Topic: KDE

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Veromix – soundmenu tray plasmoid for KDE

'Veromix' provides KDE users with an Ubuntu-style sound menu plasmoid that can be used on the desktop or tucked up in the system tray.

8 December 2010
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Zeitgeist coming to KDE

Zeitgeist is on its way to KDE, and our favourite Egyptian hacker Seif Lotfy explains more in this post.

29 November 2010
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Oxygen theme for Google Chrome

I've been on the hunt for a decent Oxygen theme to make Google Chrome look less orphan in Kubuntu 10.10 and finally found one. I thought I'd bookmark it here in public in-case other folks are also seeking one out.

22 November 2010
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Get gorgeous transparent blurred app windows in Kubuntu

Make Oxygen even more beautiful with transparent blurred windows.

21 November 2010
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Faenza-Cupertino icons available for KDE

That Faenza icon set. It gets everywhere. Not content with being one of the most popular icon sets of the year Faenza's success has spawned an enviable army of 'spins' and derivatives including a 'green' Faenza-Mint version and the Mac OS X inspired 'Faenza-Cupertino' set which is now available for KDE users.

13 October 2010
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Faenza icon set comes to KDE

The popular Faenza icon set has been ported to KDE. Whilst the KDE version still requires a bit of polishing, lacking many application and action icons, it is complete enough for daily usage and makes […]

3 October 2010
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Making Chrome look native in Kubuntu

Afro over on our sister site OMG! SuSE! just posted a neat little guide on getting web browsers Google Chrome & Opera to look all neat and tidy within the KDE desktop. Since the tips […]

13 September 2010
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Iron Man using KDE?!

I have just gotten around to reading through a pretty large back log of some of my favorite comics, and guess what I spied inside one? Well, just about what the title says.

9 September 2010
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KDE 4.5.1 Released

The release of KDE ‘Software Compilation’ 4.5.1 has been announced by the KDE team. The release comes less than a month after the release of the last iteration – KDE 4.5.0 What’s new? Nothing jaw-dropping. […]

31 August 2010
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Ubuntu One KDE Alpha available

Ubuntu One gets a revamp for the Kubuntu desktop thanks to Harald Sitter’s Google Summer of Code project. We briefly mentioned the proposal to mash Ubuntu One awesomeness with KDE tech back in April when […]

20 August 2010
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KDE hits turbo button with 4.5

This is a cross-post from our sister site OMG! Suse! written by rTyler.   Hold onto your hats! The KDE team just announced the release of KDE 4.5.0, the most recent release of the already […]

10 August 2010
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Face recognition & auto-tagging coming to digiKam

Google’s Picasa desktop application has it, Apple’s iPhoto has it and even Windows Live Photo Gallery now has it. What am I talking about?  Face recognition. Picasa Vs… Ermm The lack of capable face-recognition in […]

27 June 2010

KOffice 2.2 Now Available for Kubuntu users to install

KOffice 2.2 – the latest and greatest version of the KDE Office suite – was released a few days ago with many improvements in stability & and file compatibility. Whilst many users will find OpenOffice the all-round-more-capable office suite, KDE […]

31 May 2010

This Handy Kubuntu 10.04 Setup Guide Makes Life Easier

I know we neglect Kubuntu users around these parts but maybe here’s something that may help placate those of you who are of the K-persuasion. Samuel Sarette has written a  comprehensive guide to setting up […]

30 April 2010
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Opera 10.52 gets initial KDE integration, PPC Linux support

The Opera desktop team have made available a new snapshot of their popular browser, this time with “…initial work on KDE 4 integration.” Also available is the first Linux PPC build for 10.52. Linux users […]

14 April 2010
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UbuntuOne KDE Frontend Coming Soon (PPA Inside)

KDE dev Harald Sitter has been working on something a lot of Kubuntu users are going to love: A native UbuntuOne frontend for KDE. And boy-oh-boy is does it look the business! The systray application […]

25 November 2009
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KDE 4.3.3 Released – Boasts Nothing Major

This months update to KDE sees a ton of bug fixes and some more translation work. Among the improvements in KDE 4.3.3 are: – Improved KWin effects JuK has been made more stable Konqueror ‘detached […]

5 November 2009
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KDE 4.3 Released – Sexy As Hell!

KDE 4.3 “Caizon”" was released today. This release sees over 10, 00 bug squashed and almost 2,000 features implemented. KDE 4.3 will be the default desktop in Kubuntu Karmic Koala.  A host of new applications, […]

4 August 2009