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What about Gnome apps then?

What about Gnome apps then?

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about KDE apps. I went through the default stack of programs available in the desktop environment,…

KDE apps – Any good?

KDE apps – Any good?

What is the one big advantage that Linux distributions have over Windows? If you ask me, that would be the fact that distributions…

Plasma 5.14 – Phasers on stun

Plasma 5.14 – Phasers on stun

Linux is much like the stock market. Moments of happiness broken by crises. Or is the other way around? Never mind. Today shall…

Author Archives: Luis Augusto Fretes

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KRunner evolved: Plasma Search

31st August 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes No comments.

The first article I wrote on Netrunner-mag was about KRunner and now it has been entirely redesigned. Originally KRunner was just a “run…

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A new system tray?

31st August 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes 2 comments

The system tray has remained mostly the same for decades, a few icons sitting on a panel displaying some information about the system…

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Convergence

30th August 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes 3 comments

Since the advent of smartphones and tablets much has been said about the idea of convergence. The word is used to refer to…

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Introducing Plasma 5

27th August 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes 12 comments

I started writing about KDE a long time ago, I was still on high school. All of my articles were about “Introducing” new…

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Wish-fix it list: Plasma 4 edition

31st July 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes 2 comments

Wish-fix-it is a series of things I would like to see improved in “KDE 5”. As I will point out in the future,…

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DriveDroid: Booting Linux from your phone

31st July 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes No comments.

I love testing Linux distributions. And how much comfortable life is for today’s Linux testers! I vividly remember when downloading a flavor of…

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Thoughts on main menus

29th July 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes 4 comments

The first thing a user is expected to interact with, at least in any operating system with a graphical interface, is the main…

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landscapelauncher

Review: KDE Connect

17th July 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes No comments.

Google and Apple are two companies known for being pretty innovative. Recently Apple followed by Google showcased their new way of integrating your…

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Review: Netrunner 14

30th June 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes No comments.

The new version of Netrunner is here. For some users, the most important part of this release will be its LTS nature. Since…

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KDE developers

“Won’t Freya be free?” – The cost of software

29th June 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes 1 comment

One of the most original distributions out there is Elementary OS. The first version was hyped quite a lot, it wasn’t perceived by…

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Open Source Transportation 2.0

15th June 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes No comments.

It’s been almost year since Elon Musk showed his idea for a supersonic fully electric and solar form of transportation. The famous hyperloop…

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Testing in-home streaming with low-end hardware

31st May 2014 by Luis Augusto Fretes No comments.

So I took the old Netbook I used to test Netrunner on low-end hardware out, this time I wanted to test something entirely…

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