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- Get Up To Speed: KDE
- If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. Of those desktops, two have reached mass distribution and popularity: GNOME and KDE. Each desktop is incredibly...
- Tags: KDE, Open Source, Desktops, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-06-20
- KDE 4: So long and thanks for all the fish
- The release of KDE 4 has long since come and gone. Much ballyhoo has been made over the release. Many are praising it. Many are condemning it. Me? I fall in the latter category. Why? Let me explain. 42. Oh wait, sorry...sorry. ...
- Tags: KDE, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- KDE development packages for SUSE LINUX 9.0 (i386)
- SUSE LINUX 9.0 comes with KDE 3.1.4, the latest version of the comfortable desktop environment which has been improved in about 450 applications. KDE includes software for the administration, multimedia, games, development, network, and many other fields. It features an Instant messenger – Kopete which supports AOL, MSN, IRC, and...
- Tags: KDE, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source
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- KDE Case Study: Math. Binghamton
- The chairman of Binghamton University decided to move to Linux/KDE even though he was aware that it was not quite ready. The university used to use Word Perfect, and bought Word Perfect 8.0 which still works very well, even though they have to install some libraries from redhat 6.2 to...
- Tags: Linux, University, KDE, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
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- KDE Case Study: Pervasive Netwerks
- KDE performed a Windows to Linux migration for a small pharmacy. Not only did KDE migrate all their systems to Linux, we got a write-up on Newsforge back on Nov 23rd for it. The company had since installed Mandrake on their home system. KDE solved the company's security issues for...
- Tags: KDE, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
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- KDE Case Study: AePONA Ltd.
- Over 2 years ago AePONA Ltd. switched to using Linux on almost all desktop PCs the company already had many servers running Linux. KDE1 was chosen as the preferred desktop. The company has since upgraded to KDE2.2. The majority of software developers use Linux / KDE as the front-end (although...
- Tags: KDE, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
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- KDE Case Study: Banco Continental SA
- Banco Continental SA is a bank with 15 branch offices in a 400km radius. All of it runs SuSE Linux with KDE1.x. The HQ runs about 100 workstations off a single dual Xeon+RAID5 server. Branch offices run in similar fashion with small "Servers" (sometimes as humble as measly Celeron 300A)...
- Tags: Bank, KDE, Banco Continental SA, Linux, Open Source, Workstations, UNIX, Operating Systems, Financial Services, Software
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- KDE Case Study: Weinbrenner Media Co
- Weinbrenner Media Co switched all their machines from Win 9x and NT to Linux/BSD and KDE. There are also 8 iMacs at a client's site where the company has switched from MacOS 9 to Linux PPC/KDE. Now an exclusive OpenSource Systemhouse the company decided to convince the rest of their...
- Tags: Media, KDE, Open Source
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- KDE Case Study: Eureka! Translation
- At Eureka! Translation, a technical translation firm specializing in English and French translation, the company has migrated their work platform to KDE on Linux. This includes workstations and servers. The day-to-day translation activities use KDE office and internet software which includes kontact & kolab for groupware & email, kopete IM,...
- Tags: KDE, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
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- KDE Case Study: Pozicom Technologies
- Located in United States, Pozicom Technologies were approached by an existing customer who was a long time customer of Novell Netware. The company was called to upgrade there system from Netware 3.11 to Netware 5. The company introduced their customer to Linux. Linux could be used for the server and...
- Tags: KDE, Novell NetWare, Linux, Operating Systems, Servers, Open Source, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management
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- KDE Case Study: Indiana Access Program
- Linspire, Inc. and Wintergreen Systems announced that Indiana high schools are currently testing desktop Linux machines in school systems across the state as part of a plan to provide every public high school student with a computer. If successful, the plan, called the Indiana Access Program, will provide each high...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Desktop Linux, KDE, Linux, Productivity, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
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- KDE Case Study: LinuxMagic
- LinuxMagic - a company based in Surrey, BC, Canada - announced successful completion of its Linux-based, thin client 'WorkPlace' solution for all BC FitnessWorld locations. The project included replacement of Windows desktops and implementation of 60 thin client workstations using LinuxMagic's own network integration solution, 'WorkPlace'. The project is estimated...
- Tags: Workstation, Thin Client, KDE, Network Integration, Thin Clients, Network Administration, Desktops, Hardware, Networking
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- KDE Case Study: ALC Computertechnik
- Located at Herzogenrath, Germany ALC Computertechnik are running 30 workstation network with all servers on Linux since many years. The company started using Linux on workstations in 1996. The real breakthrough for general usage of Linux in the company's office came with KDE. The excellent development tools and easy to...
- Tags: KDE, Linux, Open Source, Workstations, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
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- KDE Case Study: Computer & Network Consulting
- Located at Jena, Germany Computer & Network Consulting use KDE since 1.0 on all office and development workstations and notebooks (Celeron 400 up to Athlon 1200). The desktop is easy to use and powerfull for all users. There were no problems for former Windows users. From KDE the company used...
- Tags: Desktop, KDE, Open Source, Workstations
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- Menu Inventor (exe)
- This menu manager is an alternative to Windows Start button. Fast, organized, with a KDE look-and-feel, and packed with features that will delight every Start-hater. Features: graphically very similar to Linux KDE menu, fully configurable menu structure, menu nesting supported, comfortable access editing to any file, quick batch adding, mouse...
- Tags: Micron Technology Inc., KDE, Keyboards, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2007-10-19
- Plastikthunder Crystal SVG (jar)
- Plastik style from KDE with Crystal SVG icons for Firefox. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: KDE, Victor Fernandez Martinez, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-08-15
- How do I... Create desktop icons in KDE and GNOME?
- Most Linux installs include thousands of applications, but not all those applications get an icon on either the KDE or GNOME desktop. If you want to launch one of those applications from the desktop you are going to have to create an icon for it. Jack Wallen shows you how....
- Tags: Most Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware, Jack Wallen, How do I, screenshots, kde, gnome, linux, icons
- Image galleries 2008-01-17
- How do I... Create desktop icons in KDE and GNOME?
- One would think the creation of icons on a desktop would be a simple matter of dragging and dropping or having the icon created upon installation of a program. That's all fine and good, but what about a program that was installed during the operating system installation? (Remember, Linux installs...
- Tags: GNOME, KDE, Icon, KDE Let, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- How do I... Create desktop icons in KDE and GNOME?
- Most Linux installs include thousands of applications, but not all those applications get an icon on either the KDE or GNOME desktop. If you want to launch one of those applications from the desktop you are going to have to create an icon for it. Jack Wallen shows you how....
- Tags: GNOME, KDE, Most Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-01-17
- Images: Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac
- A major KDE overhaul gives a leading Linux interface a new look and new apps. Some features will be familiar to Windows and Mac OS X users. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, linux, windows, kde, mac os x, TechRepublic Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-01-14
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