Migrating from KDE3.5 to KDE4.2
First, it is possible to just copy your old .kde dir to .kde4. Some things didn’t work for me and anyway it’s a good opportunity to do some housecleaning, so I decided to try and import data instead (and keep the old .kde3 dir in case I need it later).
Konqueror: import bookmarks from 4.2 works [...]
KDE 4.2 released!
When Linus jumps ship and switches to gnome, I start using it. The first version that is usable by normal people just got released. For a good review of the new things I recommend KDE 4.2 Review From Inside Out. Part 1 and Part 2. And here’s a good overview of the new desktop effects. [...]
KDE vs Gnome – who cares
So apparently Linus doesn’t like KDE anymore and here we go again. Apparently for people who LOVE KDE 3.5 the only choice if they don’t like KDE4 (yet anyway) is to switch to gnome. I’m writing this post on a KDE 3.5 installation and a big WTF floats in my head. If KDE4 doesn’t suit [...]
Making fields unique when there are duplicate rows in mysql
So I had this table working as a many-to-many relationship for some things, with 2 fields, both foreign keys to other tables. Since there for some reason wasn’t anything enforcing uniqueness in the entries, there were several duplicate rows. If I tried to ALTER TABLE to add a primary key to the 2 fields (no [...]