Nice demo of the many capabilities gained by Dolphin since its debut in KDE 4.0.
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The talk of the town is that the next version of Kubuntu will have a new default browser, replacing Konqueror, the longtime KDE favorite.
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Konqueror Icon Setting TV's Ablaze
CBS' geektastic sitcom sensation "The Big Bang Theory" has joined a long list of KDE television outings with main character Leonard Hofstadter wearing Konqueror on his chest in last night's episode, "The Vengeance Formulation"
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Konqueror tips and tricks
If you are familar with KDE you know Konqueror. Konqueror used to be one of the finest file managers on the PC desktop – period. But now KDE has migrated toward a simpler, more user-friendly file manager (Dolphin) and pushed Konqueror to serve as a web-browser only. That does not mean Konqueror can not be used as a file manager. It can. In fact, Konqueror can do many things.
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Qt vs. GTK: Konqueror, Arora, Firefox, Midori, Epiphany
I’ve mentioned a couple of times that, at least in my opinion, KDE is losing out to GNOME because there simply aren’t as many Qt applications as GTK ones. This is the second in a series of articles comparing different kind of applications.
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How-To: Create an Open as Root Service Menu in Dolphin and Konqueror (KDE4)
Not so long ago I put up a tutorial which included three useful tips for Konqueror 3.5.9 (KDE3), and one of them was how to create an Open as Root service menu for directories. In this how-to I will show how to accomplish the same thing in KDE4 this time, for both Dolphin and Konqueror.
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3 Popular Tips for Konqueror 3.5.9
KDE 3.5.x comes with Konqueror as the default file manager and it is still used in distributions like Debian (the upcoming Lenny release) or older Kubuntu releases, like the LTS 8.04 version. In this article I will show three tips (which I consider popular) for tweaking or working with this older version of Konqueror.
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Konqueror is losing my conquest.
Some glitches I can live with, text appearing in the wrong place or some pictures not being displayed for example. Unfortunately my daily traveled web pages are becoming less and less usable under konqueror.
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Krusader: one file manager to rule them all
I don't like KDE4. I don't like the Dolphin file manager either. There, I said it. I;m not trying to start a flame war. Really. But those dislikes are proportional to my concern about the future of Konqueror.
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How-To: Create an 'Open as Root' Menu Entry in Konqueror
This tutorial shows how to create an open as root entry in Konqueror when you right click any folder.
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Konqueror in KDE 4.0 RC
Konqueror has the distinction of being the default file manager as well as the default web browser of KDE 3.xx. It supports basic file management on local UNIX filesystems, from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced remote and local network file browsing. It has support for KIO slaves and has the KParts object through which it can embed components like media player, KWord etc. As a web browser it is HTML 4.01 compliant, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, as well as Netscape plugins (for example, Flash or RealVideo plugins).
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FSFE supports new antitrust investigation against Microsoft
" 'Microsoft should be required openly, fully and faithfully to implement free and open industry standards,' is the message of a letter by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) to European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. To help achieve this goal, FSFE offered its support for a possible antitrust investigation based on the complaint of Opera Software against Microsoft. The complaint was based on anti-competitive behaviour in the web browser market..."
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Nautilus vs. Dolphin vs. Konqueror
when the KDE team decided to replace Konqueror with Dolphin everything changed. Because, at least for now, Dolphin is a lot like Nautilus and has little to do with what KDE users were accustomed to.
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Konqueror And AdBlock
The [adblocking extension] comes by default with Konqueror, but it does not come with any filtering rules. Moreever creating them is a bit of a hassle, there is just too many possible URL combinations for ads. Luckily Filter.G, the collection of filter rules for Firefox, is also compatible with Konqueror. Just follow these simple steps to import the filters.
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