The state of Plasma can be currently described as 'chaotic'. The reason for that is that its API is being refactored which in result makes it almost impossible to use for a regular human being. Most applets despite continuous development, still experience issues with adjusting to the new API. This results in instabilities and — in some cases — even problem with displaying properly on desktop.
Read more »The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment
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I’ve toyed with Linux since 2002, when I first installed Mandrake. With the latest release of Ubuntu, I was interested to see how far Linux had come since then in terms of being used easily by the mainstream. So, I tricked my grudging girlfriend Erin into sitting down at a brand new Ubuntu 8.04 installation and performing some basic tasks.
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Development Release: gNewSense 2.0 Beta
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"Brian Brazil has announced the first beta release of gNewSense 2.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution with the goal of strictly adhering to the software freedom ideals defined by Free Software Foundation: ..."
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In the world of open-source operating systems, first impressions count
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One of the reasons the Ubuntu project is doing so well is that it puts a cleaner, slightly more polished face on what starts out as Debian.
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KDE 4 could fundamentally change the way Linux developers code
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Today interface designers are more conservative in their changes, because while drastic changes may please the geekatroids among us, they make casual users very nervous. Lately I have begun to get that little thrill down my spine when I play with KDE 4. It's an interface that's pretty and (bonus) so fundamentally different than what we have now, it brings a lot of excitement to the table.
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What Edubuntu can teach your kids
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Edubuntu is a customized version of Ubuntu aimed at children in educational environments. According to the distributions homepage, Edubuntu is "Linux for Young Human Beings." That works out well for me, since I have three of those in my house. I homeschool my children and use Edubuntu on a couple of our computers.
Read more »The Ultimate Guide to KDE Session Management and Autostarting
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One of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about KDE is how to start applications when the user logs into a KDE session. The answer is not always as straightforward as one would hope, and sometimes quite scattered across several sources.
Read more »30 Similarities Between MS Excel and OOo Calc
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This is another article in my series that shows the similarities between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office (pre-Office 2007. Using a new product requires some re-learning. That’s unavoidable. But you rarely have to learn an entirely new set of skills—it’s just that the new stuff sticks out at us.
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Released !
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Ubuntu has finally released their second LTS [Long Term Support] Operating system.. Being the most widely used Linux distro we all have huge hope with this big release. So lets take a quick look at its features an aplication
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Distro Rankings and Popularity Ratings through the Years
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Have you ever wondered which Linux distribution was most popular during the previous years? If you have, then you may be interested in some of the data that I’m going to present to you.
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Using spindown to prolong the life of old hard disks
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Many people leave their computers on around the clock. This usually implies that all the attached hard disks are always spinning. Constantly spinning up a hard disk normally increases the chances of drive failure. When a disk is not powered it should last longer than if it was spinning.
Read more »A Quick Look at the Spring GNU/Linux Distrributions: Mandriva. Ubuntu, Fedora, and Opensuse
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Andrew Min, a regular poster at Freesoftware Magazine, gives us the lowdown on what's out and what's new in the latest spring collection on the GNU/Linux distro catwalk.
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Filing good X bug reports
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For Ubuntu, a *lot* of time and effort goes into triaging X bugs. Mostly, this work consists of helping bug reporters get enough data to actually begin troubleshooting the problem. Sadly, a lot of bugs go uninvestigated due to lack of enough info.
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An Apple User Tries Ubuntu
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So as I sat down to Ubuntu, I was curious about the dreaded command line. Would it would suck me into the dark swirling abyss of Geeksterism?
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Firefox 3 is Worth the Upgrade!
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Today, I ran an upgrade of my laptop, which runs Ubuntu. A nice little feature that came with this particular upgrade is a working installation of Firefox 3. About 2 months ago, I upgraded to Firefox 3, but it was in an unusable state, so back to Firefox 2.0 I went. With this working version though, I have to say that a downgrade back to Firefox 2 won’t happen again.
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