Error compiling cairomm

While compiling cairomm i got this error:

configure.ac:37: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:38: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
configure.ac:39: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

Solution:
Install libtool:

[root@dyn854450 ~]# yum install libtool

Badly formed XML, there is no tag

Using glade-3 i got with this error/warning:

[walter@talent Projects]$ gtk-builder-convert uno.glade uno.xml

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 772, in
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 760, in main
conv.parse_file(input_filename)
File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 161, in parse_file
self._parse()
File "/usr/bin/gtk-builder-convert", line 233, in _parse
assert glade_iface, ("Badly formed XML, there is "
AssertionError: Badly formed XML, there is no tag.

Try saving the file as a libglade project and then try again. It work'd for me.

TEDxBuenos Aires

The famous TED conference'll take place in Buenos Aires.  I'm already pre-registered.

http://tedxbuenosaires.org/?p=1001

7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators

One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. These are often simple utilities that are perfectly adequate for basic use. They typically include trigonometric functions, logarithms, factorials, parentheses and a memory function.
However, the calculators featured in this article are significantly more sophisticated with the ability to process difficult mathematical functions, to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, and much more.
The calculators also typically support the Reverse Polish notation (RPN). This is a prefix notation wherein every operator follows all of its operands. In other words, instead of pressing 6 + 8 and the enter key, in RPN you type in 6 8 +.

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Open source in 2010

Is 2010 the "year of open source"? Probably not, but by the end of the year expect to see open source software everywhere. 

Mobile Linux


2010 is going to be a huge year for open source software (OSS) in the mobile sector and we can expect to see OSS appearing on everything from mobile phones to netbooks to tablets.
Of course, thanks mostly to the open source Symbian operating system, open source is already the dominant player on mobile phones, despite the disproportional hype given to proprietary systems such as Apple's iPhone and RIM's Blackberry. But Nokia hasn't done a particularly good job of promoting Symbian's openness since it acquired it in 2008.
Google, on the other hand, has done wonders with its Android OS which is now right up there with the likes of the iPhone and is getting better all the time. Android will, without a doubt, be in the headlines throughout the coming year as Google takes other mobile makers on head-to-head.


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Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris Benchmarks

With Debian GNU/kFreeBSD using the FreeBSD 7.2 kernel, we threw the full FreeBSD 7.2 operating system into the comparison mix. FreeBSD 8.0 was added in since that is the latest FreeBSD stable release at this time. OpenBSD 4.6 was used as another *BSD comparison while OpenSolaris 2009.06 was used to represent some Sun Solaris numbers. Fedora 12 provides a look at some of the latest Linux packages available more so than the Debian snapshot from 2010-01-14. The 64-bit versions of all operating systems were used during this testing process.

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openSUSE Brings New Li-F-E To School

With education budget trends resembling a ski slope (downhill) it only makes sense to look to open source for help. With the 11.2 release of openSUSE comes a separate project targeted at schools and school children.

openSUSE for Schools (or Linux for education aka Li-f-e) packs a huge number of applications targeted at all grade levels. Packages for both desktop and server are included. They've also provided things like Internet filtering software to help parents and educators protect kids from potential problems. For classroom use you'll find tools for creating a kiosk mode or live CD bootable on older machines.

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1. Desktop Options
2. Server Option
3. Applications Galore!

openSUSE-Edu Li-f-e represents a significant step forward in delivering the tools needed to support virtually any school or educational requirement.