mandrivalinux.com)
*[http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Easy URPMI] (easyurpmi.zarb.org)
*[http://planetmandriva.zarb.org/ Planet Mandriva] (planetmandriva.zarb.org)
*[http://www.mandrivausers.org/ MandrivaUsers Board] (www.mandrivausers.org)
*[http://blog.eukhost.com/2006/10/11/history-of-mandriva-linux History of Mandriva Linux] (blog.eukhost.com)
[[Category:Distro]]

GTK API

2007-03-06T05:18:11Z

Jaqui: Definition

=GTK API=

This is the shortahnd term used for the Gnome Tool Kit Application Programming Interface.
 
What this means is the available fucntion calls for working with the GTK widget set when programming an application that uses it. 

==Related Pages==

#[[Programming]]
#[[GTK]]
#[[Glade]]

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Talk:ECMAScript

2007-03-05T08:40:13Z

Jaqui: /* The lniked pages? */

ummm, is it just me, or does this page on javascript link to a page on a video encoder? Im not sure if thats on purpose or what, so ill let you change it if it is. [[User:SciYro|SciYro]] 06:56, March 4, 2007 (EST)

== The linked pages? ==

are the pages that had links to ECMAscript page, I just made the non existing page exist and link back to the pages that refer to it.

Talk:ECMAScript

2007-03-05T08:39:53Z

Jaqui: The lniked pages?

ummm, is it just me, or does this page on javascript link to a page on a video encoder? Im not sure if thats on purpose or what, so ill let you change it if it is. [[User:SciYro|SciYro]] 06:56, March 4, 2007 (EST)

== The lniked pages? ==

are the pages that had links to ECMAscript page, I just made the non existing page exist and link back to the pages that refer to it.

Web browser

2007-03-04T13:46:54Z

Jaqui: /* Specific applications */

A '''web browser''' is essentially an engine that converts markup (primarily [[HTML]]) into a representation according to the rules of the markup. However, browsers must also handle an array of other demands from an increasingly complex [[web]], which is often done with the help of [[plugins]] such as [[Flash Player(s)]].

For some hints on setting up web browsers, look at [[Browsing tasks]].

==Specific applications==
The following is a list of web browsers available for Linux:
* [[Epiphany]]
* [[Galeon]] : a web browser for [[Gnome]] based on the [[Gecko]] renderer.
* [[Konqueror]] : a web browser for [[KDE]].
* [[Lynx]] : a text-only web browser, suitable for use in a [[terminal]]
* [[Links]] : another text-only browser, with nice features
* [[Mozilla]] and the related web browsers:
** [[Firefox]] : A particularly popular, technologically advanced browser, planned to become the successor to Mozilla
** [[Netscape]] : The commercially developed predecessor to Mozilla, whose later versions are based on Mozilla itself
** [[Seamonkey]] : The full suite Mozilla browser that offers the same features as [[Netscape]] and [[Firefox]].
* [[Opera]] : A popular web browser whose adherents often claim is the fastest browser available
[[Emacs]], although most commonly known as a text editor, also possesses web browser plugins.
* [[w3m]] : a text based Web browser and pager

==Other uses for browsers==
Browsers are also used for file manipulation in [[GUI]]s. In fact, most file browsers are also disguised web browsers. [[Galeon]] and [[Konqueror]], in addition to being web browsers, are the default file managers in [[Gnome]] and [[KDE]] respectively. Also, try typing in "file://C:\" in the address bar of [[Internet Explorer]]!

==See also==
*[[Browser wars]]

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[[Category:Networking]]

Web browser

2007-03-04T13:46:16Z

Jaqui: /* Specific applications */

A '''web browser''' is essentially an engine that converts markup (primarily [[HTML]]) into a representation according to the rules of the markup. However, browsers must also handle an array of other demands from an increasingly complex [[web]], which is often done with the help of [[plugins]] such as [[Flash Player(s)]].

For some hints on setting up web browsers, look at [[Browsing tasks]].

==Specific applications==
The following is a list of web browsers available for Linux:
* [[Epiphany]]
* [[Galeon]] : a web browser for [[Gnome]] based on the [[Gecko]] renderer.
* [[Konqueror]] : a web browser for [[KDE]].
* [[Lynx]] : a text-only web browser, suitable for use in a [[terminal]]
* [[Links]] : another text-only browser, with nice features
* [[Mozilla]] and the related web browsers:
** [[Firefox]] : A particularly popular, technologically advanced browser, planned to become the successor to Mozilla
** [[Netscape]] : The commercially developed predecessor to Mozilla, whose later versions are based on Mozilla itself
** [[Seamonkey]] : The full suite Mozilla browser that offers the same features as [[Netscape]]
* [[Opera]] : A popular web browser whose adherents often claim is the fastest browser available
[[Emacs]], although most commonly known as a text editor, also possesses web browser plugins.
* [[w3m]] : a text based Web browser and pager

==Other uses for browsers==
Browsers are also used for file manipulation in [[GUI]]s. In fact, most file browsers are also disguised web browsers. [[Galeon]] and [[Konqueror]], in addition to being web browsers, are the default file managers in [[Gnome]] and [[KDE]] respectively. Also, try typing in "file://C:\" in the address bar of [[Internet Explorer]]!

