Making GNOME / GTK+ apps look good in KDE
The search never ends. Almost all distros use Qtcurve to make GNOME apps look good in a KDE environment. The Qtcurve theme works pretty good at aping, but if you use the default color scheme and the oxygen style in KDE 4, then there is something even better than Qtcurve. Oxygen Molecule GTK+ theme based...
Get the new Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 Wallpapers in Kubuntu Lucid
If you like KDE and are using Kubuntu Lucid, you are missing out on the new wallpapers which have been chosen for Ubuntu Lucid after a photography contest. Unlike Ubuntu, these wallpapers are not installed on Kubuntu automatically. The wallpapers are great though. If you want to install them on Kubuntu, fire up Konsole and...
Google Chrome vs Mozilla Firefox (Adsense Ads)
This is not another performance comparison of Google Chrome & Mozilla Firefox. While looking at this post on my own blog, I just couldn’t help noticing the Google Adsense ads that were being displayed there. On top of the post, there was the Google Chrome ad. Not surprisingly, Google is targeting web pages which have...
Firefox 3.7 Nightlies feature the new Windows Theme Refresh
The latest Firefox 3.7 nightlies now have the first bits of the Firefox Windows theme refresh that was discussed in detail here. On Windows 7 particularly Firefox looks great now. Firefox now comes with: Support for tab previews in the Win 7 Superbar Aero Glass in the toolbar without any extension. The Stop and Reload...
Microsoft Project Natal
Project Natal looks to be much more than what the Wii does. This thing looks seriously good. Check it out!
Compiling Plasmoids from source in Fedora
Browsing through kde-look.org, I found a lot of plasmoids that I wanted to install but they were not available in the Fedora repositories. So I had to compile the plasmoids from source. After a bit of googling on the errors I was getting during compiling those plasmoids, I think the below command should do the...
Google Chrome Dev Version for RPM based Linux distro
Google Chrome has so far released only a Beta version of Google Chrome for Linux. But what if you want to use the Dev version but are using a RPM distro like Fedora or Opensuse. If you head to the Chrome release channels page, you will see that the Dev version is available only in...
[How To] Upgrade to KDE 4.4 on Fedora 12
If you want to use KDE 4.4 on Fedora but do not want to upgrade to Rawhide (it is not even Alpha yet), here is an easy way to upgrade your KDE version to 4.4 while on Fedora 12. The KDE packaging project is providing 4.4 packages for Fedora users. You just need to add...
Install Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu Linux
Development is rapidly progressing on the Linux version of the Chrome browser from Google. The latest build (4.0.202.2) on Linux now has experimental Plugins Support (read Flash) and even inherits your GNOME theme and Icons. You can easily install Google Chrome browser on your Ubuntu Linux. Follow the below steps to install Google Chrome browser...
Remove icons on buttons in GNOME 2.26
It seems the way to get rid of icons in buttons in GNOME 2.26 has changed. The line ‘gtk-button-images = 0′ in GTK themes does not work in GNOME 2.26 anymore. There is now a new key in GNOME Configurator Editor. Below are the steps to disable buttons on icons in GNOME 2.26 and above....
Burning ISO Image in Windows 7
So nice of Microsoft to add this feature in Windows 7. Just right click on a ISO image and select ‘Burn Disc Image’, Windows 7 burns the image onto a blank disc. No third party softwares needed.
How to use Windows 7 Disk Cleanup to free up disk space
Bored of the Low Disk Space warnings in Windows 7 ? Here is how you can use Windows 7 Disk Cleanup to free up some precious hard disk space. Click on Start –> All Programs –> Accessories –> System Tools. Then click on Disk Cleanup. Alternatively you can open Start Menu and search for Disk...
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