Now that KDE 4.8 is about to be released, let’s have a look at what Kate brings in KDE 4.8.
Read more »Kate Text Editor in KDE 4.8
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TLWIR 28: WebOS, The FCC, and Red Hat’s Record Quarter
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The universe that contains GNU/Linux and Free Software rarely slows down for simple things such as holidays. This week proved to be no exception. Rex talks about WebOS being open-sourced, The FCC, and Red Hat's record breaking quarter.
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Music Player Amarok 2.5 Released
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The Amarok development team has released version 2.5 of its open source music player and organiser, code-named "Earth Moving". Among the changes highlighted by the developers are re-written support for USB mass storage devices, GPodder.net podcast synchronisation and an integrated Amazon MP3 store.
Read more »How to configure add array on HP servers with hpacucli command
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Sometimes you need to add a new array on HP Servers on running system (you can't boot SmartStart DVD to run Array Configuration Utility). In that situation you need to configure the array with command line utility called hpacucli.
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Marble virtual globe: Lunar Map and Online Services
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KDE Marble is a virtual globe and a geographical atlas. It is free software (available under GNU LGPLv2), meaning that you can freely use, study, modify copy and share it without any restrictions. This is a look at two of its features: the first one is an interactive map (globe) of the moon and the second one is a set of some online services that come with Marble.
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Enabling Compiz On Linux Mint 12 (GNOME Classic)
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Linux Mint 12 Lisa desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. Compiz is not supported on GNOME 3 yet, that's why this how-to is applicable only for the classic GNOME desktop.
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PDF import for LibreOffice in Debian Backports is broken -- here's how to fix it
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But ... the PDF import function for LibreOffice Draw in Debian Squeeze, if you're using the libreoffice-pdfimport package from Debian Backports, is broken. Doesn't work. LO wants to open PDFs as text files in LO Writer, not as editable PDFs in LO Draw.
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How to Run Startup Scripts in KDM before KDE Starts
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In KDE, there are some unique instances when it would be ideal to start a script at the moment KDM starts, in between the start of X and the start of your desktop environment.
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Fedora 16 Verne with KDE - Rather nice, actually
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Fedora 16 Verne with the KDE Plasma desktop is a surprisingly high-quality product, much more than expected, and this is without lowering the comparison bar to Gnome 3 level. Taking all former Fedora tests into account, Verne is crash-free in all aspects. This is a pleasant change. Then, it looks good, runs fast and can be tamed easily.
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Pear OS Linux Panther 3 review
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Pear OS is a new Linux desktop distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop with the graphical installer. Its development started in early August 2011 by David Tavares (from France), and on August 15 2011, Pear OS 1.0, the first version marked “stable,” was released. The latest edition, release on December 14 2011, is Pear OS Linux Panther 3.
Read more »Get the Beauty of KDE on Your Tablet
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On Wednesday the KDE project announced the arrival of the next iteration of the software, Plasma Active Two, with significantly improved performance, a raft of new features, and compatibility with many more mobile devices. If you use a tablet and want to see the beauty of KDE on your device, this could be a good time to give it a look.
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OwnCloud: An open-source cloud to call your own
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Everyone likes personal cloud services. But, many of aren’t crazy about the fact that our files, music, and whatever are sitting on someone else’s servers without our control. That’s where ownCloud comes in. OwnCloud is an open-source cloud program. You use it to set up your own cloud server for file-sharing, music-streaming, and calendar, contact, and bookmark sharing project.
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European IT authorities want better OOXML in Libre/OpenOffice
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OOXML is a topic that revives many bitter memories for the Free Software Community. Should any semi-official body be attempting to force it on us, now?
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Qt 4.8.0 Released with Threaded OpenGL, Multithreaded HTTP
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Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) restructures the GUI stack to enable easier porting of Qt to different windowing systems and devices. Threaded OpenGL enables us to render OpenGL from more than one thread concurrently. HTTP requests are now handled in a separate thread by default. The file system stack received some heavy lifting under the hood. The result is better I/O performance.
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Pear OS Linux Panther 3 screenshot preview
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Pear OS is a new Linux desktop distribution based on Ubuntu. Development started in early August 2011, and Pear OS 1.0, the first version marked “stable,” was released on August 15 2011. The newest release is Pear OS Linux Panther 3.
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