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Install Oxygen-transparent in KDE 4.8 (Kubuntu 11.10)

Install Oxygen-transparent in KDE 4.8 (Kubuntu 11.10)

Dean Howell February 12, 2012 19

What’s Wrong With Being Beautiful? So, you want to make your desktop look like the screenshot above, huh?  Mystified by the process? No more! This guide will show you how to install and use

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Kubuntu Dead? Not Really…

Kubuntu Dead? Not Really…

Dean Howell February 7, 2012 5

In a world of tabloid news– FOSS-focused news sites not-withstanding– it’s easy to sensationalize Canonical’s move to break financial ties with it’s first, and arguably most famous, derivative work Kubuntu.  Well, before you light your torches,

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5 Reasons Why KDE Is Better Than Unity

5 Reasons Why KDE Is Better Than Unity

Dean Howell January 21, 2012 40

It’s no secret that KDE is not the most popular desktop environment for Linux/Unix users.  With Ubuntu’s success slowly breaking through to the mainstream, there is now a whole swath of users who have

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KDE’s New Oxygen Font Gets Naked For The Camera

KDE’s New Oxygen Font Gets Naked For The Camera

Dean Howell January 16, 2012 1

OMG Ubuntu reported today that KDE’s new Oxygen font is now available for testing.  As far as I’m concerned it’s at about 90% as far as usability is concerned, and for those of us

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Integrating Shutter With KDE 4.7

Integrating Shutter With KDE 4.7

Dean Howell January 5, 2012 2

Forget KSnapshot! Did you know that you can integrate Shutter with KDE 4.7?  Yes, you sure can.  Shutter is an excellent tool for screen captures regardless of your desktop environment. Why? If you use

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Kmail 2:  Fix ‘Failed to fetch the resource collection’ error and get on with life

Kmail 2: Fix ‘Failed to fetch the resource collection’ error and get on with life

Dean Howell January 2, 2012 0

Not everyone uses the web to check their mail- though it certainly makes sense to do so.  If you are using KMail 2 in Kubuntu 11.10, you may have seen this error. KMail encountered

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Amarok For Windows:  Stable Freedom at Work.

Amarok For Windows: Stable Freedom at Work.

admin December 28, 2011 0

For those readers forced to use Windows at work, but have Administrative access to their machines, Amarok is now available to you.  What better way to listen to the Judge John Hodgman podcast or

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Exclusive:  TPB Interviews Piers Anthony

Exclusive: TPB Interviews Piers Anthony

Dean Howell October 27, 2011 0

Hey gang, We will be interviewing @PiersAnthony in a couple of weeks.  Piers is a long time supporter of Linux and one of the few mainstream –using this term loosely– authors using it for

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Easy Favorites in KDE!

Easy Favorites in KDE!

Dean Howell October 11, 2011 6

Having recently switched to KDE, I found one major annoyance.  That is not to say that KDE is perfect save for this one thing, but it was pretty glaring to me none the less.

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Plasma-active!  KDE on a tablet, and FOR a tablet.

Plasma-active! KDE on a tablet, and FOR a tablet.

Dean Howell October 10, 2011 0

The KDE team has announced the Plasma-active initiative to join there traditional desktop and netbook experiences.  This certainly took us by suprise, but should it really have?  The KDE Team already has a platform

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