Ruminations on the Digital Realm

Mandriva 2009.0 installs KDE4 with the classical KDE menu, a decision I can only applaud. It isn’t decided yet whether this decision will stand until the final version. The Mandriva Community seems to be running into a tie, as the votes for either the new Kickoff menu or the Classical menu are virtually equal. [...]

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With the first few days (and couple of hundred updates) under the belt I can say a little bit more about my first impressions with the Alpha 2 release of Mandriva 2009. I started last Sunday and have been using it pretty much as the default since. You can actually forget that this release is [...]

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There has been quite a lot of criticism surrounding Dolphin, the new file manager for KDE4. When you are used to working with the swiss army knife Konquerer, I can imagine the change is difficult. I like Konquerer, but KDE never was my default desktop for a long time, which made it just one of [...]

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I believe that each Linux user should -if only once in a while- follow a complete release cycle of a new distribution from alpha to final release. It’s highly educational, it helps to hone your problem solving skills and by submitting your bug reports you actually contribute to making a better distribution. Plus, and that [...]

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