Yeah, its the time for some new updated Slackware package. In those the most interesting to me is Amarok which was upgraded to the latest version. I have been using that version of amarok for awhile. I took the new version for a test drive in KDE4 which will be really nice. I’ve since went [...]
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KDE4 on NVIDA 1.0-96xx series driver
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Had a couple of problems making KDE4 load on my desktop. At first I though the packages were wrong but after thinking for a second, why would rworkman release something that isn’t working? I doubt that the packages were wrong so I’ve started poking around and check the logs. KWin was the culprit so I [...]
KDE 4.0 on Slackware
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Finally someone took the time to build packages of KDE 4.0 for Slackware. I didn’t moan about it but deep down, I was secretly asking to get some of those sexy KDE 4.0 packages. You will have to thank rworkman for all the prep work and here is what he says in the README. I [...]
Alpine Messaging System, the alternative to Pine. Gmail Included.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
I just tried Alpine the email program from Washington University. Alpine is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. All of the source needed to build Unix, Windows, and Web-based mail user agents is included. Alpine was developed by the department of Computing & Communications at the University of Washington. It’s as if it was [...]
MX500 on Slackware Current
Saturday, November 17, 2007
When I upgraded packages on my slackware box this morning to the latest xorg server, my mouse wouldn’t scroll so I googled for a fixed. I don’t when the change occurs but that’s not relevant. At first I just though that the xmodmap changed on me. Well that prove to be right I actually found [...]
Hobby and work, can they mix?
Friday, November 16, 2007
By trade I am a theatre designer who is currently teaching and my hobby is working on computer on various projects unofficially. I have been mixing those two for quite some time and I can actually see the two merging at some point in time. I am fond of lighting design and I think more [...]