Installing KDE 3.5 on Ubuntu Breezy 5.10

KDE logoKDE 3.5 has been released on November 29, 2005. I bet that some people are trying to get their hands on the new desktop environment.

I’ve found a nice tutorial that helps Ubuntu Breezy 5.10 user install KDE 3.5 painlessly

OK, here it goes :

Login as root and run the following commands from the console

wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~jriddell/kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
apt-key add kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg

Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list

# Ubuntu 5.10 KDE 3.5 Repository
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde35 breezy main

Run the following commands

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

I’ve copied this guide directly from : Madpenguin.org

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Firefox 1.5 is fast!

I’ve tried Mozilla Firefox 1.5 today (thanks to Acap!), it’s surely fast! Switching between tabs is almost instantly as well as “Back” and “Forward” actions. I haven’t f serious memory-leak yet, as the case of Mozilla Firefox 1.0.x series

Other notable improved :

  1. Supports some CSS3 elements
  2. Supports ATOM 1.0 feeds for Live BookMark
  3. Cool SVG supports

p/s : I just realised that Mozilla Firefox website has been moved to a new domain : http://mozilla.com :p

So why wait? get Mozilla Firefox now

Freebies Invitations That I Have

Whoa, seems I have a quite a few of freebies invitation to pass around right now, and they are :

Gmail
Gmail is a free, search-based webmail service that includes more than 2,500 megabytes (2.5 gigabytes) of storage. The backbone of Gmail is a powerful Google search engine that quickly finds any message an account owner has ever sent or received. That means there’s no need to file messages in order to find them again.

30Gigs Email
30Gigs.com started off with the idea of creating a “All in one” site for the webmaster and avid computer users. Combining personal file storage, GD2 signatures and anonymous email all in one service, which would be free. Our main goal is to increase our space even further, to 50 gigs, or maybe 100 as time goes on. 30Gigs.com is still in a very heavy beta, and if you are a member, please help us to make it the best mail server there is. We will be offering a section for personal file storage (up to 30 gigs) and a GD2 signature maker to keep your email safe from spam robots. We also offer a unique feature, which allows you to send a email from any address you want. This is very usefull if you have multiple accounts linked to your 30Gigs.com account, and want to send a email from john@otherservice.com so you dont confuse the sender. Any further information can be addressed to support@30gigs.com.

And finally,

MsjBox
MsjBox is one of the best shoutbox that I ever use personally, created by a fellow Malaysian, Mr Junaidi. Msjbox spots many functionalities that can’t be found in most of the shoutbox free services. Some of the most nifty features are :

  • IP logging/blocking
  • Color Customization
  • Easy Installation
  • Message Limit (flood control)
  • Popup replyfunction
  • Invitations
  • Auto-refresh
  • Extended Smilies
  • User Avatar
  • Multipage shoutbox functionality
  • Easy to use control panel
  • Easy to remember BBCode-like shortcuts

So please contact me if any of you folks want to be invited to use the services.

Yahoo Media RSS extension (mRSS) and Photo Galleries

I just realised that Yahoo Media RSS extension (mRSS) has enabled me to view my photo gallery in slide show in My Yahoo!.

This is because I’ve included Yahoo mRSS extension as part of my experimental Coppermine RSS/ATOM plugin.

You can see the screenshot of “My Yahoo!” here when it reacted on RSS feed that contain mRSS extension. The normal RSS/ATOM feed subscription is on the right, while the mRSS-enabled feed is in slideshow mode.

Other photo gallery that supports Yahoo mRSS is Flickr

You can get Yahoo Media RSS extension specifications here : http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/mrss