KDE – The Linux Experiment

Blast from the Past: Getting KDE on openSUSE is like playing Jenga

February 2, 2017 Phil D 0

This post was originally published on October 16, 2009. The original can be found here. As part of our experiment, everyone is required to try a […]

Blast from the Past: Going Linux, Once and for All

December 28, 2016 Jon F 0

This post was originally published on December 23, 2009. The original can be found here. With the linux experiment coming to an end, and my […]

Fix: trying to overwrite ‘/usr/share/accounts/services/google-im.service’ installing kubuntu-desktop

June 5, 2016 Jake B 2

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 desktop installation with Unity and wanted to try KDE, so I ran sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. apt failed with the […]

My Initial Thoughts/Experiences with ArchLinux

July 29, 2013 Dave L 4

Hello again everyone! By this point, I have successfully installed ArchLinux, as well as KDE, and various other everyday applications necessary for my desktop. Aside […]

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part VII: Dragon Player

May 27, 2013 Tyler B 3

Rounding out this little series I took a look at KDE’s video player of choice: Dragon Player. Dragon Player For those of you familiar with […]

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part VI: Calligra Suite

May 24, 2013 Tyler B 2

LibreOffice? Pfft. OpenOffice? Blah. KOffice? Dead for a while now. Calligra Suite? Now we’re talking! Calligra Suite You may be a bit confused as to […]

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part V: Kopete

May 15, 2013 Tyler B 3

What does KDE offer for instant communication with your co-workers and friends? Kopete steps up to be your all-in-one IM solution. Kopete Kopete provides a […]

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part IV: Amarok

April 25, 2013 Tyler B 1

Ready to rock out with KDE’s premier music management application? Let’s rediscover our music with Amarok. Amarok I have to start by first admitting that I’ve actually […]

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part III: KTorrent

April 11, 2013 Tyler B 4

Welcome to another edition of The apps of KDE 4.10. This time around I’m going to be touching on the KDE BitTorrent client KTorrent. KTorrent […]

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part I: Rekonq

April 6, 2013 Tyler B 6

It’s been a while since I’ve used KDE, however with the recent rapid (and not always welcome) changes going on in the other two main […]

Linux From Scratch: We Have Lift-off…

November 4, 2011 Dave L 0

Hi Everyone, Now that I have a relatively stable environment, I just wanted to write an update of how things went, and some issues that […]

Closed source AMD/ATI drivers, wireless networking and Flash in Gentoo

November 3, 2011 Tyler B 0

Graphics Drivers Continuing where I left off in my previous posts I now had a somewhat working desktop but a few things still had to […]

KDE4, LFS: Make GTK Applications Look Like QT4 Applications

November 3, 2011 Dave L 3

Do your GTK applications (i.e. Firefox) look like something designed in the 90’s in KDE? I think I can help you. I installed the latest […]

LFS, pre-KDE: Errors Compiling qca-2.0.3

November 2, 2011 Dave L 0

If you’re going through the Beyond Linux From Scratch guide, and run into this error while compiling qca-2.0.3 (and I assume many other versions of […]