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Comment We worked hard (on the whole), laughed a lot, almost got banned from a major hotel chain (good to see the CEO leading by example there), had a garden gnome as the news desk mascot and enjoyed some legendarily debauched parties - what more could... [07 Jul 2008]
Ubuntu founder: 'Upstream' bugs must be quashed
News Shuttleworth wrote that, while Ubuntu had suffered from as many reported software flaws as OpenOffice, Mozilla, Gnome and KDE combined, most of the bugs had been found in the upstream source code. The founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating... [01 Jul 2008]
Nokia: Open source needs a lesson in business
News However, neither LiMo nor Maemo use Qt or KDE, opting instead for the GTK+ toolkit and a Gnome-based desktop environment. He said he felt Nokia had "a huge responsibility from a desktop and user interface point of view to see how we play our cards... [12 Jun 2008]
Nokia to buy Trolltech and keep it on the Qt
News Qt is used to develop graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and is the main GUI toolkit for the KDE Linux project, one of the two main desktop environments for the open-source operating system - the other being Gnome. [28 Jan 2008]
Ubuntu Hacks: Switch to a Lighter Window Manager
White Paper The most popular of these desktop environments are GNOME and KDE. Ubuntu defaults to GNOME as its desktop environment but also offers a Kubuntu alternative that automatically defaults to KDE instead. If there's one thing that's great about Linux... [24 Oct 2007]
Linux Desktop Hacks: Scrap X11 for Fancy Login Consoles
White Paper One can choose the preferred session type, such as KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker, Fluxbox, or just a text console. Qingy is an alternative login screen developed by Michele Noberasco. Qingy uses the graphical frame-buffer console capability in Linux to... [24 Oct 2007]
Greasemonkey Hacks: Add Saved Searches to Gmail
White Paper Many client-side email applications, such as Mozilla's Thunderbird, Gnome's Evolution, and Apple's Mail allow saved searches (also known as persistent searches or smart folders). Gmail is Google's web mail application. [10 Oct 2007]
A Multi-Dimensional View of the "Sustainability" of Free & Open Source Software Development
White Paper Questions of "Sustainability" are at the core of much of the speculative discussion about the long-term significance of the open source software movement, and particularly the characteristic community-based mode of developing FLOSS (Free/Libre and... [18 Apr 2007]
Intel at work on Linux mini-tablet
News MID tablets will run a simplified "finger-friendly" user interface optimised for the small screens, based on the Gnome desktop but with an Intel-developed "master user interface" layer to serve as an equivalent to the desktop. [16 Apr 2007]
Beginners Guide to Linux Forensics
White Paper Several GUI interfaces can sit on top of this text interface, including Gnome, and KDE. The core foundation of Linux is primarily text based. From a forensic perspective, the user will be able to really dig in much deeper by using the old style... [03 Apr 2007]
Open source alliance forged over Linux standards
News OSDL's Portland project, which seeks to bridge the KDE and Gnome graphical interfaces for Linux, is being incorporated into an updated new LSB standard. The Open Source Developer Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG), two groups trying to... [22 Jan 2007]
Guide to Linux File Command Mastery
White Paper Although GUI desktops such as KDE and GNOME help users take advantage of Linux features without functional knowledge of the command-line interface, more power and flexibility are often required. Moreover, a basic familiarity with these commands is... [11 Oct 2006]
Ubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 3 on VMWare Server
White Paper People routinely want to test beta versions of KDE and Gnome and other desktops before committing, or simply want to see what features are in development. More and more people are turning to virtualization these days. [05 Oct 2006]
Mass Debian Desktop Administration
White Paper The author recommends ignoring the 'native' Gnome and KDE browsers and using Mozilla Firefox as a web browser. Debian can be used as a Desktop platform in mass installations and efficiently administered with good infrastructure, automated... [07 Mar 2006]
Sun mulls GPL 3 licence for Solaris
News But many other components of the operating system under other programmers' control, including the GNOME user interface, are governed by the GPL and are outside Torvalds' jurisdiction. Sun Microsystems is considering a dual-licensing move that could... [31 Jan 2006]
