July 14, 2011
In my last article I covered how to make GTK/GNOME applications follow in line with the way KDE applications look by default in Linux. However, if you’ve been tinkering around a little, you may have noticed that Firefox seems to ignore this, and instead continues to use the uglier replacement.
July 11, 2011
Are you someone who’d like to use KDE but still keep the GNOME apps? The integration of those GNOME apps (which rely on a theme engine known as GTK) with KDE’s appearance (where KDE uses a theme engine known as Qt) has never quite worked out. Now, a new project has started to try to finally bring the sides closer.
October 11, 2010
A while ago I wrote an article about why you should consider giving Ubuntu a go. A few of you asked why I never mentioned Kubuntu, and some seemed convinced that KDE was the way to go. Well guess what? Here’s how you can have both. Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop environment straight out of [...]
April 17, 2010
It’s coming. On April 29, 2010, the latest version of Ubuntu will be ready for the public. We talk about Ubuntu quite a bit here at MakeUseOf; most recently I discussed 7 things easier to do in Ubuntu than in Windows. And I stick to the claims made in that article: in many ways Ubuntu [...]
January 10, 2010
Windows users are familar with FoxIt Reader; we mentioned it when we talked about light alternatives to Adobe Reader. It’s a lightweight, closed-source but free alternative to Adobe PDF Reader which ““ unlike Adobe Reader ““ loads up instantly. It’s pretty snappy when compared to Adobe’s infamously bloated reader. Linux users probably aren’t family with Foxit, however, because [...]
December 11, 2009
Rounding out the fall releases from the big cheeses in Linux comes Fedora 12. Fedora is a popular Linux distribution funded by Red Hat, the most profitable Linux corporation active today. Fedora usually sits within the top three or four most popular distributions at distrowatch.com. Much of the company and community work that goes into [...]
March 30, 2009
Being a Windows user doesn’t mean that you have to stick to Windows-based applications all the time. Previously, we have covered several ways to install Linux in Windows without having to reformat your computer. With the release of KDE 4.2, you can now install and use all the KDE applications natively on your Windows without [...]
February 13, 2009
While there are many Windows-based blog editors around, there are only a handful that Linux users can use on their desktop. If you are like me – a native Linux user and a seasoned blogger – here are 6 free blogging clients for Linux users. While they are not as good as Windows Live Writer, [...]
November 17, 2008
Most of the Linux users should be familiar with Gnome and KDE since both of them are the most commonly used desktop managers in the various Linux distros. Now, if you are using an old PC with low hardware specs, you might find that the above two desktop environments are too heavy for your computer [...]
