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The Future Of Telepathy and Empathy – From The Boston GNOME Summit


With Empathy replacing the ever so popular IM client, Pidgin, from two of the most popular Linux distros, Ubuntu 9.10 and Fedora 12, as the default IM client, it certainly is a big deal right now. Along with Empathy, the much hyped Telepathy is also making a lot of noise in the build up to…

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By Ricky
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How To Enable Nepomuk/Strigi Desktop Search in Kubuntu 9.10/KDE4.3


How To Enable Nepomuk/Strigi Desktop Search in Kubuntu 9.10/KDE4.3

Nepomuk/Strigi is a very powerful desktop search in KDE. Strigi is the file indexer which allows for search not just by the file name but by the content of the file as well and Nepomuk is allows for the tagging and rating of the files and it is integrated along with the desktop search.

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By Ricky

It’s now final: Fedora 12 ditches Pidgin to make way for Empathy


It’s now final: Fedora 12 ditches Pidgin to make way for Empathy

There already has been words about Empathy replacing Pidgin as the default IM client in both Ubuntu 9.10 and Fedora 12. We are not sure whether Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic will have it or not but Fedora 12 is going to have Empathy as it’s default IM client for sure.

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By Debjit

How to disable Popup Bubble notifications in Pidgin messenger?


How to disable Popup Bubble notifications in Pidgin messenger?

In this article we will tell you how to disable the Popup Bubble notifications in Pidgin messenger.

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By Debjit
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KDE Plasma Widget in Nokia N900


KDE Plasma Widget in Nokia N900

KDE Developer, Marijn Kruisselbrink, posted in his blog that he got KDE’s plasma widget running with transparency and all, in Maemo5, which is the operating system used in Nokia’s yet-to-be-released N900. Now, what else is there to write about other the fact that it looks absolutely awesome. Here is the screenshot:

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By Ricky

How To Put Background Image In Grub (using StartUp-Manager)


How To Put Background Image In Grub (using StartUp-Manager)

NOTE: THIS POST IS FOR JAUNTY NOT KARMIC. If you are using Ubuntu (or any of its variant), chances are you have thought why Grub looks so retro, with its black background and white text, while some other OS like Fedora can have a nice graphical Grub. In this article we show you how to…

 Hacks   How-To   Linux  

By Ricky

Developers Plans To Break GTK 3.0 API


Developers Plans To Break GTK 3.0 API

In case you are wondering, the title was not a mistake. The GTK developers are actually planning to break the GTK 3.0 API intentionally. If you do not know, GTK is a toolkit for creating Graphical User Interface. GTK is one of the most popular toolkit for for the X Window System, along with Qt….

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By Ricky

How to play MP3 files (add MP3 support) in amarok? [ubuntu]


Amarok is one of the most widely used music players in Linux. But there is this weird problem with Amarok in Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) as right after you install Amarok in Ubuntu or Kubuntu, you won’t be able to play MP3 files directly even if you have installed the required media codecs. In this article…

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By Debjit

7 Things To Look Out For In Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala


7 Things To Look Out For In Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

A lot has been said regarding the upcoming release of Ubuntu, that is Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, – its new looks, new features etc. However, understandably, its KDE counterpart, Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, has been largely ignored and not a great deal of noise has been made about it. Here, in this article, we look…

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By Ricky

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