Mozilla is the new Microsoft

So who here loves Mozilla and their browsers such as Firefox? I do too, but am I the only one finding Mozilla turning more into Microsoft ev...

Say goodbye to the former Qt and hello to MiniQt?

So everyone knows that Nokia is looking to buy Trolltech, the company behind Qt right? If not, read the press release . Trolltech also has u...

KDE 4 Review - Insane Style

So KDE 4 is out, along with major architectural changes, a new face, and new software, as well as tweaks to what KDE 3 had. Now if you wante...

Directory safety when working with paths

As we discussed in our previous two articles, we run into issues of thread safety when we try changing the path during a running program. ...

Implementing realpath() in C++

Before reading this post, please read the background in the previous post PATH_MAX simply isn't , as it covers important background, and...

PATH_MAX simply isn't

Many C/C++ programmers at some point may run into a limit known as PATH_MAX. Basically, if you have to keep track of paths to files/director...

Can you name a C++ compiler?

C++ is arguably the best primary language available today for non web based applications that are large, complicated, and advanced. But what...