PC-BSD 8.0 vs. Kubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks

PC-BSD 8.0 was released last week and while we have already delivered FreeBSD 8.0 benchmarks including against Debian GNU/kFreeBSD and Fedora / Debian / OpenBSD / OpenSolaris for which PC-BSD is based, we took this opportunity to deliver a fresh set of *BSD benchmarks. In this article we have benchmarks of PC-BSD 8.0 x64 against [...]

Kubuntu Netbook Edition Preview

Desktop developers are starting to understand that netbooks need different interfaces than workstations — or even notebooks. The smaller screens on netbooks are a usability challenge, comparable to designing a business card when you’re used to creating full-page ads.
A case in point is KDE’s Plasma Netbook interface, now available in a preview in Kubuntu 9.10. [...]

5 things make Kubuntu 9.10 special

1- Plasma Netbook Technical Preview
Kubutnu is the first distribution will ship Plasma Netbook desktop under the name “Kubuntu Netbook Edition 9.10″. From the name you can guess it is not the final product. Kubuntu took an early snapshot from plasma netbook shell and packaged them for 9.10 release. The first official release of Plasma Netbook [...]

Preview of Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

The release of the newest version of Ubuntu is only 10 days away. Many sites, including MakeTechEasier have covered its pending arrival and given you a glimpse of the Beta version. Today we are going to take a look at Kubuntu, the KDE-based version of Ubuntu.
Installation
As with previous Kubuntu versions, you can install it from [...]

Kubuntu Jaunty: Just ‘cos I use it don’t mean it’s good

I’ve been using Kubuntu Jaunty since its release, and quite a bit before that as well (during the beta phase). Generally speaking, I can’t do without it. I use it as my primary operating system for both work and leisure, and I’ve upgrade virtually all of my staff’s laptops to use it as well. For [...]

Kubuntu Tutorials Day Spreads the Knowledge

The recent Kubuntu Tutorials Day featured five of free software’s finest speakers spreading their knowledge to a large audience. There were talks on Kubuntu, artwork, packaging, as well as an introduction to Ruby. There was also a special guest speaker from Amarok who gave a well received tutorial on scripting Amarok with QtScript.
Full and edited [...]

Kubuntu Tutorials Day will Get You into KDE Programming

Time for another Kubuntu Tutorials Day. Learn about KDE and Kubuntu development in a helpful atmosphere next Monday from 19:00UTC in the #kubuntu-devel IRC freenode channel. We have a lineup of exciting speakers on a range of topics. Read on for the timetable
Read more at KDE.news

A weekend with Ubuntu 9.04 and Kubuntu 9.04.

First a big thank you to the Ubuntu / Kubuntu communities for providing their time to put together such fine Operating Systems. If you want to learn more about Ubuntu 9.04 you can go here and if you would like more information on Kubuntu 9.04 go here.
With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 I figured it [...]

Interview with a Kubuntu Developer

The Kubuntu German Community Team recently interviewed one of the newer Kubuntu developers, Jonathan Thomas. In Jonathan’s interview, he talks in detail about the Kubuntu Jaunty release, his amazing and popular work on the Weather Wallpaper, upstream relations and more.

kubuntu-de.org: We can’t wait to get Jaunty released, but the next release is also planned and [...]

Kubuntu 9.04 Falls Short

Kubuntu 9.04 was released April 23rd, 2008, and with it brought a newly improved desktop (KDE 4.2), as well as the speed improvements that Ubuntu also gained. Unfortunately, while the new release of Ubuntu last week was completely amazing, the new Kubuntu has a few problems and an almost completely broken network manager that keep [...]