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Running KDE 4 SVN
Today I did a clean compilation of KDE 4 from SVN based on Qt 4.4 technology preview, which will be the base for the KDE 4.1 release konquering your desktop this summer. I was astonished how many things have changed since my last try, the system runs smooth and applications get in shape from day …
Heroes happen here or the Microsoft 2008 launch wave
Today after many hours of hammering my had with basics of business administration at university. I just wanted to take some time off and decided to view Steve Balmers Keynote. So ok, first hurdle was to install Silverlight… The special page Microsoft opened up for the launch event did not work with Silverlight on Firefox. …
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10 mistakes in icon desing
Denis Kortunov has written a nice review of the ten most common mistakes in icon design. I did recognize on or the other mistake in mail daily work, but I have never thought of this in detail. It is getting clearer from day to day, that modern Systems really have to get Usability and Design …
KDE 4.0.0 released … Dreams become true!
Today is the day … big things happen…. I just installed alle the fresh and new KDE 4.0.0 packages and it is runnning really smooth. Of course, it is a developer platform and has its rough edges, but it really is usable, the KDE folks really did a great job. Oxygen looks awsome, Plasma is …
Open Source Business Desktop – Gnome or KDE
Matt Hartley posted an nice article about Linux Desktops in Businesses. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3717261It really is an interesting read. GNOME, both on the user and development side of things, believes in the integrity of GPL-based code and ease of use. Applications developed in this realm tend to be rather vanilla in appearance, yet will work as advertised. …
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KDE 4 – Development Platform Release
101 Ways to know your project is doomed
Here I only list the top 10… you may find the rest of the list here. Management has renamed its Waterfall process to Agile Waterfall You start hiring consultants so they can take the blame The Continuous Integration server has returned the error message “Fuck it, I give up” You have implemented your own Ruby …
Got Kubuntu up and running
After some days of thinking, I decided to kill my Mac OS X installation on my Macbook to get a new Linux/KDE aka Kubuntu installation. I tried to run Linux on my Macbook some time ago and it really was no fun. But the actual Kubuntu Tribe 4 brings everything out of the box (Wifi, …
Thesis at IBM
I’m happy to announce, that I just got my commitment to write my thesis at IBM Germany. I will write about open standards in virtual worlds. It is not fully specified, but as soon as it is rock solid, I will let you now know (thx for the hint ;)).