A quick Amarok tip - if you are like me, you have some folders full of random MP3s. For instance, I downloaded the nearly 1gb of MP3s from Stereogum and, while there are plenty of hits and misses, it’s a fun collection. But I don’t really feel like rating all of them, so to remove [...]
Today’s Application of the Day is Katapult, a program launcher (and more!) for KDE. The documentation is pretty sparse, but it is a good way to quickly run a program. For openSUSE, the OSS repository has version 0.3.2.1 and installed pretty painlessly. But once installed and run, you are faced with - nothing!
If you look [...]
In KDE, where do you look to find programs that get started when you first log in?
Despite today’s gigantic hard drives (I still can’t get over the fact that virtually anyone can afford a 1 terabyte hard drive!), it is still all too easy to become a packrat like myself and file away data until even the biggest hard drive gets filled up. Especially when it comes time to archive files [...]
KDE Tips ‘n’ Tricks:
Maximize a window, both vertically and horizontally - left click on the Maximize button (but you knew that..)
Maximize a window, just vertically - middle click on the Maximize button
Maximize a window, just horizontally - right click on the Maximize button
With a dual monitor setup, the SeparateScreenFocus kwinrc variable (added September 2006) tells [...]
Some short and sweet Konqueror file manager tips for your morning:
Go -> Autostart brings you to the .kde/autostart folder. Drag links to programs to here to start when you first log into KDE. You can also drag links from the KMenu, shortcuts found on the desktop, etc.
Ctrl-Shift-l (or Window -> Split Right) to split your [...]