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How Much Faster Is Konqueror With WebKit?


How Much Faster Is Konqueror With WebKit?

We always knew that WebKit is going to make Konqueror faster; but how much faster? Today we test that by putting Konqueror with KHTML through the SunSpider JavaScript Test.

 Linux   Reviews   Software  

By Ricky
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Shutter Gets A Monochrome Icon And UbuntuOne Support


Shutter Gets A Monochrome Icon And UbuntuOne Support

Today with a new update, Shutter has finally replace its blue icon, which looked out of place among the other monochrome icons in Lucid, with a monochrome one. So, now it blends in well with the overall theme.

 General   How-To   Linux   Software  

By Ricky

How To Switch To WebKit in Konqueror Browser [KDE SC 4.5 / Kubuntu]


How To Switch To WebKit in Konqueror Browser [KDE SC 4.5 / Kubuntu]

With KDE Software Compilation 4.5, you can use WebKit in Konqueror instead of the default KHTML. There are several advantages of using WebKit over KHTML. Although WebKit started out as a fork of KTHML, it has gone ahead of KHTML. It is in fact much faster than with KHTML. I have been trying to figure…

 How-To   Linux   Software  

By Ricky

Install KDE Software Compilation 4.5 In Kubuntu (10.04 and 10.10)


KDE Software Compilation 4.5 was released yesterday and we told you that we will tell you when it is available in the PPA. Well, it is available now in the Kubuntu Backports PPA. To upgrade your to KDE Software Compilation 4.5 in Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, open the Konsole and…

 How-To   Linux  

By Ricky
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Install The Ubuntu Maverick Theme In Ubuntu 10.04 (and 10.10)


Install The Ubuntu Maverick Theme In Ubuntu 10.04 (and 10.10)

Ubuntu 10.10 maverick Meerkat is still in alpha and the theme for it has not been finalized yet, it is still being developed. The Canonical Design Team have recently changed some color schemes and tweaked some other parts of the theme preparing it for Maverick.

 Linux   Themes   Tips & Tricks  

By Ricky

KDE SC 4.5 Released


KDE SC 4.5 Released

After the one week delay, KDE Software Compilation 4.5 has been finally released. This is a release meant for stability not new features. About 16,000 bugs have been fixed in this release. It is not to say there are no new features. KDE SC 4.5 has an absolutely gorgeous looking blur effect and some very…

 General   Linux   News  

By Ricky

Ubuntu Tweak Adds Reset Button


Ubuntu Tweak Adds Reset Button

This morning when I updated Ubuntu, I got a pleasant surprise in Ubuntu Tweak. They have added new reset buttons in Ubuntu Tweak so that you cal always return back to the default setting if you did something horrible while tweaking Ubuntu.

 How-To   Linux   Software   Tips & Tricks  

By Ricky

How To Exclude Certain Applications From Autostarting In A Particular Desktop Environment


How To Exclude Certain Applications From Autostarting In A Particular Desktop Environment

Here is the thing that has been bugging: I use both KDE SC and GNOME. In GNOME I have given into the charms of Docky and have been using it. But KDE SC is too awesome and I would rather use the default KDE Task Manager rather than Docky. But since Docky is set to…

 How-To   Linux  

By Ricky

KDE SC 4.5 Delayed For One Week


KDE SC 4.5, which was supposed to be released today, has been delayed by a week. A lot of changes were made after the third release candidate and the release team was not comfortable with releasing it without some more testing. This is what the announcement in the kde mailing list says:

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By Ricky

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