11.30.13
Links 30/11/2013: KDE and GNOME News
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OpenGL Changes In KDE’s KWin 5 Window Manager
Martin Gräßlin, KDE’s Kwin maintainer, has shared some new OpenGL implications due to changes made in the KWin 5 window manager due to relying on Qt5 with Qt Quick 2.
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KDE’s Painting/Image Program Now Uses OpenGL 3.0
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KDE Developer Missing, Linux Reviews, and Lightweight Distros
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Desktop Search…The Crazy Uncle of KDE
This blog is no stranger to complaining about KDE desktop search. Way back in 2006 when the now defunct lobby4linux.com existed, and another shot across the KDE bow in 2009. My complaints are not lonely. I’ve talked with a lot of people who have a hard time settling in on a reliable search method in KDE. Now, Nepomuk has finally come of age and is actually a great tool to index your files. It doesn’t use a machine gun to chew through your files and RAM any longer and most times stays out of my way. I was hoping that this somehow would improve the search function in KDE itself.
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GNOME 3.11.2 Has Many Changes
The GNOME 3.11.2 development release made it out a few days ago and with it comes many new features as developers work towards the stable GNOME 3.12 release in March.
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Epiphany 3.10.2 Brings an Updated Ad Blocker
The Epiphany developers have recently released the second and probably the last maintenance release for the stable 3.10 branch of GNOME’s default web browser.
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GNOME Music 3.11.2 Adds Pep8 Compatibility