* post should be read with the Black Sabbath song ‘Changes’ playing in the background *
For nearly two years now I’ve been using Kubuntu (Ubuntu + KDE) quite happily. It was a happy marriage between us, but yesterday we filed for divorce.
Kubuntu Gutsy, and Hardy, had been fine. I’ve even been using KDE4 since 4.0, [...]
Continue reading about KDE to GNOME - I’m going through change-eee-es
My desktop PC is still running Kubuntu Hardy, it’s running dandy, so I see no real reason to upgrade it to Intrepid. But my EEE 701 PC was still running an early Hardy with KDE 3.5.x so I decided to wipe it and do a fresh install of Intrepid on it. Just for the hell [...]
Continue reading about EEE 701, Kubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and Unetbootin
It’s out! KDE 4.1.2 was released yesterday (my time) and I eagerly updated my KDE 4.1.1. No visual difference from 4.1.1 as 4.1.2 is merely a load of bug fixes.
I’m not entirely sure what they fixed, but many of the plasmoids still crash my plasma (KDE Twitter being one of the culprits).
In my opinon THIS [...]
Continue reading about KDE 4.1.2 + Lancelot menu = Happiness
While browsing through my RSS feed of Linux.com I noticed a post about ‘Lancelot’ a new KDE menu/plasmoid. I kinda prefer the old style KDE menu but have been forcing myself to use the new menu to see if it really is crap, and it kinda is.
But Lancelot (below) is the best of both worlds!
If [...]
There I was, sitting having my breakfast this morning (tea and some porridge before work) when suddenly my KDE4 crashed. I mean crashed, corrupt looking screen, and needed a reboot.
PC reboots and I’m given the evil flashing-prompt-of-death ™. No login screen.
After much tinkering and typing of commands I eventually gets a God awful, 640×480 login [...]
If you’ve checked my blog before, you’ll know I’m a KDE fanboy, I admit it. More so with KDE4. Granted, 4.0 was a tad rickety, but with the latest release - RC1 - it’s awesome. With a nice wallpaper and plasma theme I present to you: my latest desktop…
CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR A LARGER [...]
KDE 4.1 beta 1 is now in the Ubuntu repositories for testing. Check Kubuntu.org for full instructions. All you need to do is add a repo, refresh, and you’ll be able to update your KDE 4.0.x to KDE 4.1 beta 1.
Here’s my (KDE 4.1 beta 1) desktop at the moment:
Some things I’ve noticed so far:
The [...]
Having installed Kubuntu Hardy I dreaded the thought of having to recompile the libgpod library to get my iPod Classic (Black) working again. After installing Amarok I thought I’d try my iPod anyway.
Lo and behold, it worked!
Hoorah!
Well, it did. Until I actually flipped through the cover art and played some tracks did I notice that [...]
I toyed with upgrading my Kubuntu Gutsy (7.10) to Hardy (8.04) but came to the conclusion that a fresh install would do me the world of good. My Gutsy had KDE4 bolted on to it with some KDE4 apps and various other junk installed so, yeah, time to start afresh.
This is my current desktop:
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Continue reading about Kubuntu Hardy + KDE4 + Compiz Fusion = New Look
Ok so I can’t write to it but at least I can now view my Google Calendar in Thunderbird.
I installed Thunderbird2 from the Gutsy repo and that’s fine. But you try installing the Lightning 0.7 add-on. Won’t go. Apparently it’s because they are compiled by different sources. So I’ve had to make do with Lightning [...]
