Annoying fork talks
Now even the (once respected) Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is jumping on the bandwagon of Plasma haters. With a rather uninformed and rant-ish entry that just advocates a fork, like some other people said...
View ArticleSpread the word!
Those of you that follow my Linux-related posts know that I work (along with others) on a FAQ trying to explain some magic behind KDE 4.x’s Plasma. Now, especially since on the Internet, there is the...
View ArticlePlasma ZUI video
I’ve put together a small video that shows what you can do with zooming in and out with Plasma’s Zooming User Interface (ZUI). Enjoy. (note: the version on Youtube has also annotations that explain...
View ArticlePlasma - creating a sidebar panel
Following up on my previous post, here is another screencast showing off how to create a sidebar panel and add a few plasmoids to it. As usual, the version on Youtube has annotations....
View ArticlePlasma - resizing and moving panels
Today I’m in a posting spree…This clip shows how to resize and move Plasma panels around. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmpv-S5JJI4[/youtube]
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Why Plasma is the best thing since sliced bread
Today I was adjusting a bit the layouts of the Activities (as defined in Plasma) to better suit my workflows. To do so I was using the brand new Activity Bar which is present in KDE 4.2. It’s very...
View ArticleKourse 2 - First finished screencast
As some people already know, I’m mentoring a group of students on KDE Forum to create Plasma screencasts (from the upcoming KDE 4.2 version). After several adjustments back and forth, the first one...
View ArticleMore Plasma screencasts
Students from Kourse 2 fengshaun and Primoz have prepared two nice screencasts, dealing with the Zooming User Interface (ZUI) and desktop settings respectively. Without further ado, here they are:...
View ArticleLast Plasma screencast
It turned out I forgot to add the last screencast produced by the students of Kourse 2, so I’ll fix my mistake right now. Here’s Panel settings, by Kourse student TeaAge: [blip.tv...
View ArticleNew Plasma with Python tutorials
I just finished writing a new Python tutorial on KDE’s Techbase. This one deals with writing DataEngines in Python (a complement to Simon Edwards’s own Using DataEngines). Let me know what you think....
View ArticleHello Planet KDE
If everything has gone correctly, my blog should be on PlanetKDE now. That means it’s time for an introduction for those readers. My name is Luca Beltrame, I’m a biotechnologist doing bioinformatics in...
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"The Answer"
Yes, I know I’m a bit late to the party (unfortunately today was one of the busiest days ever where I work), but I thought I’d join the other members of the KDE community, because KDE 4.2 has been...
View ArticleFishing for ideas
I have been thinking of doing another Kourse at the KDE Forums, similar to the one that has produced three nice screencasts. My idea would be to show very brief and focused screencasts, a sort of “how...
View ArticleScience and KDE: rkward
I try to use FOSS extensively for my scientific work. In fact, when possible, I use only FOSS tools. Among these there is the R programming language. It’s a Free implementation of the S-plus language,...
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Science and KDE: kile
During the course of my research work, I may obtain results that are worthy of publication in scientific journals. Since my master’s thesis I’ve been using LaTeX as my writing platform, mainly because...
View ArticleBilbo Blogger
Mtux, of choqok fame, along with another person, has written Bilbo Blogger, a blogging utility for Blogger or any blog that supports Blogger1.0, MetaWeblog, and MovableType APIs (EDIT: also GData). It...
View ArticleI love poison
No, it’s not_ _a teen-like “I hate my life, I’m going to die tomorrow” post. I’m actually referring to the comments of a person nicknamed “I Love” that are popping up in almost all blogs that are...
View ArticleKDE Brainstorm is live!
It’s finally there: KDE Brainstorm has been launched today! Like this, it will be possible to propose features and have them voted by the community, and then submit the most voted requests to the...
View ArticleKDE Brainstorm: after the launch
Now that the KDE Brainstorm has been launched, it’s time to take a look at the results so far. Currently, the forum hosts 160 threads, approximately one for each idea, and 441 posts. Not bad for the...
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Gene search applet: suggestions and code review needed
In the past months I’ve always wanted to write a small Plasma applet to aid me in some boring tasks as a bioinformatician. One example (for the non-scientific crowd out there) is when I find a specific...
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