Amarok 2.2.90 Most Irritating Bug #228014: File metadata not displayed If File Is Not Present In Collection
Well it’s no secret that I’m a music fan and love to keep my music organized, and neatly tagged. ( Well, if you didn’t – now you do ). I’d posted quite sometime ago on how to keep your music well tagged and organized, so there’s pretty much no way that my files wouldn’t [...]
openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 And Release Candidates(RC) add boot from USB flash disk option, here’s how to use it
Howdy folks! Been a *loong* time since I last posted isn’t it? Just been busy with work & travel (won’t bore you with the details, just check my personal blog).
I’ve been looking forward to the upcoming openSUSE 11.2 version ( it’s no secret that I’m a fan of openSUSE), but the main problem for me [...]
Wireless Networking Blues? Get rid of NetworkManager, Install Wicd
I’ve jsut about had it with NetworkManager. Everytime I update my system I have to bite my nails wondering whether the update will break my wireless. I’ve posted earlier about my problems with NetworkManager and on howto fix it, there’s the best way to fix it: get rid of it.
Yeah, get rid of NetworkManager, install [...]
Fix Akonadi MySQL error while booting to KDE after upgrading to KDE 4.2
I updated my KDE 4 installation to KDE 4.2 couple of days ago, and everytime I restart, KDE and Akonadi would throw me an error about MySQL server not being installed. Akonadi is the suite in KDE 4.2 – and I don’t use it – and sure as hell don’t want to install a MySQL [...]
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
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, [...]
[How-To] Enabling Font Anti-Aliasing (aka ClearType) in KDE
While going through some of KDE settings I found this simple way to enable Anti Aliasing for Fonts (also known as ClearType in Windows). This will definitely make your fonts more pleasing to look at.
For this, just launch KDE settings – this is generally known as Configure Desktop in openSUSE or System Settings in Kubuntu.
openSUSE 11.1 up for downloads
The folks behind openSUSE have released the next version of the extremely popular (and my favorite) Linux distro – openSUSE.
openSUSE 11.1 comes with KDE 4.1.3, GNOME 2.24.1, and for those who (still) don’t want to shift to KDE 4, yes openSUSE 11.1 comes with KDE 3.5.10
You can download openSUSE via HTTP, FTP or via BitTorrent, [...]
Make Use of PeerGuardian 2’s IP Filter in KTorrent
PeerGuardian 2, is an awesome IP filtering software. Though its FOSS, it there isn’t a Linux port of it yet. But don’t worry, if you’re using KTorrent, you can make use of PeerGuardian’s filters. Let me show how you can do so.