==See also==
*[[Browser wars]]

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[[Category:Networking]]

ECMAScript

2007-03-04T08:41:16Z

Jaqui: New page: =ECMAscript= ECMAscript is more commonly called javascript Full specifications for valid ECMAscript can be found on the [http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/introduction.html#I...

=ECMAscript=
 

ECMAscript is more commonly called [[javascript]]
Full specifications for valid ECMAscript can be found on the [http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/introduction.html#ID-E7C3082 W3C Website] as well as links to tutorials to learn it.

==Related Pages==
 
[[Quanta Plus]] 
[[Avidemux]]

User:Jaqui

2007-03-03T14:15:27Z

Jaqui: New page: [http://linuxfromscratch.org Linux from Scratch]

[http://linuxfromscratch.org Linux from Scratch]

Talk:Integrated development environment

2007-03-03T14:13:47Z

Jaqui:

i suppose one needs to be somewhat strict about what is an IDE and what is a featureful gui editor.

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Web design should be split off from this. It questionable as a title and as a topic. I add the 'see also' just to link up an orphaned page but it's not really relevant to applications. I could have just deleted 'Web Design' but I can see it being a useful op-ed howto piece.

[[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 01:01, Mar 21, 2004 (EST)

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I wasn't crazy about the title when I first encountered this article. I would vote for separating the two subjects completely. I think a web design article would be on topic (esp. when talking about open source solutions), and so would something separate for IDEs in general. Just my $0.02

:Yes, I agree web design need to be split off from this. They have really different goals and features, though sometimes they overlap a bit. Some IDEs that deal web applications, e.g. j2ee/servlets and have stuff to do HTML web design. But I still think these are IDEs, web design tools _only_ deal with web html layout. There also seems to be a [[Integrated Development Environment]] page, which is confusing and probably needs to be replaced with the stuff on this page. [[User:Jor|Jor]]

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Okay - how about if I delete 'Integrated Development Environment' since it has no content or history to speak of, move this to 'Integrated Development Environment' to take its place, and then put both sections (including the already existing 'Web Design' on the 'Applications' page?

[[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 22:50, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)

:Yes, delete the 'Integrated Development Environment' with currently no usefull content. Not sure was you want to do with the rest. I'd say move the Web Design stuff to a seperate page and link both the now new "Web Design applications" and "Integrated Development Enviroment" from the applications page. But anyway, atleast just delete that 'Integrated Development Environment' and move this page to it. 'Us' plain users will do the rest ;) [[User:Jor|Jor]] 23:02, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)

:: Okay - both pages need work but now they're easier to work on. :) - And I do have an extra button or two, but other than that, I'm a plain user, too. ;) [[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 23:42, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)

::And I screwed that up. Why is it I have no problem with case on my box, but go case-blind on the web? This should have been moved to 'Integrated development environment" and "Integrated Development Environment" should have been redirected instead of deleted since the slot wasn't needed. *sigh* I think it's, uh, "fixed" now. [[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 23:54, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)
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Just a little note, I removed Dev-C++, which is a windows only IDE I think. But maybe i'm wrong and there is some linux version... or maybe it runs in WINE. So if somebody actually uses it in Linux, please re-add it :) I'm also not sure about Glimmer, I think it's just a advanced text editor. [[User:Jor|Jor]] 08:24, Mar 24, 2004 (EST)
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yes, glimmer is more of an advanced editor than an [[IDE]], with syntax highlighting for a fairly large number of languages, it would probably fit perfectly in the same category as [[SciTE]] does, an advanted text editor. 

[[User:Jaqui|Jaqui]]

Talk:Integrated development environment

2007-03-03T14:12:51Z

Jaqui:

i suppose one needs to be somewhat strict about what is an IDE and what is a featureful gui editor.

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Web design should be split off from this. It questionable as a title and as a topic. I add the 'see also' just to link up an orphaned page but it's not really relevant to applications. I could have just deleted 'Web Design' but I can see it being a useful op-ed howto piece.

