Tag: KDE
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KDE help: ‘KDE lost my widget!’
Recently I was arranging widgets on my dual screens when I tried to drag one from one monitor to the other. I dropped it where I wanted it to go, and was surprised to see it wasn’t there. No matter, I thought. I opened the widget panel to add it again and was confused to…
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KDE help: ‘The screen is being locked’ notification
I love the state of KDE (currently 4.9.5) on my main laptop. Mostly. One annoying behaviour is that when I close the lid and re-open it at a later time, there is a notification waiting in the panel that says “The screen is being locked”. It’s about as useless as my car telling me “The…
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KDE help: LibreOffice icons missing in KDE menu?
Recently, I noticed that the Writer icon had disappeared from the favourites tab of my K menu. Naturally, I right clicked and used the Edit Applications function to reset the icon back to normal by finding it in the system icons. There was no problem finding the icon, but as soon as I set it,…
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KDE help: Kubuntu Oneiric Won’t Shut Down Anymore?
I’m really loving Kubuntu 11.10. As usual, I upgraded during the beta phase to avoid the slow downloads after the official release. It was a flawless upgrade: the best I can remember. I even did it using the wireless connection, with no significant hiccups… except this one I hardly noticed. I rarely need to reboot…
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Virtual Desktops in KDE
Linux OS desktops have had Virtual Workspaces since long before Windows or MacOS—just one of the reasons I’ve been a full time Linux user for the last 6 years, with no temptation to switch back. Here’s a video demonstrating Novell’s openSUSE Linux, which is what I’m running on my main desktop at the moment.
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Is It Windows 7 or KDE 4?
People are bowled over by Linux with the new KDE 4 desktop, believing that they’re looking at Windows 7. (I’ve been using Linux with a KDE desktop since early 2005).
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Will The Canoniclique Finally Listen To Kubuntu?
Yesterday, Ubuntu tore a page from The Book of Dell and launched Brainstorm, an opportunity for its users to contribute their ideas for software development and marketing. To my own surprise, I signed up for an account. It’s not that I don’t enjoy giving my opinion. Tirades and diatribes are my raison d’être. If you…
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How do I love KDE? Let me count the ways.
No, I’m not actually going to count, but it was the first title that popped into my head and if I’ve learned anything about the creative process, it’s that your first instinct is usually the best. The GNOME vs. KDE war is not new. Since their very beginnings where one claimed to be the first…