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Paparazzi ported to MacOSX

Posted by Chris Anderson on February 11, 2011 at 9:24pm
3689389099?profile=originalWe don't hear much about Paparazzi here, which may be due to any number of factors: Linux-only software, frequently unavailable hardware and an older thermopile design that has had a bumpy road to the IMU era. But the first of those problems may be coming to an end. The Paparazzi team has announced that an initial release of a Mac OSX port is now available.
"After a very busy holiday period the Paparazzi developer team are very pleased to announce the initial release the Mac OSX port of Paparazzi.

Although this release is a couple of weeks later than expected, the team is satisfied that this port will be easy to install and run. This first release still retains the look and feel of its Linux sibling as currently it uses X windows for rendering. This is due to change, as the graphics library used by Paparazzi (GTK+) is improving its support for the native quartz engine found in Mac OSX. This improved version of GTK+ is due for release at the beginning of March. The team are tracking this and expect a more native look and feel version of Paparazzi to follow this release."

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  • brakar February 13, 2011 at 5:27pm
    Fair enough. (I do however think you not neccessarily would have an obligation to support the implementation/software, even if you sold the hardware).
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    Chris Anderson February 13, 2011 at 5:10pm
    brakar: we did consider it, but we didn't feel we could support it adequately. We're not Linux users and are not sufficiently familiar with Paparazzi to help people (I've got one, but never got it to work well--my fault no doubt). In short, we only sell what we use and can vouch for.
  • brakar February 13, 2011 at 4:28pm

    Btw Chris,

    You must shurely have considered producing paparazzi hardware at DIYDrones. Why didn't you?

  • RH1N0 February 12, 2011 at 3:16pm

     

    I would still choose to use Paparazzi on Ubuntu even if a Windows version was available.

  • Paul Mather February 12, 2011 at 1:39pm
    That is great news about the Windows port!!!
  • David Conger February 12, 2011 at 1:35pm

    Another update. Windows is just around the corner and should be finished soon. Much of it is already running in Windows. The reasons for taking some time to do it right is that windows has issues and isn't the wonder OS some would make it out to be. Those working on it will get past those issues soon and the end result will be very seamless across all platforms. I believe Linux 64bit will be the next target after that. 

     

  • brakar February 12, 2011 at 1:22pm
    90% of the kids like hamburgers served in front of the TV better then fish and outdoor fun. Meaning ... ?
    Let's face it, all here belong to a marginal interest group, even if some of us are more marginal then others.
  • Paul Mather February 12, 2011 at 1:03pm

    Humans should be trained on the system they will be using in real life. Not on a system built for desktop publishing and graphic design. If someone is taught in school to use Adobe Acrobat and are then expected to know how to use MS Word on the job, they will be completely lost...and vice versa.

     

    What would be the point of teaching someone how to use a word processor from the Commodore 64? After all, it's a word processor, right? And they need to be adaptable... so here you go kid....you've been trained to use a word processor from 1983... you should be able to figure out MS Word.... time to adapt.

     

    Windows is the world standard. Regardless of how loudly the Mac and Linux users yell, this isn't changing any time soon. To port from Linux to Mac before Windows is a decision that could only be made in academia.

     

    I wish I could read more on the topic, but the link above says:

    Error establishing a database connection

    As does http://paparazziuav.org/

  • Ken February 12, 2011 at 12:46pm

    Happy,

     

    What skill do you suppose that they will learn on these Macs that does not *instantly* transfer to MS Windows? 

     

    What essential job skill do you suppose that they will not learn using a Mac?  How to install Norton Anti Virus? The latest first person shooter game?

     

    MS Office runs on OS X. Web browsers work on OS X. Kids in schools are taught to create spreadsheets and resumes. Whether the close and minimize buttons are on the top left or right corner is not a job skill. Humans need to be adaptable; specialization is for insects.

     

  • Paul Mather February 12, 2011 at 9:05am

    I find it baffling how the academic community seems to be intentionally obtuse. We have a local school system that spent millions on buying every student in the school a Mac laptop. Here you go kids, you'll be totally prepared for 7% of the jobs out there!

     

    By "customers" I mean "end-users." The people who are using the product they have created. Perhaps they meant to make something just for academics....which is why they would stick with the obscure OS'.

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