[[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 01:01, Mar 21, 2004 (EST)

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I wasn't crazy about the title when I first encountered this article. I would vote for separating the two subjects completely. I think a web design article would be on topic (esp. when talking about open source solutions), and so would something separate for IDEs in general. Just my $0.02

:Yes, I agree web design need to be split off from this. They have really different goals and features, though sometimes they overlap a bit. Some IDEs that deal web applications, e.g. j2ee/servlets and have stuff to do HTML web design. But I still think these are IDEs, web design tools _only_ deal with web html layout. There also seems to be a [[Integrated Development Environment]] page, which is confusing and probably needs to be replaced with the stuff on this page. [[User:Jor|Jor]]

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Okay - how about if I delete 'Integrated Development Environment' since it has no content or history to speak of, move this to 'Integrated Development Environment' to take its place, and then put both sections (including the already existing 'Web Design' on the 'Applications' page?

[[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 22:50, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)

:Yes, delete the 'Integrated Development Environment' with currently no usefull content. Not sure was you want to do with the rest. I'd say move the Web Design stuff to a seperate page and link both the now new "Web Design applications" and "Integrated Development Enviroment" from the applications page. But anyway, atleast just delete that 'Integrated Development Environment' and move this page to it. 'Us' plain users will do the rest ;) [[User:Jor|Jor]] 23:02, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)

:: Okay - both pages need work but now they're easier to work on. :) - And I do have an extra button or two, but other than that, I'm a plain user, too. ;) [[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 23:42, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)

::And I screwed that up. Why is it I have no problem with case on my box, but go case-blind on the web? This should have been moved to 'Integrated development environment" and "Integrated Development Environment" should have been redirected instead of deleted since the slot wasn't needed. *sigh* I think it's, uh, "fixed" now. [[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 23:54, Mar 23, 2004 (EST)
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Just a little note, I removed Dev-C++, which is a windows only IDE I think. But maybe i'm wrong and there is some linux version... or maybe it runs in WINE. So if somebody actually uses it in Linux, please re-add it :) I'm also not sure about Glimmer, I think it's just a advanced text editor. [[User:Jor|Jor]] 08:24, Mar 24, 2004 (EST)

yes, glimmer is more of an advanced editor than an [[IDE]], with syntax highlighting for a fairly large number of languages, it would probably fit perfectly in the same category as [[SciTE]] does, an advanted text editor. 

[[User:Jaqui|Jaqui]]

Integrated development environment

2007-03-03T13:50:29Z

Jaqui: /* Web Development (PHP/HTML) IDEs */

An '''Integrated Development Environment''' ('''IDE''') is a software application designed to help develop new software more quickly and easily. It usually includes a [[source code]] editor (essentially a [[text editor]] with extra features such as syntax highlighting, code completion or structural navigation), a [[compiler]] and a [[debug]]ger. Some more advanced IDEs have features such as [[version control]], automatic [[refactoring]], integration with [[application server]]s, [[GUI]] builder and [[RAD]] tools.

== Multi-Language IDEs ==

* [[Eclipse]] ([http://www.eclipse.org/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[Emacs]] ([http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html GNU Emacs Official website]) - Linux
* [[Geany]] ([http://geany.uvena.de/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[jGrasp]] ([http://www.jgrasp.org/index.html Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[KDevelop]] ([http://www.kdevelop.org/ Official Website]) - Linux
* [[Visual Studio Express]] ([http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ Official Website]) - Windows

== C/C++ IDEs ==

* [[Anjuta]] ([http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/ Official Website]) - Linux
* [[Bloodshed Dev-C]] ([http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html Official Website]) - Windows
* [[BVRDE]] ([http://bvrde.sourceforge.net/ Official Website]) - Windows, provides cross-compiler.
* [[Code::Blocks IDE]] ([http://www.codeblocks.org/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[CodeDragon/wxStudio]] ([http://wxstudio.sourceforge.net/ Official Website]]) - Cross Platform
* [[MinGW Developer Studio]] ([http://www.parinyasoft.com/mingwstudio.html Official Website]) - Windows
* [[MinIDE]] ([http://www.spacejack.org/minide/ Official Website]) - Windows
* [[VIDE]] ([http://www.objectcentral.com/vide.htm Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[Xwpe-ALPHA]] ([http://www.identicalsoftware.com/xwpe/ Official Website]) - UNIX

== Java IDEs ==

* [[BlueJ]] ([http://www.bluej.org/index.html Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[JBuilder Foundation]] ([http://www.borland.com/downloads/download_jbuilder.html Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[JCreator]] ([http://www.jcreator.com/ Official Website]) - Windows
* [[JDeveloper]] ([http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.html Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[NetBeans]] ([http://www.netbeans.org/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform

== Python IDEs ==

* [[BoaConstructor]] ([http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[eric]] ([http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[PIDA]] ([http://pida.berlios.de/ Official Website]) - Linux
* [[Spe]] ([http://pythonide.stani.be/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform

