qwerty12 | # 11 | 2008-04-08, 15:21 | Report

Well, I'm no expert (far from it) but DBUS is used to execute microb AFAIC. Any chance of trying the browser.deskop file under KDE?

tc2007 | # 12 | 2008-04-08, 17:07 | Report

How is the video performance using the video player in KDE? Can it play DVD quality movies?

Delphipgmr | # 13 | 2008-04-08, 20:23 | Report

video performance is great. doesnt skip a beat.

i watch geek brief tv all the time on it (streaming on the internet)

I also tried a downloaded version of spiderman3 (didnt watch the whole thing), but it also ran perfectly

Delphipgmr | # 14 | 2008-04-08, 20:25 | Report

the biggest thing i miss in konqueror is the flash.

not for youtube, but because alot of sites i go to use it (like our local newspaper website).

penguinbait | # 15 | 2008-04-08, 22:07 | Report

Its more than just DBUS, I think it may be environment, it may also be hildon hooks?

Also maemo-desktop is not running so perhaps it is required?

I would really like to see some hacking done on this. It really would be cool to have microb along with Konq.

Underscore | # 16 | 2008-04-08, 22:48 | Report

This is the only reason I don't use KDE all the time )=
Good luck to you, wish I could help.

josiahg777 | # 17 | 2008-04-09, 14:13 | Report

@Delphipgmr - I couldn't agree more KDE is a million times superior to the stock UI and since the almighty Penguinbait allowed us to launch canola and other maemo apps inside KDE I almost never use the stock interface. I am totally in awe of how well KDE runs on this little tablet

also, my 0.02 on the browser issue... I used to switch back so i could use MicroB, but I've found it's MUCH better to use the beta version of Granparidisio (FF3). It runs amazingly well in the KDE windowing system (much better than in Hildon) and is much faster than MicroB for AJAX heavy sites and general page nav. It's also got full flash (a tiny bit slow but very usable)

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Delphipgmr | # 18 | 2008-04-09, 23:06 | Report

where did you get it?

and how did you install it?

Laughing Man | # 19 | 2008-04-11, 03:23 | Report

Maybe here. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...er-market.html

Though that's for Maemo?. But it seems to crash every few minutes (not optimized yet). I believe it also doesn't have touch screen support yet? Not sure if it's better under KDE.

josiahg777 | # 20 | 2008-04-11, 12:54 | Report

There's a .deb available from the Minefield repository, I don't know how up to date it is, but I was able to run it fine and even install a few themes

The build is blogged about here:
http://blog.mozilla.com/blassey/2007...mo-repository/

and the repository setup is as follows:

Web address: http://people.mozilla.org/~blassey
Distribution: chinook
Components: extras

Setup this repository in your applications manager (or just download it from gronmayer.com/it, it's near the bottom of the page) and then after refreshing the applications list, you should see "Minefield browser" or something to that effect. Click install (you do not need red pill or anything special) and then to run it, go int "Extras" and look for "Granparadiso Web Browser"

it takes a few seconds to load the first time, so just be patient. Also, the bundled theme seems to be missing the icons for the back/forward/refresh buttons :/ so you should head over to addons.mozilla.com and download a new theme. NASA night launch worked the best for me

Happy surfing!