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A more extensible KDE

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: April 1st, 2008
First off, I love KDE and I am a long time KDE user. I use GNOME/GTK applications where they good KDE/QT based alternatives don't exist, but I prefer K-land in general. Don't get me wrong, KDE is one of most extensible free desktops out there. However, I do think it is missing extensibility in a [...]
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Test driving KDE 4.0

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: January 12th, 2008
KDE 4.0 has been released. Since I have been using KDE as my primary desktop environment for well over 5 years now, this is certainly something I am very interested in. In the past few months, I did try out the previews and the RC releases, but mostly just to play around with them, never [...]
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Quicksilver alternatives for Linux

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: December 6th, 2007
Everyone loves Quicksilver. If you don't know what it is, shame on you and you can't call your self a geek. In either case, you should check out this Google Tech Talk on Quicksilver by its creator. While Quicksilver rules supreme as the king of universal access and action applications, what are Linux users supposed [...]
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Inconsistent font rendering in GNOME and KDE

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: November 1st, 2007
I'm running KDE on (K)Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) and here's the problem. I start KWrite and GEdit, and configure them to use the exact same font. However, the two applications render the same font very very differently. Check out these screenshots to see what I mean. KWrite with Inconsolata 11pt, 96 dpi GEdit with Inconsolata 11pt, [...]
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Kickoff Sneak Preview

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: August 22nd, 2006
Pretty neat! Kickoff Sneak Preview
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