Tip: How to Configure Your Synaptics Touchpad in Linux

Rai    Linux     acer, kubuntu, laptop, Linux, mouse, notebook, synaptics, touchpad

One of the prominent features of notebooks today is the presence of the touchpad in place of a mouse. My Acer 5570 notebook has Synaptics Touchpad which is compatible with Linux systems that I have installed. Though the settings of Synpatics are present by default on systems, you can tweak the settings to match your preferences. read more

Kubuntu, Compiz and KDE 4 Part Two

Rai    Hardware, KDE, Linux, Random     3d desktop, acer, beryl, compiz, KDE, kubuntu, laptop, Linux, notebook, ubuntu

Here is another amatuer video of my Acer notebook with Kubuntu Linux, KDE 4,0 and Compiz Fusion.

Kubuntu+KDE 4.0+Compiz

Rai    Hardware, KDE, Linux, Random     beryl, kde. compiz, kubuntu, Linux, ubuntu

I did this obviously amateur video while playing around with my Acer 5570 notebook running Kubuntu Linux with Compiz Fusion and KDE 4.0. Enjoy

GNOME Gets Favored Over KDE In Ubuntu’s Next Version

Rai    Gnome, KDE, Linux     desktop, Gnome, gui, KDE, kubuntu, ubuntu

The battle for the best Linux desktop still continues as Ubuntu’s sponsor Canonical announced that KDE will not be included in its Long Term Support (LTS) for the next release. Since the upcoming version of KDE, KDE 4.0, still has a long way to go, Kubuntu Desktop lead Scott James Remnant explains that KDE is not mature enough to be included in the LTS. Ubuntu is to release version 8.0, Hardy Heron, in April 2008.

news.com writes:

GNOME, the default user interface for Ubuntu, will receive the support, but KDE won’t. The reason, according to Canonical, which sponsors Ubuntu and is trying to make a business of selling the support contracts, is simply that KDE is at an awkward transitional period between two versions, the old-line 3.5 and the imminent and significantly different 4.0.

Though Ubuntu-KDE users are relatively small compard to Ubuntu-GNOME users, KDE still deserves the same attention that GNOME gets. But with its upcoming release of version 4.0 set close to the release of Hardy Heron, it is a case of bad timing.