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From: Stephen Horne on 15 Jan 2010 16:32 On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:03 -0600, Chris Cox <chrisncoxn(a)endlessnow.com> wrote: >On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 17:53 +0000, Paul J Gans wrote: >...snip... >> If the software needs to be rewritten, then rewrite it. Having >> incompatibilities with previous versions only means that people >> using it will be slowed down. There needs to be a real gain >> to justify that. > >Well.. I think a lot of wrestle with the fact that KDE4 is NOT >the successor to KDE3, it's a different desktop environment. >I think once you accept that, then you realize that the desktop >enviroment you once used has simply vanished (one of the VERY few >examples of a successful FOSS project vanishing). That's pretty much my view too. I like KDE4. I liked KDE3. I like Gnome too, along with a few others. KDE4 and KDE3, however, don't feel like different revisions of the same thing. They seem more different than, for instance, KDE3 and Gnome. That said, I never was that familiar with KDE3 or Gnome. KDE4 is, in a way, my first real Linux desktop. >So... KDE3 is dead (unless somebody gets motivated). Not sure I agree. It's still available and usable. If the lack of updates becomes a problem for enough people, well, the source is still out there too. If anything, the fact that this hasn't happened yet suggests that KDE4 is, for most people, a success.
From: Marty Felker on 3 Feb 2010 23:02 On 01/12/2010 03:15 PM, John Bowling wrote: > A way of setting the bar to the top of the screen. It is available in kde 3 > and current xfce. > Also, kde 3 allowed me to put documents on the desktop (open office and web > pages). With kde 4, I can copy things to the desktop folder, but they do not > appear on the desktop? Is this a result of removing xfce and adding kde 4, > or is it inherent in kde 4? This is an annoyancd for me as well and greatly differes from Gnome. The only was I've found to create a document is to go inot Dolphin. I always use Gnaome by default - the latewst KDE4 is still unstable. Marty
From: jamm on 4 Feb 2010 15:37
Marty Felker wrote: > On 01/12/2010 03:15 PM, John Bowling wrote: >> A way of setting the bar to the top of the screen. It is available in kde >> 3 and current xfce. >> Also, kde 3 allowed me to put documents on the desktop (open office and >> web pages). With kde 4, I can copy things to the desktop folder, but they >> do not appear on the desktop? Is this a result of removing xfce and >> adding kde 4, or is it inherent in kde 4? > This is an annoyancd for me as well and greatly differes from Gnome. > The only was I've found to create a document is to go inot Dolphin. I > always use Gnaome by default - the latewst KDE4 is still unstable. > > Marty You can do it.. For a bar on the top of the screen: right click desktop, unlock widgets. right click again, add panel. click the new panel's 'cashew thingy' and you will see a screen edge button. click and drag on that to the top of the screen. For a desktop folder view.. You can either add a folder view plasmoid/widget to your desktop, or have the whole desktop be a folder view. Right click desktop and click desktop settings. Change Type to folder view. HTH -- *From the 1966 TV series:* Robin: You can't get away from Batman that easy! Batman: Easily. Robin: Easily. Batman: Good grammar is essential, Robin. |