New KDE 4.2 beta Experience!
November 27, 2008
KDE 4 with it’s new smooth, sleek, curvy design and stunning desktop applets make for an unforgettable user experience.
Compiz is automatically inserted into KDE 4.2 by default, letting you play with some of the sweet desktop effects.
Yesterday’s announcement says that …
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Latest Software Updates!
November 9, 2008
Here’s some software that’s just been released in the open source community.
KDE4.1 on Gentoo—Not Yet. My Nvidia card disagrees…
October 14, 2008
I ran KDE4.1 for a few days on Gentoo. It runs really slow. The same problems people have been comlaning about for a year during the beta releases. Everyone says it’s because Nvidia needs to catch up. It’s been like that for a while already. So I’m just going to wait it out.
I found KDE4.1’s version of Konsole SUPER slow. I also find that desktop widgets are really slow…
Kate seems fine, and most of the other KDE4 programs are running OK.
Since it runs so horribly and it’s pretty much unusable at the moment, I decided to use Xfce4 until they bring their act together. Last night I got Compiz Fusion to run on Xfce4 and Emerald as the theme manager–runs like a dream. Xfce4 is everything I need right now. It runs fast, it runs really good with effects, it’s extremely compact(don’t even know it’s there half the time) and it just does the job.
The program that isn’t quit ready and pretty much sucks for far is Konsole. I uninstalled it and use the KDE3.5 version. Works great in Xfce4.
4 Tips for Linux Beginers!
October 5, 2008
Depending on what Linux distribution you use or plan on using you may have a bit of a learning curve on your hands. If you really want to learn how to use a computer in an efficient way it’s best to learn a Linux distro that will give you a bit of a hard time at first. Learning the basics of command-line will open up a whole new world for you.
Here are my 4 tips for beginners:
- Make sure you learn why each command does what it does. Don’t just copy n paste.
- Use Google for everything. Learn to find stuff on your own. Pretty much everything you can think of has been already done. If you have a bug, type it in on Google and see what you get.
- Learn the terminology. Things like nano, symlink, Kernel, Desktop Environment, etc.
- Explore Your Options. Every operating system is different. Mac is different from Windows and Linux is different yet. Linux offers a large amount of features for customization. Just because you don’t like the colors or the desktop features doesn’t mean Linux isn’t for you. You might not get it right the first time, just keep searching until you find the right software, desktop environment or what not that suits YOU.
I hope these help, if you have any questions please comment.
-Clinton
