http://www.lanterntorch.com linux, free software, kde, islam Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:19:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick note. I discovered that the Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) version of sun-java6 provided in one of their updates is a higher version than the base version provided in Karmic (9.10). This produces installation errors if you try to add any additional Java packages.The solution is to ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/technology/1073/ubuntu-java-versions/ When will computer manufacturers finally get it right? For a serious computer user, four or even six USB ports is just not enough. In this day and age, I should not have to attach a HUB just so I can have all of my devices connected at once. Everyone is ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/technology/1069/proper-usb-portage/ KDE 4.4 Beta 1 has been released, and the talk of the town is the new "tabbed windows" feature. They completely slipped this one past me. I didn't even know anyone was working on it. Anyway, it is exactly what the name implies: the ability to have multiple windows all ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/technology/1066/kde-4-4-and-tabbed-windows/ Expressions Magazine, the official literary magazine of the Muslim Writers Society, has been released. Download it now in PDF format. http://www.lanterntorch.com/al-islam/1061/expressions-magazine-released/ Since its creation, over fifteen years ago, free software and open source advocates have longed for the day when masses of people around the world would adopt GNU/Linux or Linux (depending on who you ask). There is little doubt that the past five years have seen tremendous strides in ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/technology/1045/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-mobile-phone/ Digikam is a free and open source photo management software package for KDE. Many KDE-based Linux distributions either come with Digikam installed or have it available in their repositories. With Digikam, you can import photos from your digital camera or flash memory, organize and tag them, rate them, edit them, ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/technology/1040/1040/ On the night of the 21st of Ramadan, after Imam Ali (peace be upon him) died, Imam al-Hasan (peace be upon him) rose and gave a sermon: "Tonight you have killed a man on a night in which the Qur'an came down, a night in which Jesus son of Mary ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/al-islam/1037/on-the-death-of-imam-ali/ It is reported that Imam Hasan ibn 'Ali (peace be upon him) said: “Be obedient to Allah and have faith in Him. The loftiness of those who know the greatness of Allah is expressed in their modesty. The safety of those who know the power of Allah is expressed in their ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/al-islam/1033/birth-of-imam-hasan-ibn-ali/ OK, I am making a joke to cover my concern about the news that Disney is purchasing Marvel for $4 billion.  Sure, it means that we will probably see an X-Men theme park in the future.  And yes, Disney has an impressive history of not injecting their own products into ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/the-dunya/1018/breaking-news-spider-man-hooks-up-with-tinkerbell/ The Web is buzzing about Nokia's announcement of the next in the Nokia Nxxx series, the N900.  I found it odd that Nokia had chosen to make this version a phone when the previous three versions, the 770, N800, and N810 were all "internet tablets".  The only reason I even ... http://www.lanterntorch.com/technology/1013/nokia-n900-phone/