Category: opensuse
not even mucked-up monday yet.
By basd on May 1, 2009 | In kde4, opensuse, arghhh!!
It's only ... Friday.
Mostly I use KMail. But, KMail has suddenly declined to communicate with my IMAP server(s).For a while, I thought it was the server, but Thunderbird will connection just fine. So, it's KMail.
Great.
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/tmp
By basd on May 1, 2009 | In linux, opensuse
For reasons I do not know, OpenSUSE is not set to clear the /tmp files in its default configuration. Nor does the install suggestion this should be modified. Which I knew. But clogged /tmp files can quickly result in very sluggish performance -- which… more »
whining, clarified
By basd on Apr 25, 2009 | In kde4, opensuse
My blog details, among other things, my travails with KDE4. Which, yes, is my primary work desktop (except such times as my primary work desktop is KDOMOWS or some other hybrid). And yes, I know some of the breakage is to be expected since I use OpSu "… more »
air and crashes
By basd on Apr 17, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse
I switched from Oxygen to Air as a desktop theme and I am actually using the green backgroundI've always used plain black background, but the widgets and panels look better with the green background and not particularly good with black.
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bittersweet success
By basd on Apr 13, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, tethered blackberry
Several days have passed, including an upgrade with a new kernel and my KDE4 desktop is working fine.It seems that the problems I used to have (crashing plasma when I put too many icons and widgets into the panels and desktop) are resolved. So, that "cl… more »