A series of unfortunate events gave me a golden opportunity revisit KDE 4. My previous post regarding it was not a shining one. There were serious limitations with Plasma, and Konqueror was, at least on Kubuntu Gutsy, unusable.
I had two hard drives in my computer, an older 80GB one with the operating [...]

KDE4 was released last week, and I’ve delayed posting my thoughts on it, hoping that I would find solutions to the glaring problems that I experienced.  As of yet, I have not.  I understand that the KDE developers did not intend this to be a “finished” released.  Unfortunately, calling it a new release, announcing it, [...]

The release of KDE 4.0 is around the corner.  After having tried the previous betas, I must say that the current release candidate is much improved.  However, there are still some serious issues that need to be resolved, mainly with plasma.  Dolphin in this particular RC was also quite unstable.  Konqueror, however, seemed to work [...]

I don’t know how I managed to not know about this, but here is a rather nice looking free and open source Qur’an application.  It works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and probably any other OS that will run Java.  It is licensed under the GPL, which is brilliant.  Too often, great Islamic software gets made [...]

Not two days after I spoke so highly of the new Linux-powered eeePC manufactured by Asus, they’ve been accused of violating the GPL.  I’ll post more on this as soon as I find out the validity of the accusations.  Needless to say, it doesn’t look good, but it’s not too late for them to correct [...]

Looking to ditch Windows and jump into the Linux world but afraid to try installing it yourself?  Looking for an ultra-portable laptop that happens to be extremely small and cute?  Perhaps you’re in the market for an EeePC from ASUS.

That’s “Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play” in case you were wondering.
And if [...]

I’ve finally found a mobile way to feed my addiction.  Anytime I start playing the game Frozen Bubble, it turns into a lengthy affair.  It’s insanely addictive from the colorful balls and cute penguins, to the rhythmically enchanting music.  When I first got my Nokia n800, I had hoped that there would be a working [...]

This is a blog post test from my new Nokia N800. This is only a test.
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Let me be (perhaps) the first one to say that I am slightly concerned about the upcoming KDE release (4.0).  The applications are running very well on Beta 3.  I’m impressed with the amazing speed and response of applications, the new application launcher, the interface, etc.
Nevertheless, I am concerned about one thing: Plasma.  It looks [...]

I decided to give the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) operating system and desktop environment (called Sugar) a test run.  They have a live CD available on their site, and I used VirtualBox to run it.  You can click on the image below to see the rest of my snapshots.  Interestingly, the “window manager” is [...]