Category: KDE

Not Alone

January 24, 2009 - Gnome , KDE , Life , Linux - by admin - No Comments

Well, it’s nice to see that I’m not alone in my recent decision to change…

Disable Compiz

November 11, 2008 - Computers , Geek , KDE , Linux - by admin - 4 Comments

Since KDE have ruined Kubuntu with KDE4, it’s time to use Gnome. However Compiz and glitzy pointless effects irritate me no end. A few quick commands will disable them for the current user… gconftool-2 –set /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/current /usr/bin/metacity –type=string gconftool-2 –set /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default /usr/bin/metacity –type=string The next time you log in, it […]

Hard Choice

November 11, 2008 - KDE , Linux , Things that annoy Kyle - by admin - 3 Comments

A few weeks ago I thought I would take the plunge, and installed KDE 4.1 on my Kubuntu 8.4 laptop. With the recent announcement of Intrepid being launched, I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE4 as the default environment. I figured that I should get an early look at the […]

KDE4 on Windows…

February 5, 2008 - Geek , KDE , Linux , Windows - by admin - No Comments

It had to be done 🙂 KDE4 on Windows, in VMWare on Linux…

KDE Geo Awareness

December 1, 2007 - Cool things , KDE , Openstreetmap - by admin - No Comments

Just discovered a lightning talk by Robert Scott on the future of the KDE geo aware desktop. He touches upon how applications will soon support location awareness, mapping, photography and suchlike. KDE4 should be interesting for those of us with a GPS receiver 🙂