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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
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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

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

Replacing Kickoff with Lancelot in KDE 4.3 for Beginners


Replacing Kickoff with Lancelot in KDE 4.3 for Beginners

Kickoff is the default application launcher in KDE. However, KDE 4.x also comes with another very good application launcher called Lancelot. In this article, we show you how to use the Lancelot launcher instead of the default Kickoff and then tweak a few things in Lancelot.

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By Ricky
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7 Things You Didn’t Know You can Do With KRunner in KDE 4.3


7 Things You Didn’t Know You can Do With KRunner in KDE 4.3

KRunner is one of those KDE applications that people generally take for granted. Since it has the same shortcut key, Alt+F2, as Gnome’s Run Application terminal, those who have just started using KDE generally assume that it is just another version of Gnome’s Run Application terminal. However, it cannot be farther from the truth. In…

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By Ricky

A Complete Guide To Firefox Integration In Kubuntu


A Complete Guide To Firefox Integration In Kubuntu

Firefox is by far one of the best browsers available for Linux and is the prefered web browser of millions. However, if you use Firefox in KDE, you will notice that it sticks out from the rest of the KDE applications and look rather ugly. In this article, we show you how to make a…

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By Ricky

How To Launch KSnapshot with the “Print Screen” key in Kubuntu 9.04


How To Launch KSnapshot with the “Print Screen” key in Kubuntu 9.04

In KDE 4.x, by default when we press the Print Screen key, the screenshot is taken and the image is copied to the clipboard. If we want to us this image we have to open an image editor program and past the picture and then save it. To launch KSnapshot instead of just copying the…

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By Ricky

KDE 4.3.1 is now available


KDE 4.3.1 is now available

Exactly a month after the release of KDE 4.3, the KDE team has released KDE 4.3.1. This is not a new release but rather a bugfix release of KDE 4.3 with a few new improvements. So, if you are using KDE 4.3 (or even any older version of KDE), it is recommended that you upgrade…

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By Ricky

A Beginner’s Guide To Migrating from GNOME to KDE in Ubuntu 9.04


A Beginner’s Guide To Migrating from GNOME to KDE in Ubuntu 9.04

Ubuntu 9.04 comes with GNOME 2.26. However, there is another very good alternative to GNOME 2.26 which is KDE 4.2. While I would have never recommended KDE before, KDE has really improved a lot with version 4.2. So, this is worth giving a try. In this article we look into the various steps in shifting…

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By Ricky

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