Tag Archives: KDE

Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 2 released

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Arun

Ubuntu development team has released the 2nd alpha of Ubuntu 10.04, code named Lucid Lynx. It’s still a developmental version, so it’s only for testing purpose. Ubuntu 10.04 contains the following changes: Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 2 includes the latest GNOME … Continue reading →

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10 minutes experience with Kubuntu 9.10

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Arun

I wanted to give Kubuntu a try in my laptop after I gave it a try and was dissatisfied and removed it when Kubuntu 9.04 was released. There were lots of bugs and for a laptop, using the widget for … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 released

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released their 6th alpha version of Ubuntu 9.10 code named Karmic Koala. This alpha brings in some new changes since alpha 5 release. There are some serious bugs exist in alpha 6, so if you are planning … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu and Kubuntu 9.04 beta upgrade pain

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Arun

You might have read my earlier post about Ubuntu 9.04 boot issue. I used the older kernel, booted into the system, disabled the Bluetooth service from the startup. Again, the boot process was painfully slow when it comes to checking … Continue reading →

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Amarok 2.0.2 released

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Arun

The Amarok team has released Amarok 2.0.2 which includes couple of changes and lots of bug fixes. The changes include Show a statusbar message when playing a lastfm track. Show error message when Wikipedia information cannot be retrieved. Here are … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu, Kubuntu 8.10 beta pain

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Arun

I upgraded Ubuntu/Kubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 in my laptop when Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 5 was released. Everything worked fine except for couple of issues mentioned in the post. Network manager worked fine. There were lots of updates that came … Continue reading →

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New KDE forum launched

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Arun

If you are a KDE user and need help, you can check the new KDE forum. KDE, Forum

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Amarok 2 beta 2 released

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Arun

The Amarok team has released the second beta of Amarok 2.0. The most significant change in this release is the switch from SQLite to MySQL-embedded as the database backend. Here are some new features in beta 2. Automatically check for … Continue reading →

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Amarok 2.0 Beta released

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Arun

Amarok team has released their first beta version of Amarok 2.0, code named Nerrivik. Amarok is a very good music player for Linux with a very nice GUI and lots of features. I love Amarok and though I use Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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KDE Utilities website

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Arun

KDE has created a website KDE Utilities with a compilation of various desktop utilities that work under KDE. It currently has very few utilities listed (13 at the time of writing), but I hope it would a be a single … Continue reading →

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