Is Ubuntu really going low-spec?
Friday, January 12th, 2007We all want to run Linux on 64 MB of RAM. But Ubuntu Lite’s way is not the right one.
We all want to run Linux on 64 MB of RAM. But Ubuntu Lite’s way is not the right one.
I had a small epiphany a few minutes ago. I’d like every KDE application to support a --renderToImage argument, through the KApplication class.
Can your Windows Vista PC do the cool things in the video below? How many bucks do you have to shell out to get something close to this on Windows? Can it do these wonderful things out of the box?
Hello! Remember me? I’m the guy who wrote Three reasons to use KDE. Yes, that’s me in the picture.
This time, I’ll exercise my mind by coming up with three honest reasons not to use KDE. Of course, this is not an original idea either, since it was inspired by Three reasons not to use GNOME — I tend to derive my inspiration from third parties. Since I’m a bit drunk, I won’t make any promises as to glaring style or logical errors, but I’ll try and keep my spelling in line. And, without further ado, let’s get on with it:
Sal Cangeloso’s writeup (three reasons to use GNOME) inspired me to talk about the flip side of the coin. Yes, I know it’s smug to pretend that there’s only KDE and GNOME; yet KDE is my desktop of choice, and here’s why. Of course, Sal’s right when he says lists are the effective way to convey information in writing, so I’ll take a page from his book and do so:
I just found out about an amazing feature in KDE’s Konqueror, by mistake!