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<li class="level1"><a href="#qt-on-linux-x11">Qt on Linux/X11</a></li>
<li class="level1"><a href="#getting-started-on-linux-x11">Getting Started on Linux/X11</a></li>
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<h2>Qt on Linux/X11</h2>
<p>Qt is a comprehensive application and UI framework for developing Linux/X11 applications that can also be deployed across many other desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. Use the code from one single code-base and rebuild for all <a href="supported-platforms.html">supported X11 versions and other platforms</a>.</p>
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<h2>Getting Started on Linux/X11</h2>
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<li><a href="gettingstarted.html">Getting Started with Qt</a></li>
<li><a href="supported-platforms.html">Supported Linux/X11 platforms</a> - Qt supports a wide range of Linux/X11 platforms.</li>
<li><a href="requirements-x11.html">Qt for X11 Requirements</a> - Software required to run Qt on Linux/X11.</li>
<li><a href="install-x11.html">Installing Qt for X11 Platforms</a> - Build Qt for Linux/X11 development.</li>
<li><a href="platform-notes-x11.html">Platform and Compiler Notes - X11</a> - Platform specific notes.</li>
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<h2>Key Features for Linux/X11 Development</h2>
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<h3>Integrated Development Tools</h3>
<p>Qt includes a set of integrated development tools to speed development on X11 platforms.</p>
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<li>Qt Designer provides a drag and drop visual GUI builder.</li>
<li>Qt Linguist provides internationalization and translation features.</li>
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<h3>Cross-Platform Development using Qt Creator</h3>
<p><a href="http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator/index.html">Qt Creator</a> is a complete Cross-platform IDE included in the Qt SDK. The IDE allows programmers to create, build, debug and run Qt applications accross all supported platforms.</p>
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<h3>Rich Class Library</h3>
<p>The Qt class library includes all the funsctionality needed to build advanced GUI applications.</p>
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<li><a href="whatsnew51.html#qt-quick">Qt Quick</a> and QML, a powerful declarative UI language for making fluid, animated, hardware-accelerated UIs.</li>
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<li>Networking, XML and <a href="topics-data-storage.html">data storage</a> functionality</li>
<li>ECMA standard scripting engine</li>
<li>Qt X11 Extras - provides APIs for X11</li>
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<h3>Qt is the Foundation of KDE</h3>
<p>Qt is best known in the Linux community as the basis for the KDE desktop environment. Almost everything in KDE is based on Qt, and Qt forms the foundation for thousands of open source KDE applications developed by community members worldwide.</p>
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