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Custom Transitioning Backgrounds in KDE4

December 23rd, 2009 by Ross Larson in

In this series of articles, we've gone over making custom transitioning slide-show backgrounds in different desktop environments. So far, we've gone over GNOME, KDE3, and XFCE. This time, we'll do the same task in KDE4. I think that it is easiest to do this KDE4 compared to all of the other desktop environments.

Custom Transitioning Backgrounds In KDE3

December 15th, 2009 by Ross Larson in

My recent article about transitioning slide show backgrounds in GNOME garnered quite a bit of attention, so here's my first reminder of how to do the same thing in other desktop environments. This one will show you how to create a custom slide show backgrounds in KDE3.

Tech Tip: Add Latitude/Longitude Information to Photos

December 10th, 2009 by Zsolt Hajdu in

I wanted to store geolocation information in the photos I take with my digital camera. That way I wouldn't have to specify the photo locations manually when I upload them to the Picasa webpage. Since my camera doesn't have built in GPS support, I wrote this script to add the location information to the pictures when they are on the computer already.

Create a Custom Transitioning Background for Your Gnome 2.28 Desktop

December 4th, 2009 by Ross Larson in

While test-driving the new Gnome 2.28 desktop, I was surprised to see that among the default backgrounds, there was a "Cosmos" slide-show of several cosmic pictures of space that regularly transition on your desktop. While I had used this feature in the past when using KDE, I was not aware of how to create my own slide-show backgrounds in Gnome. By examining how the Cosmos slide-show works, I figured out how to create my own custom slide-show backgrounds. Read on and find out to create your own custom desktop background.

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More From LinuxJournal.com

DRM, DMCA and OST (Other Scary Things)

December 24th, 2009 by LJ Staff

It's obvious to most Linux users that Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a really bad idea. It's not just because DRM-encoded media usually won't play with our operating system, but rather because we understand the value of openness. The really sad part is that DRM, at least on some level, is attempting to do a good thing.

The CinelerraCV Project

December 7th, 2009 by Dave Phillips in

Continuing my tour of Linux-based video editors this week I've profiled Cinelerra. Specifically I've reviewed the community-supported version produced by the CinelerraCV project.

Meet Your Linux Journal Team

December 4th, 2009 by Katherine Druckman in

Here's your chance to get a peek at the awesome group of people I get to work with behind the scenes at Linux Journal.

Happy Friday!

Brain + Keyboard = T-Shirt

December 3rd, 2009 by Mitch Frazier in

Engage your brain, send us a Tech-Tip, and we'll send you a T-Shirt. Or if you prefer one of our new Calendars.

Linux Journal Insider January 2010

December 1st, 2009 by Shawn Powers in


22:48 minutes (5.26 MB)

This is the maiden voyage of the Linux Journal Insider podcast, and we start the new year of Linux Journal off with a bang. Or more precisely with a HAM. HAM radio that is. If you're not a subscriber to the magazine, pick up this latest issue on newsstands mid-December, or buy a single copy in our on-line store.

Black Friday at Linux Journal

November 25th, 2009 by Shawn Powers

Get HALF OFF all apparel in the Linux Journal Store this Black Friday! Use coupon code "halfshirt" when checking out. http://www.linuxjournalstore.com/categories/T%252dShirts-%26-Apparel/

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Blogs and Opinion

Does the distro matter?

December 22nd, 2009 by David Lane

I got a phone call yesterday from a recruiter wondering if I would be interested in a Linux administrator position. The first question she asked was did I have any experience with Oracle RAC and I could hear her eyes glaze over as I answered her with a brief description of what I have done with RAC. After shaking herself back to life, she asked if I had any experience with Unbreakable Linux.

Is the Success of Google's Android a Threat to Free Software?

December 21st, 2009 by Glyn Moody

When Google first announced its Linux-based Android mobile phone platform just over two years ago, many were sceptical. After all, the reasoning went, the world of mobile phones is very different from that of computers. Similar doubts greeted the first Android phone, the HTC Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1), when it appeared last year. But something strange has happened in the last twelve months, with a growing chorus of approval for the Android platform and its phones.

Wanted: More Open Source Research

December 20th, 2009 by Doc Searls

Look up open source. You'll get 203,000,000 results. How come?

Open Source Tweeting

December 1st, 2009 by Doc Searls

Can we liberate tweeting from Twitter? It's an open question. And it's one that Dave Winer hopes we can answer, in response to his post We need: An open source Twitter shell. He begins,
It would do more or less exactly what the twitter.com website does. Same prefs, same commands, same user experience. Think Apache for the Twitter user interface.

It is no longer about the Killer Application

November 30th, 2009 by David Lane

Over the past few weeks, I have been busy. My regular job, my hobby and working with the folks at Linux Journal. Along the way, I have been thinking about the Open Source world more than I have in the past. And as I have been talking about it with people, I have been getting the standard responses you might expect.

Rupert Murdoch vs. The Web

November 25th, 2009 by Doc Searls

Are the fights that matter just the ones between giant companies? Doesn't the health of the Net and the Web matter more than any commercial battles?

Would You Accept Google's Free Netbook?

November 24th, 2009 by Glyn Moody

When Google first announced what it called Chrome OS, back in July, it said it would open source the code “later this year”. Last week it made good on that promise with the release of the code for what is now called Chromium OS, and the first analyses have started rolling in. They're mostly tinged with a vague air of disappointment, as if Chromium OS isn't quite as exciting as people hoped. But might Google be aiming much, much higher – and planning to turn the personal computing sector on its head by offering computers that cost nothing?

Let's Act on ACTA Before it's Too Late

November 9th, 2009 by Glyn Moody

It was over a year ago that I wrote about the “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” (ACTA), a new global standard for the enforcement of intellectual monopolies currently being discussed by representatives of the United States, the European Commission, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Since then, the secret negotiations have been continuing, and the threats it poses to the Internet as we know it grow ever larger.

More on Poulsbo (GMA500), Intel, and the Community

October 28th, 2009 by Shawn Powers

I've never done a follow up post on a topic before, but I think this is a topic worth further discussion. Yesterday I posted a rather pointed article focused on Intel and what I consider to be a very poor business decision regarding the GMA500 GPU.

Finally! SecDef signs Clarifying Guidance Regarding Open Source Software

October 27th, 2009 by David Lane

It is official! As of the 16th of October 2009, the United States Department of Defense recognizes Open Source software as Commodity, Off the Shelf (COTS) software, eligible for purchase, read implementation, under the purchasing rules of the Department.

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From the Magazine

January 2010, #189

You say potato, I say potahto, you say ham, I say amateur... you see where I'm going with this? Ok, maybe not, Amateur Radio, that's where and that's what this month's issue focus is. What you might ask is the connection between Amateur Radio and Linux? Well Linux may be the only O/S out there with an AX.25 packet radio protocol driver, and it's had it since forever. So blow the dust off your license and start reading.


If Ham's not your favorite food, don't despair there are plenty of other articles in this month's issue including, but not limited to, Firewall Builder, Cucumber, Vimperator, port knocking with knockd, building appliances with Linux and Xen, and using Twitter from the command line.

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