Category: kubuntu

a month worth of blogging

By basd on Mar 5, 2011 | In kde4, kubuntu, linux, opensuse, gnome, icewm, lxde | Send feedback »

Soooo ... My actual job morphed from nothing much to do into chained-to-desk 24/7 (except when driving like madman to next location).  Yikes!  No time to blog -- but lots of things to comment on. I discovered by accident that the updater applet… more »

jolicloud 1.1 finally

By basd on Jan 9, 2011 | In kubuntu, linux, gnome, lxde, jolicloud | Send feedback »

Imagine my surprise when I logged into Chrome after installing Jolicloud 1.1 to see an entry, apparently some several days old, indicating I could now UPGRADE from Jolicloud 1 to Jolicloud 1.1.  (And that there are Jolicloud reps. in Vegas at CES.  I mig… more »

when all else fails, use a different distro

By basd on Dec 15, 2008 | In kde4, kubuntu, linux, gnome, icewm | Send feedback »

This will not necessarily solve all of the problems, but it will definitely waste a lot of time! In any event, I loaded the 8.10 Kubuntu onto the HP 5290. My hunch was right -- the runaway CPU usage by X is now solved. In addition, Kubuntu recognize… more »