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Choosing Linux Desktop Environments
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| Linux users have the unique privilege and
| challenge of picking the distribution that
| fits them best. Most start out their Linux-
| experience with a major distribution like
| Ubuntu, Fedora, or openSUSE, and for some,
| that's as far as they go. Others, curious
| or eager to try the variety of Linus
| Torvald-"flavors" available, start trying
| to find out what differences exist between
| "smaller" distributions like Elive or
| Crunchbang and the bigger ones.
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http://computersoftware.suite101.com/article.cfm/choosing-linux-desktop-environments
KDE Review: KDE 4.4 Comes in from the Cold
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| Between radical changes and limited
| functionality, the KDE 4 series got off to
| a rough start. However, with each release,
| KDE 4 has improved steadily and silenced
| more critics. Now, with the KDE 4.4
| release, the series has reached first
| maturity.
|
| Those who expect everything to behave
| exactly as it did in the KDE 3 series may
| still struggle with 4.4. But, for those
| willing to accept change, 4.4 has no
| shortage of new features to offer, ranging
| from the implementation of several long-
| term directions to enhanced usability on
| the desktop -- including Plasma Netbook, a
| new interface designed specifically for
| netbook computers.
|
| [...]
|
| But, by far the greatest desktop innovation
| in KDE 4.4 is one that is also the simplest
| -- the ability to group windows by tabs.
| This feature is implemented by a single
| item added to each window's menu. Yet the
| implications for easing users' workflow is
| immense.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3865126/KDE-Review-KDE-44-Comes-in-from-the-Cold.htm
Five useful KDE 4.4 widgets
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| With the rise of KDE 4.4 comes a new crop
| of desktop widgets (or Plasmoids). Earlier
| renditions of KDE 4.x saw the Plasmoids
| less than useful. The latest workings,
| however, have become quite useful,
| productive even.
|
| In this article I will introduce you to
| five of those Plasmoids that can help your
| productivity in one way or another. I will
| also show you how the Plasmoids are now
| installed.
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http://www.ghacks.net/2010/02/16/five-useful-kde-4-4-widgets/
Installing KDE 4.4 in Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora And ArchLinux
http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/install-kde4-4-in-opensuse-ubuntu-fedora-archlinux.html
KDE SC 4.4: A Worthy (though not perfect) Upgrade
http://www.itnewstoday.com/?p=1389
Missing Features â Feeling Brian Proffittâs Pain
http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/missing-features-feeling-brian-proffitts-pain/
Recent:
Hands-on: semantic desktop starts to show in KDE SC 4.4
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| Last week, the KDE community officially
| released KDE Software Compilation 4.4, a
| significant update of the open source desktop
| environment and its associated application
| stack. The new version delivers some user
| interface improvements, enhanced usability, new
| features, additional software, and a number of
| important bug fixes.
|
| [...]
|
| KDE has come a very long way since the initial
| 4.0 release in 2008. It's a very modern desktop
| with a lot of rich and impressive features. KDE
| enthusiasts will find a whole lot to like in
| 4.4, and users who were put off by the
| instability and missing functionality of
| previous releases might want to give it another
| look.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2010/02/hands-on-semantic-desktop-starts-to-show-in-kde-sc-44.ars
Compiz Now Supports KDE 4.4 SC
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| For those interested in the path that
| delivers KDE 4.4 support, it can be found
| via the Compiz Gitweb interface.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzk3OA
Mandriva Linux 2010 and its KDE 4.4 Upgrade
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| I've been happily using Mandriva 2010 as my
| desktop system since its release last
| November. The few issues I've had could be
| traced back to KDE 4.3.2. I had run the
| Update Manager a couple times at the
| beginning, but soon became lax and haven't
| updated since. Honestly, I just didn't want
| to risk an upgrade ruining what was
| essentially a completely enjoyable
| experience. But when Juan Luis Baptiste
| posted that KDE 4.4 packages were available
| for Mandriva 2010, it seemed worth risking
| a re-install.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100215#feature
Noteworthy Mandriva Cooker changes 1 February â 14 February 2010
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| # KDE has been updated to final version
| 4.4.0. New features since KDE 4.3 include
| integrated desktop search in Dolphin, a new
| Plasma desktop interface optimized for
| netbooks, Palapelli (a jigsaw puzzle game),
| Cantor (a scientific maths application) and
| many others.
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http://artipc10.vub.ac.be/wordpress/mandriva/noteworthy-mandriva-cooker-changes-1-february-14-february-2010.html
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