Technology, Open Source and Shiny Things

I love KDE and am ok with OS X so I was very excited about the KDE team releasing KDE 4 on Windows and Mac. It is a technology preview so it is not ready for production.

It installs. You need about 5 packages to get up and running. I also installed Amarok 2. The first thing I noticed is that the footprint of these packages was massive. I have downloaded all of KDE for Linux before and these seem to be about 500MB. The OS X installer seems to be twice this size

After all this I tried running some applications. They pretty much all “run” but whether you can do anything with them depends. Ultimately I am excited and can’t wait until new stuff comes out.

So I just bought my first Mac. My thinking was to eliminate Windows(I need iTunes for iPhone). I also wanted to have a small media centre system. I also wanted to learn about developing applications for iPhone. I am surprised at how powerful it is. Even so I am probably going to throw in a new hard drive and add more memory.

The thing that drives me crazy about it are the lack of keyboard shortcuts. In Windows or Linux I can use the system without a mouse with a Mac I can’t… Yet. The other thing that is annoying is when switching programs it only has the application and not all the windows of that program.

I was wondering if you can do 4 GB of RAM with the new Mac Mini. I have read conflicting reports online about that. The Core 2 Duo is 64-Bit but is Leopard on the Mac Mini? I’m thinking that the people who can’t get more than 3 gigs and change are on the mac mini with just a core duo.