In this edition...

Front Page
- Ubuntu Phone developer preview available 21st February
Applications
- NumPy available for Harmattan
- MatPlotLib available for Harmattan
Community
- Hildon Foundation Board minutes from February 17th meeting
In the Wild
- Tizen 2.0 SDK and source code release

Front Page

Ubuntu Phone developer preview available 21st February

Good news for the open source mobile device platform world, Canonical will be releasing the first developer preview of their Ubuntu Phone platform on February 21st: The software, intended both for developers and adventurous end-users, will be made available as images for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset as well as LG's Nexus 4. Source code will also be released for those who would like to port the operating system to other phones.

Like any "developer preview" this one is likely to be rough around the edges and not suitable for day-to-day use, it will be interesting too see what Canonical's offering feels like first hand, however.

Applications

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NumPy available for Harmattan

Via: @RColistete

Editor: Ryan Abel

NumPy is a Python module for numerical calculations, with a fast and powerful N-dimensional array object, useful linear algebra, Fourier transform, random number, etc. Roberto Colistete Jr has released a port of the module for Harmattan. It is available from the author's own repository or from rzr's community repository. The author recommends installing IPython to make use of NumPy.

MatPlotLib available for Harmattan

Via: @RColistete

Editor: Ryan Abel

Along with NumPy, Roberto Colistete Jr has also released MatPlotLib Python library for making 2D and 3D plots, usually using NumPy to calculate the data. MatPlotLib is also available from the author's repository.

Community

In the Wild »« Applications

Hildon Foundation Board minutes from February 17th meeting

Editor: Andrew Flegg

The latest minutes from the Hildon Foundation board meeting are now up.

Topics covered include: finances, Nokia contractual handover, migration issues, relationship between the Community Council and the Board, Ubuntu Phone, The last point is disappointing, given Iván's work so far, but no details are given. It also seems unlikely that Canonical will have any need for the Foundation for Ubuntu Phone; but you have to admire the board's ability to look at all angles for considering it.

In the Wild

« Community

Tizen 2.0 SDK and source code release

Tizen is still bumbling along (surprisingly) and, following the Android model of throwing code over the wall, has released the second major version.

Highlights include: enhanced web APIs; native SDK and core apps.

The second Tizen Developer Conference will be held in San Francisco in May.

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