Konqueror, KDE's default file manager and browser, is a good all-around tool, but that doesn't necessarily mean it fits all your file management needs.
Read more »Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 2 "Neottia" released
The second pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is here. This pre-release brings a near-final snapshot of KDE 4.0 (final 4.0 packages are currently being uploaded to the Cooker repositories), new NVIDIA and ATI drivers, the chance to test the experimental nouveau open source driver for NVIDIA cards, kernel 2.6.24rc7, and more.
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Howto Install KDE 4.0 (Stable) in Ubuntu Gutsy
KDE 4.0 is the innovative Free Software desktop containing lots of applications for every day use as well as for specific purposes. Plasma is a new desktop shell developed for KDE 4, providing an intuitive interface to interact with the desktop and applications.
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How Do You Install Linux Applications?
If you are a command line guru, you call upon your zypper, yum, conary or apt-get from the terminal, and you awk sed grep your way to what you're after.
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Voltalinux 2.0 is out
"Voltalinux is a GNU/Linux distro based on Slackware GNU/linux and the pkgsrc package system from NetBSD. The two pieces of software put together give you great power." -- About Voltalinux: http://voltalinux.sicurezzarete.com/?page_id=2
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Find the items you want with GNOME Do
The wealth of applications on a modern Linux system is phenomenal, but sifting through screen after screen of menu items is no fun. Likewise, it's convenient to have all of your files in one place, but the more you have the longer you have to look for the one you need.
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Linux users answer the call: Ubuntu wireless-adapter glitch resolved
The first thing you learn when you write about technology is that the people who read your stuff are smarter than you'll ever be. So let me start by saying "Thank you" to all the Linux users who responded to last Friday's post on my travails trying to get Ubuntu 7.10, or "Gutsy Gibbon," to recognize my Linksys WPC300N wireless adapter.
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A Bash Script to Download Entire PicasaWeb Albums
Google restricts the download of entire PicasaWeb albums to users of its proprietary (and Windows only) software Picasa. A fairly simple Bash script can do that and even more.
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My Favorite Linux Tool
While I rarely get excited over free applications, the KDE news-feed reader Akregator is proving to be an exception to the rule. This simple tool has made my life so much better that it's difficult to talk about it without sounding like a late-night infomercial for OxiClean.
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We can't seem to get the $100 laptop to cost less than $250 ... but the $75 laptop is on its way
The One Laptop Per Child project hasn't hit its target price of $100, but already one of its creators is talking about a $75 device.
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GNU IceCat 2.0.0.11-g1 released
We are pleased to announce the first official release of GNU IceCat, the GNU version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. You can get IceCat from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/ and all GNU mirrors (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html)..."
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Why you should run an open wireless network
"Schneier sused the word «hacker» to refer to security-breakers, but that's a misunderstanding."
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As if I knew it
People around the world are cheering up and joy-dancing about the release of KDE4. The Indian EFYtimes for instance said something like:
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Automating Firefox with iMacros
Do you have some mundane task that you have to do regularly through a Web browser? Are you a developer who wants to automatically test the interface of your latest Web application? Maybe you want to log into all of the sites you visit on a daily basis with one click. If you fall into any of these categories, you should check out the iMacros Firefox extension.
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Ubuntu Mockup Hardy Heron
A Hardy Heron mockup... looks pretty cool... looking forward to it!!
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