Tuesday, November 25, 2008

KDE netbook edition part 1

Although i'm not full time Linux user, i always love to follow news and
evolution of them.
One of my favorite project is KDE, a full desktop environment for Linux
and other Unixes.
I remember installing KDE Beta 4 on Redhat 5.0 back then, i love this
project ever since.

Today, thanks for netbook hype, Linux is hot again. Suddenly many
variant specially for netbook comes up. Ubuntu has its Ubuntu Netbook
remix, GOS has its GOS 3.0 Gadget and dozen of other special distro for
Asus eee pc.

Back to KDE. They just released their latest KDE 4.1 this year. The new
version came up with unique Plasma technology. Unlike any other desktop
environment in the world, KDE team used this Plasma, called Plasmoid, to
build the desktop interface. So, if im not mistaken (im not a Linux
expert, just casual reader), the desktop is build from many modular
component, very clever.

Then i had an idea. What if we design and build an interface for netbook
from KDE 4 with special Plasmoid?
Can this be done?
But before going thrue, since im a designer, i'll try to imagine what
will it looks like first.

to be continue

Monday, November 24, 2008

Write again

Sudah lama ga ngupdate blog lagi..
Yah, seperti biasa banyak yg telah belalu selama beberapa bulan terakhir.

Yang pertama, Oktober lalu gw berhasil membawa Optimusbags utk ikut
serta dalam pameran Trade Expo Indonesia di Kemayoran, Jakarta.
Pameran ini terus terang sangat bergensi utk ukuran Indonesia, karena
menampilkan beragam produk unggulan dalam negeri.

Optimusbags sendiri hadir di Hall A3.
Hall A3 ini bisa dibilang sangat bergensi karena ditempati oleh
produk-produk industri kreatif yang saat ini sedang didorong oleh
pemerintah utk menjadi lokomotif ekonomi baru Indonesia.
Di hall ini, yang ditampilkan kebayakan adalah karya-karya desainer
lokal, mulai dari grafis, fashion, craft dll.

Apalagi ya..

Oh kebab
Warung kebab gw pindahan lagi. Masih dibintaro sektor 5. Lokasinya di
depan salon Moz5 miliknya mbak Yuli, salah satu anggota senior di TDA.
Masih rapih2 sih, mudah2an makin lancar ke depannya.