The company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux software have decided to end funding for the Kubuntu variation of the operating system. Kubuntu is basically what you get when you take Ubuntu’s core software and tack on a custom version of the KDE desktop environment in place of the Unity user interface that the main branch of Ubuntu has used for…

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The Spark is a 7 inch tablet with an open source Linux-based operating system and an open platform for apps, eBooks, and other digital content. One of the developers of the Spark project introduced the tablet last week, and now he’s posted a Q&A with far more details – including launch details. Pre-orders for the Spark tablet will start next week, and…

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A new tablet called the Spark is on the way. At first glance it looks like most of the cheap Chinese tablets we’ve seen in the past few years, but the Spark won’t run Google Android. Instead it will run an open source Linux-based operating system with the KDE Plasma Active interface running on top. KDE Plasma Active team member…

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A team of developers working on the KDE desktop environment have released the first version of a new user interface designed for touchscreen tablets. It’s called Plasma Active One, and the new customizeable user interface is organized around the idea of “Activities.” KDE is a user interface and suite of apps which runs on a number of popular Linux-based operating systems. Test…

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As KDE developers continue to build the device-independent Plasma Active Linux environment, other pieces of the UI puzzle are falling into place as well. Pieces like Contour, which the team bills as a “context-sensitive user interface that adapts to…current activities and behavioral patterns of the user.” As you can see in the screenshot, part of what Contour does is recommend…

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When we first saw it demoed on Linux netbooks in 2009, KDE Plasma was looking good. It brought a little sizzle to the desktop which was somewhat lacking in the Ubuntu Netbook Remix at the time. Now, the KDE team is looking to move beyond desktops and notebooks — and it hopes to deliver an exciting, adaptable Plasma experience for…

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The KDE Plasma interface certainly looks good, and it’s a good fit on netbook screens. And MeeGo runs on netbooks…So why not throw the two of them in a blender and see what comes out? That’s what one enthusiast has done, and he’s shared his triumph on YouTube for all to see (check out the video after the break). The…

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The folks behind the popular KDE Linux desktop environment pushed out version 4.4 recently, complete with a new interface designed specifically for netbooks. Basically a desktop environment such as KDE or GNOME provides a user interface and a number of applications for Linux users. The KDE 4.4 Plasma Netbook shell is optimized for mini-laptops with small screens. It has a…

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At times I’ve felt like KDE 4 is a little bit on the sluggish side on my desktop PCs. On a netbook’s Atom processor? I wouldn’t even have considered switching from Gnome if I hadn’t seen this video on YouTube. We’ve known the Plasma interface was coming for quite some time, and it finally made its debut in Kubuntu 9.10. After…

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The folks behind the KDE desktop environment for Linux are working on optimizing KDE 4′s Plasma user interface to play well with netbooks. That means applications and widgets have to look good on low resolution displays, and graphical effects can’t be too resource intensive. So far, it looks like things are off to a good start. According to a recently…

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[/caption] Some of the folks behind the KDE Linux desktop environment are putting their heads together and trying to come up with a new interface designed especially for netbooks. The goal is to have something ready to go by the time KDE 4.4 is released (The latest version of KDE is KDE 4.2.2). According to developer Aaron Seigo, here are…

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