Installation is easy and fast. Nice.
The new install is really nice.
Opening KDE 4.0 for the first time. Looks good.
You really should update to 4.0.99 from the factory repository., and keep on top of the updates. the 4.0.4 from the DVD is quite old now, and there have been a lot of improvements (and a few things not quite right yet). Remember... KDE4 is still very much in an early Beta stage (some say Alpha), and there are bit that are not quite right yet. That said, I am using it full time now with no problems.
interesting or useful (not even weather widgets?). Then I click "hide" and the widgets are still visible. I'm getting confused.
Hide? Or Lock Widgets? Lock Widgets locks them down so they stop moving about when you click on them etc.
How can I remove the strange menu from the right top corner?
At this point.. you can't. It changes in functionality a little as you update to newer versions of KDE4... but it basically stays as it's the "interface" to your widgets for now.... and your desktop is 100% widgets now.
Moving on, I notice that the file browser has changed. Looks like Gnome, but I'm sure I checked KDE 4.0 in the installation.
That's Dolphin. It is very configurable in it's views. You still have Konqueror available as well. You can use either. You can turn on tree view in Dolphin.. just click the Details button in the button bar at the top. Places on the left is your bookmarks. You can turn off or on any of the panels, and they are dockable.. and undockable. Play aroudn with it a little, and you will find all sorts of interesting options.... and like I said.. if it doesn't work for you, the old standby Konq. is still there.
So, I go back to Dolphin as it seems that Konqueror has been killed of.
Hmmm.. update to the latest KDE4... 4.0.99, and you will find many of the missing bits starting to reappear.
repos. Good going. And now it seems that I can actually use YaST and I do not need to go the smart route.
This is one of the best thigns about 11.0. Package management works, and it works VERY well.
However, after the updates, the konqueror is still crippled, samba KDE client didn't work and the everything seems the same.
Did you update to 4.0.99?
But do you guys really like opening and closing the programs menu pages by clicking with mouse? I mean really?
I thought the same, but I have started using it just in the past few days, and after a little setup, it is actually pretty good. You set up your favorites right, and between that and the Recently opened, and I find I rarley need to drill down into the sub sub menus.
BTW, my brother tried 11.0 with KDE 4.0 on a dual screen workstation.
Dual monitor does not work right at all in KDE4. This is a known thing... I talked to the KDE developers about this, and they didn't have a good answer... long story full of technical things, but no acceptable answer...
So, am I happy? No. Will I update my server? I do not think so.
So.. use KDE3.5.9. It's fully supported.
then again, if that does not give me anything more feature wise, then why would I upgrade? Well, yes, it seems faster in the virtual machine.
You get a newer kernel... you get a working Package Manager... you can pick any Window Manager you want :-) Even e17... C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org