On 30 November 08, David C. Rankin wrote:
ivo.linux wrote:
well I know that this post could sound strange or stupid but it exactly describe my problem I starting my PC today and I found without any reason an empty top except for one dash with inside my desk folder, follow a snapshot (it is fun)...... http://picasaweb.google.com/giov.martin/UABSTOSUnAltroBlogSuScienzaTecnlo giaOpenSources?authkey=P0ZXNNK-YP8#5272931953710553362
well I know that in substance it is not a really functional problem however it is horrible! Any ideas will be appreciate thanks in advance
Welcome to KDE 4,
When you find a use for the little and floating windows with my desktop inside --- please let the rest of us know... In KDE 4, the little window is a plasmoid (somebody forgot how to say w-i-n-d-o-w). With KDE4, you don't have a real desktop anymore, instead you must create different windows or plasmoids to display icons on your desktop and the icons all must stay in the window, kind of like all programs used to have to stay in the "program manager" window on windows 3.1. It does work sort of like KDE 3 (anything you put in your ~/desktop folder is shown in the desktop plasmoid.
Also, you can no longer add an application 'menu' to the taskbar in kde4 (like editors, terminal, or your own custom menu folder). In KDE 4 you supposedly have to create another plasmoid widget and then try and add that to the taskbar. (I'm still trying)
So again --- Welcome to KDE4 8-(
Like the old saying goes...'Don't fix what ain't broke!'. There simply wasn't anything wrong with KDE3 other than little 'fixes' here and there. Sounds like someone has a 'Vista' mentality with the unfortunate ability to put it in Linux. Unfortunately now I can and will only recommend 10.3 to any new users after hearing so many 'not so good things' about KDE4 and especially how it's mixed in with the installation on 11.0 (and beyond?) which could only confuse a newbie to Linux. One guy I've talked into trying didn't even know what a 'desktop environment' is, and someone wants them to see KDE3 *and* KDE4 together asking which desktop they want *knowing* one of them isn't even close to ready for a production system!? How utterly insane. There...that should bring the screamin' whiners and protectorates of KDE4 out of the woodwork. -- Those who see no difference between people legally immigrating to the US and people who come here illegally must likewise see no difference between consensual sex and rape. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org