diff --git a/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms b/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms
index a2a09e9..71c04b5 100755
--- a/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms
+++ b/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms
@@ -32,19 +32,16 @@ fi
 function check_if_already_installed() {
    rpm -q $1 &>/dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-      kdialog \
-         --caption "$pckname" \
-         --msgbox "$pckname: "$"already installed."
+      notify-send -i $icon "$pckname" "$pckname: "$"already installed."
    else
-      kdialog \
-         --caption "$pckname" \
-         --sorry $"There was an error installing"" $pckname!"
+      notify-send -i $icon "$pckname" $"There was an error installing"" $pckname!"
    fi
 }
 
-
 for pckname in $PACKAGES; do
 
+   icon=`grep Icon= /usr/share/applications/openmamba-$pckname.desktop | sed "s|Icon=||"`
+
    SRPM_NAME=`\
       find $DISTRO_SRPMS_DIR \
          -regex ".*/${pckname//+/\\+}-[^-]*-[^-]*" -printf "%f " 2>/dev/null`
@@ -104,16 +101,11 @@ for pckname in $PACKAGES; do
         cpio --quiet --extract --make-directories < $tmpfile ) 2>/dev/null
 
       if [ -f $tmpdir/LICENSE ]; then
-         kdialog \
-            --caption "LICENSE" \
-            --textbox $tmpdir/LICENSE 600 400
+         license-dialog $tmpdir/LICENSE
          [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit 1
       fi
 
-      kdialog \
-        --title "$pckname" \
-        --passivepopup \
-        $"$pckname installation in progress..."
+      notify-send -i $icon "$pckname" $"$pckname installation in progress..."
 
       # build rpm
       echo "$me: "$"rebuilding package \`$SRPM_PATH'..."
@@ -135,14 +127,9 @@ for pckname in $PACKAGES; do
 
       rpm -q $pckname 2>/dev/null
       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-         kdialog \
-            --title "$pckname" \
-            --passivepopup \
-            $"Installation of $pckname successfully completed."
+         notify-send -i $icon "$pckname" $"Installation of $pckname successfully completed."
       else
-         kdialog \
-            --caption "$pckname" \
-            --sorry $"There was an error installing $pckname!"
+         notify-send -i $icon "$pckname" $"There was an error installing $pckname!"
       fi
       rm -rf $tmpdir $tmpfile