How to use your KDE QT style in GTK applications like Firefox

When you want to use your QT Style in Firefox on Kubuntu you will have to install QT GTK Engine.

lennart@sundaysister:~$ sudo aptitude install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt

Developing C++ QT applications using Eclipse

You can easily develop C++ QT applications with Eclipse CDT! There is no need for another plugin.

It is important to define the correct libs in the Eclipse project settings. You can find out the correct g++ command string by using qmake(-qt4).

1. Create a new C++ project.
2. Add a source file (e.g. the hello world program from the QT4 tutorial)
3. Use a shell to navigate to the source folder of your hello world program.
4. Execute "qmake -project && qmake && make" (or qmake-qt4 if you want to use QT4)
   
5. You should see the correct g++ line.
6. Configure your Eclipse project to use the g++ settings.

My project settings (Kubuntu Gutsy, QT4):




You can now delete the files that were created by qtmake and use Eclipse CDT for developing your QT applications. Have fun!

Latest KDE4 Beta (2+) impressions

I just finished trying out the latest KDE4 Beta LiveCD in VMWare Server. It is still very (very!) buggy and seems to support only 256 colours, but it gives a lot of impressions of the upcoming KDE4 stable. I noticed that it is surprisingly fast (even in the VM) even though it has a few effects enabled.

You can download the LiveCD here.

Here are my screenshots:

The dialog in the upper left corner appears when moving over a symbol. You can control the Desktop here.

Dolphin - The new standard file manager.

The new sound system seems to be just great!

Desktop effects.

Umm.. Yeah... Buggy! :)