Plasma » CUDUWUDU – Tech & Computer blog

Plasma Media Center 1.0.0, first stable version of KDE media center

class=”article first_main_article” readability=”47″>

KDE developers have just announced the first release of Plasma Media Center, as its name implies, a media center designed to provide a rich experience multidevice , both PC as tablets , phones and televisions smart.

500x281 pmc6 Plasma Media Center 1.0.0, first stable version of KDE media center

say, Plasma Media Center (PCM) is the media center of the KDE hitherto lacked. A unified application interface from which play pictures, music and video . The first stable version has the following features:

Integration with desktop search
Support for photos from Flickr and Picasa
Creating playlists with shuffle option

Support for custom plugins

Do not expect a finished product . The important thing is that we are here and can be tested …. more or less.

waiting for the main pro-KDE distros include a PMC in their repositories, users of Fedora 17 and Ubuntu 12.10 and higher and higher have available some instructions for installing and compiling the program at this link.

Finally we leave you with two videos of Plasma running Media Center, and Tablet PC respectively:

And now, never better asked, how do you see it?

Plasma Media Center 1.0.0, first stable version of KDE media center

class=”article first_main_article” readability=”47″>

500x281 pmc6 Plasma Media Center 1.0.0, first stable version of KDE media center

Integration with desktop search
Support for photos from Flickr and Picasa
Creating playlists with shuffle option

Support for custom plugins

Do not expect a finished product . The important thing is that we are here and can be tested …. more or less.

Finally we leave you with two videos of Plasma running Media Center, and Tablet PC respectively:

And now, never better asked, how do you see it?

Now you can try to book your tablet Vivaldi with Plasma Active. Its price: 200 €

class=”article first_main_article” readability=”35″>Great news

finally arrive Vivaldi project, which we have been talking for some time and that seems to be on its way out before they can be in the hands of users. The big news: has started the booking process this tablet which operates under the interface provided KDE Plasma Active .

vivaldi can already trying to book your tablet Vivaldi with Plasma Active. Their price: € 200

page listed in the pre-booking, the technical characteristics of Vivaldi are:

ARM Cortex A9 Processor

1 GHz GPU Mali 400
1GB DDR2 RAM
8GB Nand Flash Disk
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g (3G via USB External)
Front camera 1.3 Mpixel
1080P HDMI output
2 USB

MicroSD slot

Audio output 3.5 mm
hardware buttons to control volume and on / off
Gsensor of 4 dimensions
3000mAH battery to 7.4v
Weight 355 grams

responsible for it have had to close the period of pre-bookings almost immediately , and let us note that at least our name, e-mail and region to send us an e-mail alert when opening a new period of actual booking.

So as you can aim, because Vivaldi are closer .

Plasma Active on Nexus 7

class=”article first_main_article” readability=”35″>

interest linuxers the tablet segment is remarkable, and there are several very important developments about which we have spoken of as the tablet or tablet PengPod Vivaldi. Vivaldi For the desktop environment used is Plasma Active, a development that we can see in action on the Nexus 7 .

Plasma Plasma Active Active 500x357 Nexus 7 on the Nexus 7

This is confirmed by a developer on his blog where he shows with images-sorry, no video-how Plasma Active seems perfectly displayed in the Google tablet , and even shows all steps for make install Plasma Active on the Nexus 7, and there are users who have contributed and complementary solutions to some problems with the audio.

joins process that we discussed and that allows you to install Ubuntu on the Nexus 7 thanks to the instructions provided by Canonical itself. What seems clear is that if you want to use Linux on your tablet, the Nexus 7 seems the appropriate device