Tag Archives: KDE

Preparing for another conference: OpenExpo in Winterthur next week!

Posted on 20/09/2009 by myriam

It’s this time of the year again where I prepare for attending OpenExpo in Winterthur. This important Free Software even is held on September 23 & 24 in Winterthur, Switzerland. This year I helped organizing more than one booth: Amarok, … Continue reading →

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How to install 2.2-git in your home (an update)

Posted on 22/07/2009 by myriam

Since Amarok switched to Gitorious, those of you running a local SVN build with markey’s instructions will have to do some changes to stay up-to-date:: First, you need to install git, which is in the package repositories of your distribution. … Continue reading →

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Free alternatives to proprietary PDF readers now easy to find

Posted on 04/02/2009 by myriam

I suppose we all have come across that “red button” on websites asking you to download Acrobat Reader to read a PDF document. Even free for download, it still is a proprietary solution and in no way a Free Software … Continue reading →

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Mom-compatible KDE 4

Posted on 29/10/2008 by myriam

Since Mark of Amarok fame is living here, people in the house are in awe about the man sitting in front of his desk all day long, “programming computers”. Of course, we have been asked a few times to give … Continue reading →

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It has been a while..

Posted on 26/06/2008 by myriam

since my last blog here. But sometimes life just prevents you from doing quite a few things. Anyway,update: The last year I was busy at work, health was almost good (besides a minor accident in December and a heavy cough … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Im really fed up with..

Posted on 31/05/2008 by myriam

..those “Neinsagers” who permanently complain about KDE4. That’s what I wrote today on the Kubuntu mailing list, after a recurrent complaint about KDE4: Don’t compare apples with pears, please! KDE4 is still in heavy development, and it never has been … Continue reading →

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Paris – night 1

Posted on 16/07/2006 by myriam

Sorry for the delay in blogging about UDS, but a week of "doing nothing" was wellcome and necessary 🙂 Unfortunately real life also came back far too early and an unusual work load in pharmacy prevented my blogging so far. … Continue reading →

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