KDE

A lot of people don't know that they can change their desktop wallpaper automatically by very easy steps in KDE. For the gnome's user, I think they need to install a program for doing this. As usual, this method are applicable for all KDE distributions.

1- From desktop, click right button and choose “Desktop Activity Settings”:

2- Then choose “SlideShow” in Type box.

One of the things I like about KDE is the options. It is powerful and rich. In this post, I will show you how to customize your windows buttons. Normally you get the defaults windows decoration something like this:

There are five buttons there without any real benefit to me at least. I need only two of them the minimize one and close button. For maximize the window I use double click. The method (which I will tell you) is applicable to all KDE distributions (i.e. kubuntu, debian, opensuse, mandriva, and so on).

The KDE project developers have announced the availability of version 4.4 of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC), code named "Caikaku". The major update to the free open source K Desktop Environment (KDE) addresses a number of bugs and includes several translation updates, stability improvements and new features.

The KDE Plasma Desktop Workspace

The Skrooge team is proud to announce the release of version 0.6.0, bringing new features and a lot of bugfixes.

Skrooge allows you to manage your personal finances, powered by KDE 4.x. It has many features, it is one of the most powerful way to enter, follow, and analyze your expenses.

New features

Here are some of the most prominent new features in Skrooge 0.6.0:

-Forecasting: Skrooge is now able to draw some estimation of how a graph might look in the future.

The new version 1.0 from OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin has been released. OpenOffice.org Thumbnail plugin is a plugin for KDE file managers (Dolphin and Konqueror) to preview OpenOffice.org files (OpenDocument Format) as Thumbnails. You do not need to install OpenOffice.org for it to work (it only uses KDE API).

I think a lot of people are looking for this thumbnailer. This thumbnailer will help you to get a quick  glance at your OpenOffice.org's OpenDocument files.
Here is how the thumbnails look like in action: