I just discovered an issue with the SuSE (http://www.suse.com) 9.2, KDE (http://www.kde.org) 3.4, and
OpenOffice.org-1.1.3-kde combination.  I JUST discovered
this!  Shows how often I use OpenOffice.org.  But anyway,
there's a problem that makes the save and save as dialogs crash
everytime you try them.
The solution?  Simply add:
[Development]
AutoCheckAccelerators=false
to ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals
Or:
# /opt/kde3/share/config/kdefilepickerrc
#
# OpenOffice.org's KDE (http://www.kde.org) file selector configuration
#
# […]

I ordered this hp notebook computer from this company called off-leasecomputers.com 10 days ago.
I received no confirmation after my order.  So, I had to e-mail
them to see if the order went through.  They replied that it had.
A day or so later, my credit card gets charged…waiting.
Last week, I figured it would arrive maybe Tuesday or […]

For any of you out there who are thinking of challenging a book, try reading it first.

I found a very strange post on OSNEWS (http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=10089) today.  It is entitled, XOrg Catches Up with Longhorn/Mac OS X's 3D Desktop Acceleration
It is talking about some X.org (http://www.x.org) innovations with OpenGL, composite,
etc.  Am I the only one who wonders about this?  First of all
Longhorn is not even out yet, so I fail […]

Here is a great site about educational open source software.  They
have an index listing hundreds of free and open source software for
primary and secondary schools.  The index lists everything from
games to study aides.
School Forge

I'm checking shelves today.  I know it sounds pretty mundane for the head librarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian) (read: only librarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian))
to do such a thing, but stuff is coming up missing too often, only to
be found pushed in between two unrelated books upside down.  My
assistants just aren't cutting it.  I've let go two or three […]

My students completed their web site.  It is called Planet Empire (http://planetempire.lanterntorch.org/). 
They used all free software to create it: SuSE (http://www.suse.com) Linux (http://www.linux.org), Nvu for the web
design, GIMP to make the images, and of course KDE (http://www.kde.org) as their desktop.

Hey I apologize.  I mentioned KDE (http://www.kde.org) 3.4 and failed to provide
screenshots.  So, here is my highly customized desktop at home:
new mouseover effects on the panel (../../../images/stories/kde3.4screenshot1.jpg)
check out KPDF (../../../images/stories/kde3.4screenshot3.jpg)  You can now select text, copy it to clipboard, or
even have text-to-speech read it!  And it's 18,000 times faster
than Acrobat Reader!

I just got KDE (http://www.kde.org) 3.4 for SuSE (http://www.suse.com).  It works perfectly, and it is the best desktop environment, period.
One improvement that I really like is KDM.  KDM used to be wimpy
compared to Gnome (http://www.gnome.org)'s GDM.  Well, now KDM is themeable (is that a
word?).  You can apply GDM themes, except, KDM does not support
username-password in […]

The Media Fair is now two days away.  My kids, as I mentioned
before, are making a web site about planets.  It is nearly
complete.  I'm very proud of them.  When it's done, I'll have
it hosted on this server, insha'Allah.
OK, so I am going to try to bring back the downloads section
soon.  There are scripts and other […]