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Recently while wrangling with an internal project that required some basic location functionality, I became pretty intimate with the BUG location API.  While the basics of retrieving location information from the GPS device is pretty straightforward using the existing API, other use cases are not so easy.  Additionally, the API seems to leak more NMEA complexity that is really necessary.  So, I decided to make it better. This is when I discovered openlapi, a FOSS...

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Thanks to Marcin's tireless efforts the Ångström distribution is now running on BUG: .-------. | | .-. | | |-----.-----.-----.| | .----..-----.-----. | | | __ | ---'| '--.| .-'| | | | | | | | |--- || --'| | | ' | | | | '---'---'--'--'--. |-----''----''--' '-----'-'-'-' -' | '---' The Angstrom Distribution bug ttymxc4 Angstrom 2009.X-stable bug ttymxc4This is important because it allows us to merge the Java and Web Service...

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One the greatest features of the BUG is the amazing Bug Java Framework (not an official name yet, but I hope it'll catch on), which provides: modularity, tons for services, low level interaction with modules, etc. Without doubts, Bug Java Framework is the de facto system to write applications for BUG. However, many programming languages are supported by BUG, for example python and ruby come pre-installed in R1.4.3 If you want to write python apps...

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If you've read agordon's IPv6 posts here and here, I'm sure you're very psyched about it. To help you get started, we added IPv6 Setup in BUGdash. Make sure you have the latest BUG software 1.4.3 and download the latest version of BUGdash. Under System, IPv6 Setup gives you a checklist of items you need in order to run an IPv6 client on BUG. We're using gogoNET's Freenet6 as a tunnel provider and its Gateway6...

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Now that R1.4.3 is out the door and 2009 is behind us, we're spending some time to go back and document more of our APIs, tools, and modules.   Documentation can really be an overwhelming task, especially for something as expansive as BUG.  There's the Java APIs, the OSGi stuff, some JNI, device drivers, and something called 'Linux'.  Don't even mention the build system or our tools.  If we decided to document everything, we'd be at...

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Last night we released a new version of the Dragonfly SDK. Here are the details:Download and update site URL can be found here.Release notes and install guide can be found here.Happy Holidays to everyone!

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I had an opportunity to join folks at OEDEM in Cambridge UK last weekend.  It was two days full of technical discussion about the future of OpenEmbedded and Poky Linux.  It was great of Phil Blundell and Reciva to host the event and take care of everyone.   I came away with a really good feeling about the folks involved and the ability for the community to move forward constructively.  I met several people that...

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I posted a few weeks ago about how our extras repository is now online.  Since then I've had some downtime to add packages to our repository at the request of other BUG developers and some of our community.  I was tinkering with openjdk-6-cacao (which is not yet available in our repo, unfortunately) and some cool, modern java libraries.dbus-java example:Java-gnome examples:java-gnome again: Look at those sweet native widgets right in your java app!  Can't wait to say...

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Just a quick note that we've release a new version of the SDK today. This is a minor release of fixes and an nice upgrade of Concierge/CTE. Download: http://buglabs.net/downloadsUpdate site url: http://buglabs.net/sdk/production/current/updatesite/Release notes: http://bugcommunity.com/wiki/index.php/Dragonfly_SDK_Release_Notes#1.4_Releases

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This is a code_swarm generated video of Bug Labs svn/cvs activity over the last 3+ years... the giant explosions are large commits, usually the linux kernel source initial imports.  We'll likely see another giant explosion when Izzy brings in 2.6.30.  I should have overlayed the video with Gregory Isaacs' "Night Nurse" or Discovery's "Curby", or some other Bug Labs office staple, but we don't own the rights.  ;D Enjoy! 

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