My Perfect Kubuntu 10.04 Desktop

Posted on June 6, 2010 by bigbrovar

In case you never knew. Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE graphical environment instead of GNOME.  While Ubuntu  is based on a heavily customized version gnome desktop environment. Kubuntu is just pla...

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Dirty fix for yahoo kopete issue in kde 4.4 on Kubuntu

Posted on April 27, 2010 by bigbrovar

Myself and kopete have always had this love/hate relationship. With my recent update to kde 4.4 our relationships took further nose dive when kopete refused to send my messages to my yahoo contacts even though i could receive messages from them. &he...

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A for Artha, The Awesome offline Dictionary for Linux

Posted on February 27, 2010 by bigbrovar

One area that I have always found lacking on Linux is a good Dictionary software. I have tired quite a few free and opensource dictionary software for linux, some  very good, but non had the WOW factor to keep me using … Continue reading &ra...

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My Smooth fonts setup for Kubuntu Karmic

Posted on January 16, 2010 by bigbrovar

The first thing which put me off after logging in to the kubuntu (9.10) desktop for the first time was the fonts.  They are two problems I have with the default Kubuntu fonts (Well the first one is not much … Continue reading →...

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