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Chrome OS and the death of the Free desktop: a response

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 15:14
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Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/community_posts/chrome_os_and_death_...

The article “Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead” is intentionally outspoken and controversial. It invites comment and criticism - one can hardly declare two of the best known and most widely used Free Software projects to be “dead” without causing uproar.

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Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 11:41
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Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/google_chrome_os_or_how_kde_...

A lot of people at the moment are immensely intrigued by Google Chrome OS. I won’t hide that I am one of them. Google promises a much needed shift in the way small computers work. Problems like software updates, backups, installation, maintenance, viruses, have plagued the world for too long: a shift is way overdue. To me, however, the change about to happen shows us what many people have refused to believe for a long time: KDE and GNOME shot each other dead. I write this knowing full well that I am going to make a lot of people angry. This might be the first time a writer receives very angry responses from both camps — KDE and GNOME’s users might actually (finally?) join arms and fight just to show everybody how wrong I am!

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An easy library catalog in Linux with Tellico

Submitted by k4tz on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 11:02
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Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/easy_library_catalog_tellico

Setting up an electronic “card catalog” for my books always seemed like a lot of work, so I hadn’t really attempted it before; lately, I happened across a KDE program called Tellico that made it so easy and fun that I completed my inventory in under a week. Plus, I finally found a use for that “CueCat” scanner I’ve had collecting dust for the last several years!

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How to Compile Amarok 2 from SVN

Submitted by k4tz on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 10:20
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  • Multimedia
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Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1103471

Introduction

Amarok is a pretty nifty and advance music player for the KDE desktop. However the current version in the *buntu 8.10 repos is hopelessly outdated and (IMHO) totally bugged. There's also the Amarok Neon Project, which aims at providing daily SVN builds for *buntu however lately they have not been updated. So, if you want to be up-to-date with latest Amarok development you either wait until the Neon Project provides binaries again or you compile it on your own. If you want to compile it on your own, you require KDE 4.2. There are also PPA repos for that, use my generator http://repogen.simplylinux.ch to get the according info.

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Thunar File Browser: Tips, Tricks and Scripts

Submitted by k4tz on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 14:25
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Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/tips_tricks_and_scripts_thun...

GNU/Linux is blessed with a good choice of file managers. Gnome has Nautilus, KDE has Dolphin and Konqueror and Krusader, which I wrote about some time ago).

If you are looking for a minimalist system with low processor and memory overheads to revive an old “underpowered” machine or make the latest PC look even faster, you have to start thinking about alternatives. One of them is Thunar, the default browser of XFCE. It even has its own homepage. The good news though is that it will run perfectly well on Gnome and KDE and other smaller desktops once you package manager has pulled in all the necessary dependencies, so you don’t need to change desktops to get and use it. This article will be Debian/Ubuntu centric, but Thunar should be available in the repositories of all the major distros like Mandriva and Fedora.

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Download K-DEMar 4.8

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 09:53
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Adonay Sanz Alsina has announced the release of K-DEMar 4.8, a Debian-based distribution and live CD with language support for Catalan and Spanish. This release arrives after a delay caused by uncertainties over possible data loss when using the ext4 file system; as a result, ext4 is available for selection during installation, but it isn't the default.

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KDE 4.2.1 provides the "Cream" on top of KDE

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:38
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It has been a little more than a month since you were able to install the latest and greatest KDE on release day. Today is another one of those with KDE 4.2.1 (codenamed "Cream") hitting the shelves.

Today, the KDE team announces the immediate availability of KDE 4.2.1, which is a recommended update for everyone running KDE. (If you are still on 3.5, do consider again upgrading to KDE 4.) 4.2.1 has a nice changelog for those that want to read something while packages are being downloaded.

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HOW-TO: Deal with the black screen problem after logging in to KDE 4.+

Submitted by k4tz on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:44
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  • Ubuntu

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1084960

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Hello all. I'm new to the forum, but not Linux, so I hope you do not think me presumptuous for posting a HOW-TO so early on in my involvement with the Ubuntu community.

That being said, this short HOW-TO looks at the black or white screen with mouse pointer problem in KDE 4.+ as it relates to Desktop Effects and is aimed at beginners.

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HOWTO: Desktop Search in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid (and Debian) in KDE 4.2

Submitted by k4tz on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 10:29
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  • Debian
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Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1071376

Introduction

Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 features an inbuilt desktop search. Unfortunately I never managed to get it to work right and I tried a lot of things. So I finally went on irc.freenode.org into the #strigi channel and asked for help. Lucky me Phreedom in there gave me a helping hand. Why Nepomuk doesn't work by default is still a mystery. I think this is related to Redland instead of Soprano. Unfortunately, as Phreedom told me, the Ubuntu and Debian maintainers don't supply Soprano with the current builds. Also his recommendation is to use KDE 4.2 (Kubuntu 8.10 comes with KDE 4.1).

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KDE 4.2 window controls disappeared

Submitted by k4tz on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 10:45
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Question:

Hi Installed KDE 4.2 and all of sudden all my windown controls dissappeared
I'm no longer able to resize, minimize or close the windows
Here is my system
vostro 1000 with AMD tk57 chip 2.2g ram
intrepid IBEX
Help

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