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RE: KDE

coolclassic — Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:11 pm

Author: coolclassic

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:11 pm

To get kcontrol back

Edit KDE Menu Editor -> add new Item
name it Kcontrol and put in the field "Command" : kcontrol
, choose a nice icon and save !
Done, Kcontrol is back in KDE menu

RE: KDE

linuxgirlie — Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:00 am

Author: linuxgirlie

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:00 am

Yeah, I'm not to sure about the system icon, (just installed the latest Mandriva with 3.4 - club members only) I like everything being in 'home' but now when I browse up...argh!!

So good idea for windows people...my parents would love it!! But I might have to get use to using it...or go back to 3.3?!?

RE: KDE

RD — Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:47 pm

Author: RD

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:47 pm

Sorry mate need glasses lol

RE: KDE

nordle — Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:21 pm

Author: nordle

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:21 pm

RD, is that not what I mentioned above?

RE: KDE

RD — Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:42 pm

Author: RD

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:42 pm

in kde 3.4 (my distro any way) there is a icon called system where it holds home etc on the menu bar where kmenu is i tryed to create a short cut to the home dir using konqueror but not what i wanted

RE: KDE

mugstar — Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:36 pm

Author: mugstar

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:36 pm

Try a desktop shortcut to kcontrol or kinfocenter, they're the nearest to a windows-type 'System' icon.

RE: KDE

nordle — Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:30 pm

Author: nordle

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:30 pm

re: the system Icon

Unfortunately, in the version Im running, it appears a little bug means it requires a bit more faff than it should.

1. Right click on desktop, select [create new] --> [Link to Location (URL)]
2. Enter URL as system:
3. Click OK
4. Right Click on newly created icon, select [Propertues]
5. Change URL to be system:/
6. Click OK, and it should be fine.

RE: KDE

Rhakios — Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:27 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:27 pm

Not sure what you mean by system icon, but the easiest way to get a Home icon on your desktop is to drag it off the K menu onto the desktop and select Copy. Or, create a desktop shortcut that uses the command
kfmclient openProfile filemanagement
so long as your home directory is the default for that profile it will always open in your home directory.

KDE

RD — Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:19 pm

Author: RD

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:19 pm

Hi

I remember the very first horrible kde today after a lot of umm and arr i updated unbuntu to the new kubuntu thinking well ill have the new kde not much to go by there and all i can say WoW KDE 3.4 is brill i never thought i would see a better KDE than 3.0 though one thing has bugged me im sure some one can tell me how that is how do i place the Home and System icons on the desktop ?

Any way other than that i love this version of KDE