Dolphin

Yeah, now exists the Oxygen Transparent. It is a fork of Oxygen with transparence.

If you use Arch Linux, use this this package from AUR.

For others, I've adapted the PKGBUILD. This script will install the Oxygen Transparent and NOT will overwrite your Oxygen. This is default now.

You will need the runtime and workspace of KDE, pkgconfig, cmake, automoc4 and subversion(svn) git installeds.

srcdir=/tmp/oxygen
mkdir ${srcdir}
 
_gitroot="git://anongit.kde.org/oxygen-transparent"
_gitname=oxygen-transparent
 
cd "${srcdir}"
 
if [ -d ${_gitname} ]; then
  cd ${_gitname} && git pull origin
else
  git clone ${_gitroot} ${_gitname}
fi
 
rm -rf "${srcdir}/build"
git clone "${srcdir}/${_gitname}" "${srcdir}/build"
cd "${srcdir}/build"
 
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make
make install

Well, being direct, Quassel is an excellent IRC client for KDE and I'm a user :)

It do all that others IRC clients do, like:

• Connect to multiple channels and servers.
• Colorations of nicks, your messages and messages to you.
• Fallback nicks when the master fail.

He also has something that I love in certain programs: separation of core and client.

What does that mean?

Basically, the program is divided into two, in the case of Quassel, the Core is who connects and does everything in the statement of the IRC. The Client only connects to the core and shows things to the User.

What is the advantage?

You can go online even staying offline :). When I get disconnected from the Core, it just put my nickname away, but stays connected to IRC, after all, who was disconnected is the Client(I), not the Core (which is on an external server). When I connect again it shows me everything like I never left. I can see everything that happened without needs a bot to log.

How to Install?

He is also the repository of most distributions.

• Arch Linux: pacman -S quassel
• Ubuntu or Kubuntu:
  • StandAlone(without separation of Core/Client): apt-get install quassel
  • Core: apt-get install quassel-core
  • Client: apt-get install quassel-client
• Gentoo: emerge net-irc/quassel

You can also run it on Mac OS X and Windows.

More details on Download Page.

How do I see a lot of people coming looking for How to install KDE 4.4 in Arch Linux, or How to install KDE 4.4 in Kubuntu so I'm posting this, it will be quick ;)

The currently version is KDE SC 4.4 Beta 2 RC 1 RC 2 RC 3, not advisable if you want stability.

To install on Arch Linux with extra repository:

Just run a

pacman -Sy kde

or if you already have kde installed

pacman -Syu

To install on Arch Linux with KDEmod repository.

Add to your /etc/pacman.conf this:

[kdemod-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/kdemodmirrorlist

* Add it before other KDEMod repositories if you have them

If you already use KDEmod, can change the path to your own file but if you specify a server to your repositories I strongly recommend that you use in one file, so if one fails it will use another.

If this is your first time you put the KDEmod or want to create the file, place in /etc/pacman.d/kdemodmirrorlist the following content:

Server = http://chakra.virtualdisaster.net/kdemod/$repo/i686
Server = http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/kdemod/$repo/i686
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/kdemod/$repo/i686
Server = http://kdemod.iskrembilen.com/repo/$repo/i686
Server = http://kdemod.bednarek.org.pl/$repo/i686
Server = http://server.elsistech.com/archlinux/kdemod/$repo/i686
Server = http://chakra-project.org/repo/$repo/i686

*Replace i686 with x86_64 if you use a 64 bits system

If yu use KDE from the [extra](official) repository, first you need to remove it with pacman -Rd kde.

If you already use KDEMod, then update with pacman -Syu.

If you not have any KDE installed, then install with pacman -S kdemod.

To Install on Kubuntu or Ubuntu we'll use the PPA of Kubuntu:

First we'll add the PPA of Kubuntu with this command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa

Then run sudo apt-get update. Now, if you already use Kubuntu run sudo apt-get dist-uprade, or if you use Ubuntu run sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.

UPDATE: KDEMod already got KDE SC 4.4 RC 1 available. unfortunately, it's still a work in progress for the Kubuntu team (that's still on KDE SC 4.4 Beta 2)

UPDATE: Kubuntu PPA already got KDE SC 4.4 RC 1.

UPDATE: KDEMod and Kubuntu PPA already got KDE SC 4.4 RC 2 RC 3.

UPDATE: KDEMod already got final version.

UPDATE: Kubuntu PPA too.

A lot of people are falling into blog searching for "How to change the keyboard layout in Kubuntu" so I'm posting.

Contrary to what many think, is not a big deal, it is actually quite easy.

*Click in image to see all image

First open System configuration.

Now go to Regional and Language

And finally you select the layout:

1. Click in keyboard layout.
2. Select Enable keyboard layouts.
3. Select your layout.
4. Click in right arrow to enable(or double click in selected layout)
5. Apply the changes.

Ready, layout changed :)

Default theme

Chromium is already being used by thousands of people. Now, with the release of Google Chrome for Linux things should be hot. But there is still a problem, the theme. The theme is the most important visual part in the browser. That's what gives the first browser sight. The default theme of Chromium/Chrome is blue, cute and clean, but I'm a KDE SC User and definitely the theme does not match with the system. You feel a little strange to use the program, it seems that something came out from the system way, such as when telling a joke in a horror movie, but it can be easily resolved.

You just need to download the Air theme for Chromium, available in KDE-Look.org

Difference between default theme and kde

Air Theme

I am actually using it for 17 days and am very pleased. Feels like the browser is now part of the Plasma, only menus and dialog options are not changed, but you can change it using the KDE SC Theme QtCurve and forcing him to GTK2, but that is for another post:)

You may also like the Sky theme, it's blue-ish and cute too. That's up to you. :)