NAMAKU TUX

KDE Plasma 5.27 has been released, claimed as the best release for 5x branch, and will be the LTS version. There are a lot of new features and bug fixes, make this new KDE version worth to try on your daily machine. Detailed information about the KDE 5.27 release notes could be read at this following page: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.0/ For rolling release or semi-rolling release distro like arch, opensuse tumbleweed and KDE Neon, KDE 5.27 would land soon into your desktop after it's been released. But if you are a happy Kubuntu user, there is a PPA to install KDE 5.27 into your Kubuntu 22.10: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade Short Review Despite it comes from beta channel, everything works perfectly without any single issue. As a casual office user, I don't use flatpak too much, but the flatpak app permision is a notable new feature that proofs KDE is probably the most mature desktop in Linux. The developer real...

WiFi card is a component you can't really choose. CPU, memory, graphic card and storage, are probably the main reason people buy a laptop, but not a WiFi card. It's just a tiny device you always think and expect to work without problem. Today, almost any network device work out of the box under Linux kernel. If not, the proprietary firmware can be easily installed. Unfortunately, there are few issues with few WiFi cards in Linux. Realtek is one in the list. I have a laptop with realtek 8821ce wifi card that always works properly on my Ubuntu machine. There is a package called rtl8821ce-dkms I can install directly from Ubuntu's repository and the wifi will work as it should. Sadly, this package is deprecated in Ubuntu 22.10 repository and doesn't work with Ubuntu 22.04's  kernel 5.19 upgrade. Apparently, there is already a module rtw88_8821ce included in Linux kernel. But this driver doesn't work properly yet. You have to be near your wifi router to be able to ge...

Kernel is the heart of an operating system. It communicates directly to the hardware to deliver what you call an operating system. Linux itself is the name of a kernel that is now widely used in a lot of system, including your Android phone. Furthermore, a "Linux operating system" is technically a complex system with a Linux kernel and other components --most of them are component from GNU project. Thus, the appropriate name for a "Linux OS" should be GNU/Linux. Ubuntu --and its derivatives-- is one of the most popular Linux distribution that comes with the most fundamental philosophy of an operating system: ease . Ubuntu works properly with a lot of countless hardware, out of the box. Also, it has a huge software repository to fulfill your need. Another great feature comes with Ubuntu is regular Linux kernel update, so your system will always be more secure and updated. Unfortunately, some hardware, mostly WiFi card, has inconsistent behavior with newer Linux kerne...

When it comes to office suite, Microsoft Office is still the most used among other existing office suites. Microsoft Office popularity can be seen in other office suites --including LibreOffice-- that are trying to resemble the UI called ribbon. WPS office, a multiplatrom freeware is emerging to be one of best Microsoft Office alternative, because offers an interface that looks very similar to Microsoft Office's ribbon UI.  Unfortunately, there is an issue with WPS Office 2019 that is very slow to open in Linux desktop. Apparently, the issue is caused by WPS Office is trying to connect to the internet, everytime it's open. Even worse, there isn't option to disable this feature. Solution There are currently two options, if you really prefer WPS Office to be your main office suite in your Linux desktop: 1. Install WPS Office Snap; 2. Install WPS Office Flatpak. Flatseal Solution Snap is becoming popular because the developer is improving the performance. However, compared to ...

Mandriva 2007 was my first distro I installed on my pentium 3 machine. It came with beautiful KDE desktop and non-free multimedia codecs. While other major distro were still dealing with proprietary formats, Mandriva gave me full support to play my media collections. It was my first love. Unfortunately, the company behind this distro was struggling with financial problem and the Mandriva project was officaly discontinued in 2012. As the continuation, OpenMandriva was born from the ashes of Mandriva. Recently, OpenMandriva project build a new architecture, called znver, optimized to AMD Ryzen CPU. Also, OpenMandriva release a new version codenamed ROME, a rolling release version that offers newer update regularly. It really makes me curious because I have a Ryzen laptop and I decided to rock this new system on my Ryzen machine. Installation Media OpenMandriva ROME 23.01 has a 2.8 GB iso. Compared to othe KDE Plasma based distro, like Kubuntu, this is relatively small. Nice. Installation...