Fix for well known libvdpau bug with libflashplayer is nice, but it has once severe problem. Patch is designed wrong, so it won’t work with opera. Problem with patch is that it tries to look for string ”libflashplayer” in ”/proc/self/cmdline”. Assumption that such string would exist in cmdline is very poor, and it won’t with…
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Finally KDE4 series is starting to show some stability. It looks like it’s possible to start using this new Linux desktop.
Read moreExperiences with KDE 4.1
Finally! After long waiting KDE 4.1 was released. After very bad experiences with KDE 4.0, I decided to see what has improved. For whole week I tried to use KDE 4.1 instead of KDE 3.5.9, and conclusion is quick. Conclusion for KDE 4.1: KDE 4.1 is still very slow and unstable. Like snail crawling in…
Read moreFixing braindead Gnome
As we all know, Gnome is braindead system, and nobody in sane state of mind touches it, except with 3 meter long hot stick to beat the beast down. Now, even if you have reached first step of sanity, which means that you haven’t installed it at all. Then still gnome system fails to honor…
Read moreLaughing aloud to KDE 4.0.3
It’s simply dog slow… Just moving mouse in Dolphin, consumes 100% of CPU. And when it’s idling.., then it consumes something between 5% – 30% of CPU. That can be called ridiculously non-performant. Some idiot is seemingly thinking that there isn’t ever any better user for CPU cycles than UI updating. For some strange reason…
Read moreKDE4 is big fat joke
While being long time KDE4 user, and deeply disliking gnome opensource geeks (due to their insistent way of pushing ideology over practical solutions). Considering all this it’s very sad to see that KDE4 seems to be just big, ugly joke released as desktop. One of the most stupid features in KDE4 are these ”plasmoids” in…
Read moreShutdown KDE via script
From sfnet.atk.linux (Sorry for non-translated text): Q: Onko olemassa komentoa, joka sammuttaa KDE:n ja tietokoneen samalla tavalla kuin toiminto KDE:n valikossa ”K -> Log Out… -> Turn Off Computer”? Ainakin nopeasti ajatellen tuntuisi, että shutdown-komento ei sammuta työpöytää yhtä nätisti. Voit käyttää DCOP:ia[1]: [code lang=”perl”] dcop ksmserver ksmserver saveCurrentSession dcop ksmserver ksmserver logout 0 2…
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