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  • Kubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Released

    Kubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Released

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
    And like everything else, here are the download links for Kubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx DVD iso's. Sorry these took a bit longer, but it's to be expected. They're much larger than the other ubuntu iso's. Enjoy!

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  • How to Install And Setup Ubuntu One In Kubuntu

    How to Install And Setup Ubuntu One In Kubuntu

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | 3 Comments
    Last year MTE gave you a hands on review of the beta release of Ubuntu One, Canonical's answer to the popular Dropbox file syncing service. Ubuntu One allows users to have a local folder on their computers linked and synced with a folder on an Ubuntu One server.

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  • How-To: Install Amarok 2.2 Beta 1 from the Kubuntu Beta Backports

    How-To: Install Amarok 2.2 Beta 1 from the Kubuntu Beta Backports

    Posted on September 6, 2009 | No Comments

    The first beta of Amarok 2.2, codenamed 'Crystal Clear', was released on September 4 and packages are available for Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty from the Kubuntu Beta Backports.

    Amarok 2.2 Beta 1 comes with a huge number of bug fixes and many improvements and new features. To list some of them:
    - new videoclip applet
    - new photo applet
    - improved browser layout to the left
    - widgets can now be arranged differently from default
    - ratings
    - support for audio CDs
    - the playlist offers multi-level sorting now
    Those are only the highlights though, to see the full announcement and changelog read this.

    To install Amarok 2.2 Beta 1 in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope just follow the instructions below:

    First, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file with your favourite text editor, e.g.:

    sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

    Or:

    kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

    Next, add the following two lines:

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/beta/ubuntu karmic main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/beta/ubuntu karmic main

    Make sure to save the file and then add the trusted key for this repository:

    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7A

    Now update your package lists:

    sudo apt-get update

    Eventually, remove your existing Amarok installation:

    sudo apt-get remove --purge amarok
    sudo apt-get autoremove --purge

    And now install the latest Amarok:

    sudo apt-get install amarok

    This should be all. Run Amarok 2.2 Beta 1 by pressing Alt+F2 and typing amarok in KRunner.

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  • Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (Alpha 4) Overview & Screenshots

    Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (Alpha 4) Overview & Screenshots

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    The fourth alpha of Ubuntu 9.10 was released a few days ago and since I covered it earlier in this article, here I'll briefly overview Kubuntu, the KDE-based distribution of Ubuntu. All the screenshots were taken after a complete dist-upgrade, so the software should be completely up-to-date as of today.


    The new Karmic currently comes with Linux kernel 2.6.31, KDE 4.3, Amarok 2.1.1 as the audio player, Dragon Player as the default video player. In one of my previous articles I pointed out some of the new features in KDE 4.3, some of which are implicitly included in Karmic, like the new Plasma look, called Air, or the new KRunner.

    Konqueror is a hell of a browser, with countless features and ease of use for those who are already used to it. These are not all, but it comes with web shortcuts, enabled AdBlock filters, profiles, plugins, shortcut to various web page translations, user agent switching and so on. There was a time when Konqueror was very unstable, but now I encountered no crashes, with Flash enabled. On the other hand it was always mature regarding features and usability, since the KDE3 days. YouTube works fine also, but I had to manually install the Flash plugin, although package flashplugin-nonfree was already installed.



    Compared to the current stable Kubuntu, this one seems to be more responsive and faster, although resizing windows with desktop effects enabled can still be slow, but I tested this on my older GeForce 7600. Compositing works very well in KDE 4.3, at least that was my experience with it, and all the KDE applications interact good enough, but Firefox or GTK applications for example may be a little choppy (for example when using the Magic Lamp desktop effect). Of course, this is an alpha.


    Some windows still have simple size issues, they are either too small or too big and need resizing.

    One thing that bothers me at Konsole is that it still doesn't include a right-click context menu to close separate tabs, instead this functionality is available using Ctrl+Shift+W.


    For some reason the Save as dialogue in KSnapshot won't show certain files, although their extension is the same selected in the dialogue. I noticed this happens only when saving on partitions mounted manually. This seems to happen at random.


    Amarok 2.1.1

    Since this is an alpha, there are still bugs and most of them come in applications which are not included in KDE, for example in Amarok 2. Also, the sound system doesn't seem to work, although this is a KDE problem I think, because on Ubuntu it does work.

    Overall, this looks promising. The developers will have enough time to polish it until October, and KDE 4.3 really behaves very nice, not to mention the look.

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  • VirtualBox 3.0.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 (i386 or AMD64)

    VirtualBox 3.0.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 (i386 or AMD64)

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | 13 Comments
    Everyone now days knows how important it is to test software, or even just have a simple sandbox to install, tweak or manipulate your software and operating systems.  For those that don’t know, I just told you.  Now you know its important! Why? Ok, maybe...

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  • Reset KDE4 Without Reinstalling

    Reset KDE4 Without Reinstalling

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Today I ran into a small, yet crippling problem with KDE4 after using it for a whole two days. I found a quick and easy solution to get back on my feet.

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