So how do you use it? Start with clicking on the OpenID / Identity Login link at the bottom of the sidebar. On the login page, choose KDE Identity, and enter your Identity credentials (if you don’t have one already, register here). You’ll be taken to a page where you can either link your Identity account with an existing user on the wiki, or create a new user. And you’re done!

Important: If you are an existing OpenID user on any of these wikis, and you originally created your account using an OpenID provider, you may not have a password at all. So linking to your existing account will not be possible from the login prompt. In such cases, log into the wiki with your existing OpenID account, go to My Preferences, click on the OpenID tab and click on the Add new OpenID link at the bottom in the Logins associated with your account section. That should let you add your Identity account to your existing account.

Please note that this is a beta release of the plugin. It will be much appreciated if you file a bug in case you find one!

But it’s quite funny how the widgets show my CPU and RAM usage:

Well, on a technical end, I am fine with the RAM usage, it’s not even 50%. But the CPU spikes isn’t what makes me very comfortable. ‘top’ says that’s it’s Amarok that causes them. Amarok in general uses resources quite efficiently. But the collection scanner is what that causes this spike. Is it the fact that my collection is on a NTFS drive? Should I be worried about that?

Are you a web enthusiast? Do you code kickass web scripts? Do you think Chuck Norris is awesome? You know where to find us.

Linking accounts

Official announcement: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=95983
KDE Community Forums homepage: http://forum.kde.org

KDE Community Forum (forum.kde.org) now has an option that lets you log in using your KDE Identity (identity.kde.org) credentials. The feature isn’t fully finished yet, and has a partial implementation as of now.

To use your Identity credentials, you must have a forum account for now. You can go to the User control panel -> Profile -> Account settings to link your Identity username with your forum account. Once done, you can then log into the forum with your Identity credentials by checking “Log in using KDE Identity” option on the login page.

Soon, it will also have the option to link an account right from the login page and/or create a new user.

• We opened delegate registrations two weeks back: http://conf.kde.in/register
• We’ve got powerful keynote speeches: http://conf.kde.in/keynotes
• We’ve listed some warm and cozy hotels for the conference: http://conf.kde.in/accommodation
• And finally, we have created a nifty media page so that you get all KDE-India and conf.kde.in graphics: http://conf.kde.in/media/

Hmm, that’s all from the top of my head. Oh and you might know that I hang out in the KDE webby world. And if you’re a web guy as well, you should attend the webteam talk by Ingo Malchow. And of course, we have a pretty long list of promising talks that you can find here: http://conf.kde.in/talks/. Just pick what suits you!

Lastly, if you haven’t registered already, quickly follow the registration link above and get your tickets to the conference. Don’t forget to spread the word

See you at conf.kde.in

Paste Expiry

Since the maximum paste life is now 1 month, the life of all existing pastes have been set to 1 month, starting from their respective creation dates.

Additionally, now we also have a paste.kde.org product on BugZilla if you wish to report any bugs/wishes. By the way, did I say already? Pastebin has a new home now: https://projects.kde.org/paste-kde-org

That’s pretty much everything. Happy pasting!

Firefox 4

The integration with KDE was easy. Just download this theme (it is compatible with FF 4.0).

You might also want to use a KDE-ish file picker. To do that, type about:config in your address bar, and search for file_picker. Set ui.allow_platform_file_picker to false.

Viola! You’re done.

The upgrade went smoothly as expected. In case you stumble across an error in any section of the forum, let us know by sending a PM to the admin group on the forum, or drop us a mail to forum-admin at kde dot org.

Related links:

• Official announcement
• phpBB 3.0.8 changelog

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Not only upgrading, WordPress is also great in it’s first installation. All you need is to click “Install” and you’re done.
Of course, if  you don’t have a pre-populated config file, you might have to enter your database details, but that is pretty much everything

Writing entries with a powerful WYSIWYG editor with a versatile ‘kitchen sink’ is really fun. I never actually felt the need of installing a blogging software as it is always convenient to drop in the blog admin area and make a new post. Plus, with the right combination of plugins and themes, you can create a nice output, like I have the front page gallery featuring the jQuery carousel plugin.

Last but not the least, WordPress has a wonderful community both at wordpress.org and on IRC. I have to say, the performance shown by WordPress is not only impressive, but nothing IMHO stands a chance before this wonderful blogging software. I strongly recommend everyone who is looking for a blogging framework to go for WordPress without any hesitations.