The release of the newest version of Ubuntu is only 10 days away. Today we are going to take a look at Kubuntu, the KDE-based version of Ubuntu.
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Is Kubuntu Caught in a Downward Spiral?
Kubuntu has been my favorite Linux distribution since the very first release. Unfortunately, Kubuntu later became known as Canonical’s third wheel, and each release seems to steadily diminish in quality. What’s responsible for its current status, and what should be done to improve it?
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7 Things To Look Out For In Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
A lot has been said regarding the upcoming release of Ubuntu, that is Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, – its new looks, new features etc. However, understandably, its KDE counterpart, Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, has been largely ignored.
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Myth of the blue-headed step children
I have been reading quite a few blog post comments these days just to get a feel for what people think about Kubuntu, KDE, and the other KDE distros. The comment I see the most is something along the lines of “Kubuntu’s KDE is garbage while distro x’s KDE rocks!”
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How-To: Compile and Install VLC 1.0 in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
Ubuntu 9.04 (and Kubuntu) comes with VLC 0.9.9 included in the repositories. However, VLC 1.0.0 was released today and it ships with several new features and many improvements. To install the latest release of VLC (currently 1.0.0) in either Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu distributions, just follow the steps below...
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How to limit the download speed of apt-get
Learn how to limit the download speed of the APT package manager in Kubuntu, Ubuntu or any Debian-based Linux system.
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KDE 4.3 RC1 in Kubuntu 9.04 - Overview & Screenshots
I took some time today to install and take for a spin the latest version of KDE4 today, release 4.3 RC1. I installed the packages from the Kubuntu backports repositories, as explained in this tutorial. All the screenshots were took at 1280x1024 and desktop effects enabled.
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How-To: Install KDE 4.3 in Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
The first release candidate of KDE 4.3, the next major version of KDE4, was put out on July 1st and comes with new features and a lot of Plasma improvements and bug fixes.
In this short tutorial I'll show you how to install KDE 4.3 in your Kubuntu 9.04 machine with the help of the Kubuntu Backports PPA (Personal Packages Archive) repositories. Just follow the steps below:
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Integrating Firefox 3 with KDE 4
These are a few customizations to give Firefox 3 a better KDE look 'n feel on Kubuntu..
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KDE 4.2.2 Is Out
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My Experiences With Kubuntu 9.04 So Far
Kubuntu 9.04 is due out in April, and as always, I couldn’t help but to start testing it early and get a good look at what we will be expecting come release day. I’ve been using Jaunty for a little over a month now, and I thought I’d share some of my experiences. In summary, if things keep going the way they are now, Jaunty will be the one to watch out for this year.
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From intrepid to jaunty.... with no room left
Today I decided to move my desktop to jaunty. It's still an alpha but I'm not afraid of having to face a non-working Xorg once in a while and having to use the VTs instead. Given the speed improvements I've read about... the time is now... there's just a tiny little problem. I have no room left to do the dist-upgrade:
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to an Ioke Dev Env From Source (part 3: emacs-starter-kit)
"...The emacs-starter-kit is a set of base configuration for Emacs. It contains a bnumber of useful elisp libraries, with a slight focus on dynamic languages. To install it, perform the following steps..."
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to an Ioke Dev Env From Source (part 2: Emacs)
"...In this post we will install GNU Emacs from source and also get a basic configuration set up using the emacs-starter-kit..."
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How KDE and Kubuntu lost a devotee
Ever since the middle of 1998, i’ve been a KDE user (it was right before the 1.0 release, if i recall correctly). KDE was, at the time, light years ahead of other Unix window managers, and it still is to this day. Or *was*, until KDE 4.0 came out.
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