Archive for January, 2009
Animated Desktop Wallpapers in Linux: Presenting XWinWrap
I am probably writing this post too late. To many out there this could be an old news. But, since it was long since I wrote on Sathya Says, (been searching for something to write about) and also this post is worth featuring here, I decided to write this.
Recent times has given birth [...]
Drum Roll please, KDE 4.2 is released!
After nearly a year, the fantastic guys developing KDE have released the much anticipated KDE 4.2 version. The 4.2 version comes after about a year after a (disastrous) KDE 4.0 release. Linus might’ve switched to Gnome [no link bait here, go Digg it if need the info] but I’m still hooked on to KDE and [...]
KDE4 Theme for Firefox: Get Rid of the (F)Ugly Look of Firefox under KDE4
Well I upgraded the KDE installation in my Sabayon system to KDE4 (by default, Sabayon installs KDE 3.5.10) and after logging in, and opening Firefox, the first thing I noticed was the absolutely FUGLY, and yes I MEAN FUGLY look of Firefox. Don’t believe me? Have a look
Fixing Sabayon 4 dropping to console/terminal when pressing the Windows Key
I’ve been trying out Sabayon 4 since the past weeks, and its been really great (will post a review soon). The one really irritating thing though, is on hitting the Windows(“Super”
key on the keyboard would result in Sabayon 4 switching VT’s. Now if you’ve no idea what VT’s are…. well that I would post [...]
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If Amarok 2.0 doesn’t add any songs to your playlist or collection…..
Here’s a short tip: If Amarok 2.0 doesn’t add any songs to your playlist or collection, or the collection scan is getting hung at up 47% or 79% try installing mysql. Since Amarok 2 now makes use of mysql as its backend, it expects mysql to be installed(nope, mysql-client won’t do either). As a result, [...]
Linux for Beginners: A podcast on YAPodcast
Couple of days ago, Veetrag informed me that YAPodcast will covering Linux as the topic for this week’s podcast and asked me if I could join. Naturally, I agreed(how can I refuse!). Anyways so here it is: YAPodcast 14: Linux for beginners: Download it.
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