== Ruby IDEs ==

* [[FreeRIDE]] ([http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl Official Website]) - Cross Platform
* [[RadRails]] ([http://www.radrails.org/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform

== Web Development (PHP/HTML) IDEs ==

* [[Bluefish]] ([http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/download.html Official Website]) - Linux
* [[Quanta Plus]] ([http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ Official Website]) - Linux
* [[SCREEM]] ([http://screem.org/ Official Website]) - Linux -Gnome

== Other IDEs ==

* [[FreePascalIDE]] ([http://www.freepascal.org/ Official Website]) - Cross Platform - Pascal
* [[Glimmer]] ([http://glimmer.sourceforge.net/ Official website])
* [[Grasshopper]] ([http://dev.mainsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=45 Official Website])
* [[Kile]] ([http://kile.sourceforge.net/ Official Website]) - Linux - TeX/LaTeX
* [[Lazarus]] ([http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ Official website]) - Linux - Pascal
* [[MonoDevelop]] ([http://www.monodevelop.com/Main_Page Official Website]) - Linux - Dot NET
* [[Open Perl IDE]] ([http://open-perl-ide.sourceforge.net/ Official Website]) - Windows - Perl
* [[PerlEdit]] ([http://www.indigostar.com/perledit.html Official Website]]) - Cross Platform - Perl

= See Also =

* [[Web Design#IDEs for Web Design| IDEs for Web Design]]
* [http://www.nabble.com/IDE-f788.html IDE Forum]
* [http://www.sybase.com Sybase Linux Solutions]
* [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=469623 Freeware IDEs Sticky]
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Qt

2006-03-02T17:51:13Z

Jaqui:

'''Qt''' is a cross-platform, [[C plus plus|C++]] [[GUI toolkit]] created by [[Trolltech]].
QT is also the foundation for Borland's VCL in both their C++ Builder and Delphi IDEs

The largest project that relies on this toolkit is the [[KDE]] desktop, but Qt is also used in commercial software like [http://www.skype.com/ Skype] or [http://www.mainconcept.com/ MainConcept] MainActor. Since the year 2000, Qt features a dual license: the [[GPL]] makes it freely available for open source developers while the commercial license is only available for a per-developer fee.

For software developers, Qt provides a high-quality, object-oriented [[API]] and a couple of tools to create [[GUI|user interfaces]], translate applications and browse its comprehensive documentation.

Developers see: [[Qt/TestDrivenDevelopment]]

==External links==
*[http://doc.trolltech.com/qq/qq09-qt4.html Qt 4 preview]
*[http://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/00000169.html Trolltech Releases First Qt 4 Technology Preview]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_toolkit Wikipedia on Qt]

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Programming language

2006-03-02T17:49:00Z

Jaqui:

A '''Programming language''' is used to write [[programs]], which are a means of issuing instructions to and receiving data from [[computers]]. [[Programming]] languages are characterised by highly rigid syntactic laws and a limited (though not necessarily small) vocabulary of [[commands]] that may be used. While each programming language has its own syntax and vocabulary, some are more closely related than others. However, they all serve the same purpose of abstracting from the low level [[machine code]] that computer processors require.

Here is a small list of commonly used programming languages:

*[[Algol]]
*[[Assembler]]
*[[Basic]]
*[[C]]
*[[Delphi]]
*[[Eiffel]]
*[[Fortran]]
*[[Java]]
*[[Lisp]]
*[[Perl]]
*[[Ruby]]
*[[Smalltalk]]

*[[Visual Basic]]

==See also==
*[[script]]
*[[compiler]]
*[[oop]]

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See C2.com definition of [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ProgrammingLanguage programming language]s as well as the [http://c2.com/cgi/like?ProgrammingLanguages list of programming languages].

Programming language

2006-03-02T17:44:35Z

Jaqui:

A '''Programming language''' is used to write [[programs]], which are a means of issuing instructions to and receiving data from [[computers]]. [[Programming]] languages are characterised by highly rigid syntactic laws and a limited (though not necessarily small) vocabulary of [[commands]] that may be used. While each programming language has its own syntax and vocabulary, some are more closely related than others. However, they all serve the same purpose of abstracting from the low level [[machine code]] that computer processors require.

Here is a small list of commonly used programming languages:

*[[Algol]]
*[[Assembler]]
*[[Basic]]
*[[C]]
*[[C++]]
*[[Delphi]]
*[[Eiffel]]
*[[Fortran]]
*[[Java]]
*[[Lisp]]
*[[Perl]]
*[[Ruby]]
*[[Smalltalk]]

*[[Visual Basic]]

==See also==
*[[script]]
*[[compiler]]
*[[oop]]

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See C2.com definition of [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ProgrammingLanguage programming language]s as well as the [http://c2.com/cgi/like?ProgrammingLanguages list of programming languages].