by Dave | Mar 10, 2010 | Tinker Blog
Take a look at http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/4179 and give it a try. You may find that it’s right for you in providing a quick and easy way to access files. And I again, kudos to the KDE crowd that made even the scrollbar super slick here (do this with a...
by Dave | Feb 26, 2010 | Tinker Blog
Amarok is not a simple media player and I don’t think it’s intended to be. I’ve said all along that KDE isn’t the ‘simple’ choice, but it is packed with powerful functionality. Amarok goes right along with that. I have some gripes...
by Dave | Feb 22, 2010 | Tinker Blog
The iPhone shows an error when you try to open an Excel file you’ve created in OpenOffice. The exact error is The document was created with an unsupported version of excel. Now it may seem at a glance to be unfair. OpenOffice support for MS Office formats is...
by Dave | Feb 12, 2010 | Tinker Blog
I am just loving KDE. It is not perfect. But it is fun to use and (almost) never gets in my way. Instead it shows me new ways to work. Can’t wait to learn more. Alone among desktop developers, KDE seems to have grasped that the free desktop is no longer trying...
by Dave | Feb 11, 2010 | Tinker Blog
To be honest, I’m not too in love with Facebook but I’m always happy to see a company use a recognized standard to do something. Facebook now uses the Jabber instant messaging protocol to do chat which means Kopete (and many other instant messengers) now...
by Dave | Jan 29, 2010 | Tinker Blog
As I’ve started using KDE (alright- the KDE Software Compilation), one thing I’ve run into is that all the dialogs seem to default to certain folders. I ascribe to David Allen’s Getting Things Done and have tried to create a desktop environment that...
