Dear lazyweb…
My operating system hard disk has failed (again – kinda, poking it from a live CD shows that the filesystem isn’t recognised, though I can mount it if I explicitly state it is ext4 and a fair bit of the data is still there). It’s a vintage 70GB Seagate, the SMART diagnostics are not [...]
Tags: help needed, offtopic
(Apologies to Planet KDE readers – this may well be irrelevant to you. But since most of my posts are KDE related and will remain so I haven’t seen any point in setting up a separate feed for the planet)
You may have heard about the cracking of the email system at a leading UK University [...]
One of the many cool things about Amarok 2 is the integration of video and pictures that match up with the song/artist you are currently listening too. It’s a great way to stumble across cool music videos, but it’s the photo stuff that has been amusing me a bit.
If you listen to Doves as I [...]
Tags: amarok, bugs/features, offtopic
(Planet readers: this is completely unrelated to KDE, so you might want to skip it).
Today is Remembrance Sunday in the UK. There are many differing opinions over the wisdom and even legality of various military adventures by the UK and its allies over recent years, but I don’t believe that should stop us recognising the [...]
Tags: Charity, help needed, offtopic
Hello PlanetKDE (and thanks to Jonathan Riddell for adding me).
Firstly, a quick about me bit. Well quickish, I do meander a bit sometimes.
I first encountered KDE in 2004. Wow, that seems a long time ago now, but I know that still makes me a relative newb compared to some of you. I didn’t know it [...]
Tags: help needed, offtopic
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