KDE and Slimbook announced that they will release a brand new laptop called KDE Slimbook. The product will be priced around 700-900 Euros and it has good specs. I find nothing special about this laptop except for the price that is a little bit high and the fact that it comes with KDE based Linux installed. … Continue reading KDE Slimbook a Laptop for KDE Fans
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Reasons why Linux is NOT better than Windows or OSX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH3v41JmyIg Just watched this video and I know that there are many Linux enthusiasts out there that constantly propagate this bullshit. I love Linux, I use Linux and that's the reason why I think the community should stop bashing the more popular operating systems and start learning from them. There is no conspiracy here, nobody … Continue reading Reasons why Linux is NOT better than Windows or OSX
Bye bye Kubuntu
This is actually a happy "breakup" for me. I am relieved to say goodbye to Kubuntu and KDE at least until they learn that consistency and stability is more important than gobbledy gunk special effects. For me Linux has always been about usability, stability, reliability but with KDE it was constant crash and drama. I … Continue reading Bye bye Kubuntu
MySQL Workbench Bug
So, you have an UTF-8 encoded database and you dump it to an SQL file, then load that file in MySQL Workbench and execute it. Chances are that it won't work and it will fail with error code: 1064. You will try to search on Google for this issue hoping that the problem is in … Continue reading MySQL Workbench Bug
Increasing battery life on Kubuntu
Linux has a lot of advantages, but long battery life on a laptop isn’t usually one of them. I have an ASUS ultra-book that lasts more than 4 hours on Windows, but only 1.5 hours on Kubuntu. Luckily I found the way to overcome this issue. On my machine I have two graphics cards and … Continue reading Increasing battery life on Kubuntu
Install Brackets on Kubuntu/Ubuntu
I tried to install Adobe Brackets on Kubuntu 15 but sadly I couldn't do it directly. The problem was an old and obsolete dependency called libgcrypt11. The "solution" for this is for Adobe to update the .deb package but obviously this is not an acceptable solution, for us users. What you can do is install … Continue reading Install Brackets on Kubuntu/Ubuntu