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Mandriva Automatic VirtualBox Guest Additions
Nov 8th
The instant transfer of the cursor between the host environment and the guest is a crucial component of a seamless guest operating system. Mandriva apparently comes pre-installed with VirtualBox compatible code, as the behavior of the mouse is consistent with that of a successfully installed VirtualBox guest additions package. I have a high opinion of Mandriva. The installation process is unique, simple, intuitive, and fast. The size of the OS is relatively small considering it utilizes a KDE desktop. Three thumbs up 
I added a Mandriva VirtualBox VDI to those available on VirtLinux.com
Ubuntu Server – Convert to Graphical
Aug 25th
If your running Ubuntu Server Edition you can install a KDE or Gnome graphical desktop with a couple of apt installations. For a bare minimal install, you will be able to login to a full desktop with one of the following:
sudo apt-get install gnome-core
sudo apt-get install kde-core
For a baseline set of package you can install the following:
sudo apt-get install gnome
sudo apt-get install kde
For the entire package set released with either Kubuntu or Ubuntu you can install:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-dekstop
These commands will install all the files associated with the default graphical desktop that comes with either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. So, what can be done is a Ubuntu server installation, and if need be, you can install the graphical environment. You can refer to a previous post for more information about typical KDE packages on a core KDE desktop: http://www.bgevolution.com/blog/index.php/gnome-kde-ubuntu-kubuntu-desktop-config/
Keyboard Shortcuts in Debian and KDE
Aug 17th
Keyboard Shortcuts allow for media buttons, such as start, stop, play, volume up, volume down, mute, and others to perform as expected after configuration. In Debian, the out-of-the-box install has in the Preferences folder the Keyboard Shortcuts manager. Its relatively intuitive, you click the action you want, such as volume up or down, then you press the corresponding media button to establish the association. On KDE go to your settings, Control Center, Regional & Accessibility, Keyboard Shortcuts. This menu appears different than the other Keyboard Shortcuts manager, but it will do exactly the same thing. Also on KDE, you can install kmix, and this program will manage specifically your volume media button shortcuts
Automount NTFS USB KDE Desktop
Aug 16th
Sometimes KDE has a bug when certain USB drives, particularly ones with NTFS file formats, do not automount to the KDE desktop. There is no graphical configuration that can resolve this situation, but the solution is extremely easy and relatively painless. All you have to do is copy a file that is located in the wrong location. By placing it in the right location everything is good to go, bam simple as this: First install and run ntfs-config to generate the wrongly located policy file: sudo apt-get install ntfs-config Run ntfs-config from the applications / system tools and set external drives to read/write Now you can copy the newly generated file to the correctly location. This will establish expected performance of KDE: sudo cp /etc/hal/fdi/policy/20-ntfs-config-write-policy.fdi /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/20-ntfs-config-write-policy.fdi This is a single line with a space between the .fdi file and the subsequent directory, as per the option formating associated with the cp (copy) command.
CD Burning in KDE on Ubuntu
Aug 14th
If you have a KDE-core installation, on top of an Ubuntu system, and want CD Burning support, the defacto CD Burning software is K3b. You can install it with: sudo apt-get install k3b Most likely, in a Red Hat System, you can use: yum install k3b ; it should resolve all dependencies You can also download the source code for version 1.0.3 from Sourceforce if your Linux Distribution does not have it in its apt or yum repositories: http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/k3b/k3b-1.0.3.tar.bz2
KDE Frequency Scaling
Aug 13th
Kpowersave is a KDE applet that pretty much does what the gnome power saver does. One distinct feature of Kpowersave is the ability to specify a frequency scaling profile. For instance, if your process or is capable of frequency scaling, you can force the Megahertz to stay at a lower value. My pc varies its frequency between 1600 Mhz and 800 Mhz, and with Kpowersave I can force the frequency to stay at 800 Mhz independent of the application load!
