Three apps that make KDE 4 rock!

So, readers of my previous post will know that the other day I installed Slackware 13.1 with KDE 4.4.3, and as I am fairly new to KDE this has given me a chance to try out some of the great apps it has to offer.  And after a couple of days of exploring, I have discovered 3 apps which are completely new to me, and have changed my KDE experience completely.  So, in case you (like I was) are unaware of these apps, I thought I’d share them with my readers so here goes:

1. KNetWalk

This game is addictive as anything, and more fun than any pre-installed game I’ve had on my system before .  In the game, you are given a server, some terminals and some bits of wire.  The objective is to rotate the server/wire/terminals so all of the wire, and all of the terminals are connected to the server.  Left clicking on a square will rotate it anti-clockwise, right clicking rotates clockwise, and middle clicking locks it in position if you are sure it is correct.  Check out the KDE Games Center for some more information .

2. KTeaTime

Yep, thats right, KDE can even help you brew a cup of tea.  KTeaTime, is a timer for steeping tea, you tell it what kind of tea you are brewing, and it will tell you when it is ready.  Its simple, but very handy and its made my tea taste nicer .  You can find some more information in the KDE documentation.

3. amor

Ok, maybe it hasn’t changed my KDE experience completely.  But it has made it a bit more fun.  Having a lively tux animation hovering around my screen .

So thats it, the three KDE apps that are really impressing me at the moment, and I hope you enjoy them as well, because I don’t think its the big, shiny apps that make a system rock, its the little ones that pass time, make you smile, and make your tea taste nicer .

Hello Slackware :D!

So, A couple of months ago version 13.1 of Slackware – the oldest surviving linux distribution – was released.  And as my lappy has been giving me a bit of trouble recently.  I’ve decided to give it a try.

I spent this morning installing it, and I have to say, it was simpler than I expected, but it took me a couple of hours and compared with Ubuntu installs nowadays, it could have been easier.  fdisk gave me a bit of trouble, probably because I’ve become so used to the more user friendly alternative – gparted.  But once partitioning was out of the way it went rather smoothly , and I was impressed at the speed of the package installation.

I now have Slackware, KDE, and my GPU driver up and running, which in my opinion is not bad for a days work .  Now I just have the tricky task of getting my wireless card working .

Anyway, first impressions are excellent, I’m looking forward to enjoying it further, and I would definately recommend this slick distribution to anyone with some free time and some linux knowledge.

My plan is to keep slack as my primary distribution until the beta of Ubuntu 10.10 is available next month, after that I will focus on testing *buntu for the release in October .

EDIT: I have now got my wireless up and running, and have finally realised that the reason ifconfig was not working, was because /sbin wasn’t included in my $PATH.  Silly me.