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Latest tagged entries for 'KDE'



A new use for python

2009.02.18 Wed 2:12 P GMT-07
Apparently, python is now the preferred language for gnome/kde virus/worm writing. Makes sense, it's preinstalled on most linux environments. (Take tongue out of cheek). WRT the actual virus, nothing really too surprising, other than the newbie li

Configuring Linux fonts (kde, OOo, gtk+, java, emacs and firefox)

2008.12.22 Mon 7:09 P GMT-07
(Mainly notes for myself). Since I switched over to Gentoo and am running Awesome for a window manager, I no longer have the Ubuntu fonts, cursors are consistent thing going on. Here's some notes, (gentoo wiki used to have this somewhere but it's g

Are there areas where Open Source won't work?

2005.08.08 Mon 11:24 P GMT-07
One of the biggest shockers for me at OSCON happened during the first day. I was sitting in the second row of the Rails session and I looked behind me to see what type of laptops people were using. I would guess that 80% were PowerBooks. Of the x8