Is Windows/Fedora better than (K)Ubuntu - I hope not!

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Apr 20 19:05:02 UTC 2007


Alain Muls wrote:
> I work on a project which uses QT so that the same source code can be used for 
> obtaining a program that works under linux and windows. Our team consits of 5 
> persons, 4 windows fanatics and I use exclusively (k)ubuntu.
> 
> Last week we got an upgrade of the QT to v4.2.3. and I decided to upgrade to 
> feisty (beta, I agree, but very near to completion) from dapper at the same 
> time.
> 
> QT compiled with no problem on windows, on feisty and fedora core.
> 
> The programs were compiled on both systems and everything went fine until 
> running the application. On Windwos and Fedora everything is OK, on (K)Ubuntu 
> it is really ugly (snapshots can be mailed to your personal account if wanted, 
> windows is the same figure as fedora).

No.  Post it and send a link.

> Since I had a spare partitition I decided to install Dapper Drake there and 
> tried to recompile QT. It will not work, there is a dependy problem with 
> regard to "sys/inotify.h". I have installed all development packages that 
> have somewhere inotify.h in it.

File a bug on launchpad.

> In conclusion it works under Windows and Fedora, compiles under Feisty but 
> very ugly display and no compilation of QT under Dapper?

The display is probably a bug too.

Matthew Flaschen




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