KDE, XFCE et al.

I’ve been using KDE since my final migration to Linux operating system in 2005. It used to be useful, although ugly looking environment in its first versions.
KDE version 3 set the standard and KDE version 4 has improved over it. But including inclusion of the Plasma desktop instead of experimental SuperKaramba used previously has demonstrated [...]

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December 15, 2010 at 23:58 :: Filed under Musings :: [*] :: 1 Comment ::

Samsung N150 Mobile Broadband in Linux / KDE (3G Modem)

If you have Mobile Broadband tab disabled (or greyed out) in the Network Manager in KDE, install the package modemmanager in your favourite package manager. Or do it manually from a command line as shown below:
sudo apt-get install modemmanager
After rebooting the computer, the mobile broadband tab in KDE NetworkManager should be enabled and mobile broadband [...]

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September 24, 2010 at 15:06 :: Filed under Internet :: [*] :: No Comments ::

How is Linux vulnerable to spyware and phishing

People using Linux today choose one of the window managers – often it is KDE or Gnome. Both of these window managers allow users to further extend the system via special widgets.
There are tons of widgets – they can be system or disk monitors, satellite image screens, weather forecasts or even the games. Some of [...]

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March 28, 2010 at 22:42 :: Filed under Internet :: [*] :: 3 Comments ::