Warning! The following post uses a lot of techno-babble and less-than-well-known Linux terms. If you are not familiar with the GNU/Linux operating system, it would help to read this simple Wikipedia explanation first. I have also attempted to provide links for further clarification when using the names of specific Linux programs. It has been almost… Continue reading From Blue to Brown
Category: KDE
KDE4 On The Chopping Block
KDE developers are hacking away at 4, which is now in /trunk, because 3.5 was moved to a branch. There is a lot of talk about simplification, speed and eye-candy. KDE4 will hopefully blow Windows Vista out of the water (at least in my book, so that I don’t feel tempted at all to use… Continue reading KDE4 On The Chopping Block
Plasma brainstorming…
I’m really excited about the potential that Plasma will bring to KDE. I’m even more excited that aseigo is looking to the community for ideas and concepts. This is a brain dump I created using KJots (a very useful note-taking utility): Plasma Applet Ideas
KDE 4 Will Be Awesome
I know, you’ve heard that before. You probably heard that KDE 3 would be awesome, too. But seriously, KDE 4 is going to have major UI/usability/candy/feature improvements. The codebase is now being worked on in SVN. In the works: Plasma – a unified desktop, kicker panel, system tray, and widget framework. The existing SuperKaramba code… Continue reading KDE 4 Will Be Awesome
“Anything you can do, I can do better…”
Why KDE may eventually pose a sizeable threat to Microsoft.
KBerry – Blackberry Sync for Linux
No, it doesn’t exist. But boy, do a lot of people wish it did! Currently, there is no driver support whatsoever for Blackberry devices in Linux. I believe it is a combination of a few problems: the official Blackberry Windows driver/software has export restrictions (?!?!) and breaking the encryption scheme on the data may break… Continue reading KBerry – Blackberry Sync for Linux