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JohnAtQNX
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About JohnAtQNX
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Comment #46404662
QNX is not a GPOS, so you wouldn't. I mean you _could_, but the real benefit here is hidden within: with the toolchain now included in this image, folks working on QNX projects can…
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Comment #46404636
We plan to host prebuilts in the new year to make it easier to download/run.
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Comment #46404618
In some cases it could also be an Android guest running as a VM on the QNX Hypervisor, where there are multiple guests (QNX, Android, Linux) making use of the same HW.
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Comment #46402360
There's been talk about this on Reddit too, where our chief architect of QNX 8 broke down the decision. He mentioned it was ultimately a tough decision, but that in the end the con…
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Comment #46402338
GTK support for sure, but also Qt, Godot, and others. Commercially, also support for Unity & Unreal.
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Comment #46402310
We're definitely a secret ingredient brand... hiding in products you use every day!
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Comment #46402295
Well hey, we're hiring! qnx.com/careers!
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Comment #46402294
We still do that! In fact, the _QNX From The Board Up_ series on the developer blog is a small rip from that training content, adapted by Mr Brown. I hope we'll get all of it out t…
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Comment #46402278
Hiya! The bulk of my colleagues and I are in Ottawa and Waterloo Ontario Canada. We're a division of BlackBerry Limited, and have been for about 15 years. QNX itself is about 45+ y…
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Comment #46402236
Bare metal is on the short-term roadmap!
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Comment #46402234
Bare metal is on the short-term roadmap!
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Comment #46402223
Hiya! It's Weston. Here's the port: https://github.com/qnx-ports/build-files/tree/main/ports/wes...
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Comment #45493910
Yes! Like podman, we have an OCI-compliant container solution [0]. I haven't tried to play with it myself yet, but details are at the link. [0] https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/produc…
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Comment #45493870
Yes there is. It's a big priority here. Changes like this take time and a careful balance though, but we're working on it!
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Comment #45492380
Yeah, I get that and appreciate it. I feel the same way. We're working on changing it to be a 1-click process.
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Comment #45492304
"QNX *is light weight, but not a lightweight." FIFY :)
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Comment #45492232
Keep in mind there's a distict possibility that the Android you see as a driver is running as a guest on a QNX Hypervisor system ;)
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Comment #45492197
We're in 270+ million vehicles on the road today, 1 in 7 globally (and growing!) It's awesome going to shows and reminding people that every time they turn their key (okay, okay: _…
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Comment #45492146
Some of my colleagues and I visited the class with the UW CSC in the Spring.. They said something like half of the students drop out in the first week after learning how much work …
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Comment #45492121
Thank you! :)
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Comment #45492117
Hey fellow QNXer! =) Agreed, I regularly learn so much from our dev talent.
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Comment #45492037
It's funny.. We've spent a lot of time at universities this year, and that's the same reaction we sometimes get there when we say we're over 45 years old and have nearly 1000 staff…
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Comment #45492009
I have some awesome recordings of Dan Dodge talks.. they are definitely entertaining :) FWIW we're growing, hiring, and expanding, these days!
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Comment #45491979
From someone who worked on PlayBook: THANK YOU! It was a tight little machine with a great browser and awesome audio for the time. And it slid right into my back jeans pocket. Thos…