KDE 4.1 Released, Gets Rave Reviews

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

It's no secret that KDE4.0 didn't get good reviews. Fact is it was heavily criticized, mainly for instability problems. So much so that it was argued that KDE 4.0 shouldn't have been pushed out as a .0 release. But that was past, and today KDE 4.1 was released. Judging from ...

Compiz Fusion Gets New Effect - Presenting the Cylinder

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Unless you have been living under a stone, you should be knowing that Compiz Fusion transforms your Linux 2D desktop, with virtual desktops into a 3D one, complete with Cube plugin(amongst others) which transforms the virtual desktops into a cube. Developer Dennis Kasprzyk has finally finished his idea to implement a cylinder deformation for the cube plugin. ...

KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (rev 783000)

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Korneliusz Jarzebski, the autor polishlinux has posted a neat article on visual changes in KDE 4.1. Amongst new features include an option in the taskbar to Show tasks from the current screen only, ability to resize Kickoff menu. Kwin also gains the Coverswitch   effect, which is a visual effect ...

The Rundown to KDE 4.0 Release Part 1 - The Visual Eye-Candy

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

With the first release of KDE4 framework, KDE 4.0 just few days away -- as the above counter shows, the next few articles will have a look at some of the features new to KDE 4.0 In case you're still wondering what the KDE4 hoopla is all about, then keep reading. ...

Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3 and Intel onboard graphics

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Contrary to what most people think, it is possible to get all those effects on their Intel based onboard graphics. Now I've helped a few friends to get Compiz Fusion running on their Intel cards, and I was requested by them to post this tutorial, so here it goes. First up, ...

Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3 and nVidia cards

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

In my previous post, I'd explained on how to install Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu Fiesty. This post will outline the simple steps for installing Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3. This article is written from an nVidia user's point of view. First, you'll have to download nVidia's drivers. You can get it, ...

Changing bootsplash screen in openSUSE 10.3

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

It's been a while since I've used openSUSE, as I was without a computer or a laptop for over 4 months. But now that I've got my laptop back, It's good to be with openSUSE! Alright so let's have a look at how to change bootsplash screen. Note that this is ...

Review: DreamLinux 2.2 MM GL - Multimedia Fan’s Dream Come True

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

While I was having a discussion on some of the popular Linux distribution on my favorite forum, CHIP TownSquare one of the members(thanks, Aditya :D) suggested me to try out DreamLinux. And I did that, downloaded DreamLinux 2.2 Multimedia GL edition. Since I was using my office PC, I couldn't ...