Using KDE activities
If you are using KDE, then you might have heard of activities. And, possibly, you have been avoiding them. That, at least, describes my situation until recently. Well, it almost describes my...
View ArticleSome oddities with KDE activities
I have been using activities in KDE for a little while now, as reported in an earlier post. In this message, I will mention a few oddities that I have noticed. I am not calling these bugs. They...
View Article32-bit computing – the end of an era
We appear to be approaching the end of 32-bit computing. Much of the newer hardware uses 64-bit processors, with a 32-bit compatibility mode. However, support for 32-bit computing is on the wane. I...
View ArticleNotes on KDE and Gnome
A few days ago, KDE was updated to version 4.10.2 on opensuse 12.3. And yesterday, Tumbleweed (which I have on one computer) updated Gnome to version 3.8. So here are a few notes on those desktop...
View ArticleNotes on liferea
I have previously reviewed liferea (here and here), the gtk based rss feed reader for linux. There is now a post at the liferea blog, suggesting that the tray icon does not work in KDE: No More...
View ArticleDebian 8.0 “Jessie”— a review
I noticed a report on the release of Debian 8 at DistroWatch. I’ve tried a number of linux distros in the past, but never Debian. So I decided to give it a try. Downloading The Debian site suggested...
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