Interests
Lately my blog posts have all been about KDE, a Free software project that I’m interested in. However, since this is also a personal blog, I’ve decided to write a bit more about myself. Therefore I’ve...
View ArticleThe wonderful world of Go
No, not the World of Goo. Go is a wonderful board game. The rules themselves are very simple, but the game itself is fascinating. It’s a bit like Conway’s Game of Life – with a few simple rules you can...
View ArticleDvorak – Two years later, was it worth it?
It’s been almost two years since I picked up a new keyboard and started to learn Dvorak. Looking back, was it worth the time and effort? Did it mess up my QWERTY skills? And which layout do I use...
View ArticleShare your Knowledge
As Anne already blogged about, I suggested during the WebWorld sprint that we try to strengthen the UserBase Wiki image. I made two proposals: Whenever UserBase is mentioned the first time in a new...
View ArticleThe journey to a simple ToDo widget
Alternative title: More reasons to love Free and Open Source Software. This is a story about how I got what I wanted through toil, sweat and tears (thankfully no blood was spilled; the sweat and tears...
View ArticleJob Offer for KDE-Programmer
This is a guest post by Clemens. Hello everyone! Netrunner (http://www.netrunner-os.com) aims to become one of the leading KDE-centric Linux distributions, and to achieve this we need your help! Thanks...
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View ArticleOne of my favorite features in KDE SC 4.8
Show Keyboard Accelerators When Needed Explanation Keyboard accelerators are letters with an underscore that you see on buttons, labels etc. This feature is very useful for people who prefer to use the...
View ArticleKDE Community Forums – Create a community for your users
It’s always nice to see KDE developers join forum.kde.org, and especially nice when they request a new forum for their application or project. Lately we’ve had two newcomers, Gwenview and Accessibility...
View ArticleWelcome our new forums!
It’s been a while since I wrote about how you can create a community for your users at KDE Community Forums. Today I’m happy to announce that the forum got, not one or two, but six new forums. Isn’t...
View ArticleOpen Application Launcher with Super key
Many users want the Super key (also commonly called the Windows key and confused with the Meta key) to open the Application Launcher in KDE Plasma Desktop. At the time of writing 145 users have voted...
View ArticleDifferent background color in Vim past 80 columns
Or any number of columns, but 80 seems to be the standard for code. Preface I’ve tried different ways of highlighting lines past 80 columns but was never satisfied with the results. Since Vim 7.3...
View ArticleBlog moved to http://blog.hanschen.org
Just a heads up: I’m working on a personal website which will use the hanschen.org domain, so I’ve moved this blog to the following new address: http://blog.hanschen.org If you’re subscribed to any...
View ArticleStill alive
Today it’s been exactly two years (woah!) since my last post on this blog, which was about how the blog changed address to http://blog.hanschen.org. Two years is also the time I’ve spent so far on my...
View Articleksuperkey 0.4 released
This is just a quick announcement that ksuperkey has been updated to version 0.4. The new version brings some features from upstream (most importantly the ability to define mappings using keycodes) and...
View ArticleNext keyboard evolution – Kinesis Advantage 2?
Another year has passed since my last blog post, so I guess it’s about time for me to write another post. Talking about writing, I’ve been eyeing new keyboards recently, more specifically the Kinesis...
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