Debian OpenOffice Updates

This article has pointed out that there are some important updates for Debian OpenOffice users. It would appear there are 17 patches in total which effect Stable, unstable and experimental.

The above article details the flaws being fixed.

Kubuntu 8.10 Is Out

The latest incarnation of Kubuntu is now out and if you are really lucky you might find a mirror you can download it from. Or for those that want to do an upgrade of an existing system you should hit Alt-F2 and type ...

kdesudo "adept_manager --dist-upgrade"

This should open up Adept which should offer you an upgrade button.

Kubuntu has now switched to KDE 4. After playing with the previous release on Kermit my work laptop for some time I'll be interested in seeing what the new version is like. I have been meaning to blog about Debian Lenny which I have installed on my own Thinkpad which is brilliant. Kubuntu 8.04 had some silly little bugs which although not major really annoyed me. Things like Alt-F1 not working.

Anyway lets install and play.

Denied By Reign - Jono's Album Is Out.

Anyone that has been involved within the Linux Community over the last 10 years will know of Jono Bacon. Ex-Kde hacker, Linux Format scribe and now Unbuntu Community Manager.

Jono has now released his first (metal) album and you can get it here. It is released under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license which means that you can share, copy, remix the ablbum.

Aaron Seigo On Another Podcast

Aaron Seigo is the guest on the current podcast at twit.tv/FLOSS.

This is not a podcast that I have come across before but Aaron is interesting as ever to listen to.

Debain Lenny KDE 4.1.2 Backports Are Out

Just got back from a great week away with Lorraine and Bean on the Norfolk cost to see that KDE 4.1.2 is out for Lenny.

For those not in the know, Ana Beatriz Guerrero López one of the Debian KDE maintainers has been maintaining a site and repository of backports for KDE 4 for Lenny. The site is pretty basic but does detail how to install KDE 4 for Lenny and provides news of when the updates are out.

I would warn that the updates do take longer then say Kubuntu to be added (as in 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and as in they take a week or two not months) but then when they do appear they are rock solid and it is the work of a small group.

As far as I am concerned Debian KDE 4 rocks over Kubuntu.

Gimp 2.6 And Visual Studio 2008.

Having downloaded and started playing with GIMP 2.6 on windows as part of the day job I have noticed a few new tricks.

The best of which is that you can now set GIMP to be your default graphic file handler in Visual Studio 2008. (I have tried this with previous versions of both GIMP and Visual Studio and it has never worked as expected. There may have been fixes or workarounds but life is too short!)

Simply right mouse click on a graphic file, select open with. In the dialog box that appears select Add and you will be able to set the path to the gimp-2.6.exe file and set a name that will be displayed in the available applications list that VS displays when you select open with. Once you have entered these click OK and click Set As Default. Now every time you open a graphics file it will load up into Gimp.

Kubuntu 4.08 Adept-Notifer (Update Program)

Since updating Kubuntu to 4.1 I have been suffering a reoccurring problem with the update program that usually sits in the system tray.

Madberry.org a Kubuntu font of knowledge who's tips I regularly follow, recommended running the following from a terminal

adept_notifier

Which I have used in the past but now I have updated to 4.1.2 even that has stopped working. Now I'm left with running adept and using the "fetch updates" toolbar button. This is turn turns the above back on until I reboot.

If any one knows a straight fix..... please comment.