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Re: [LUG] Linux Mint 10 KDE

 

On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:34:58 +0100
Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Neil,
 
> In Mint I can right click on a menu item and choose Add to desktop. 
> Easy. But I cannot find a way to set up a launcher icon for something 
> that does not appear in the menus. Right click on the desktop does not 
> offer 'New' at all. So more research.

Top item, "Create New..." The look for "Link to application"

> Secondly, extra desktops. In Hardy I can easily have several desktops 
> which I access via Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2 etc. And I can have a different 
> background colour for each one. In Mint I see references to virtual 
> desktops??? I am still trying to get to grips with that. There does 
> not seem to be the equivalent to the Hardy system.

In "Settings" -> System Settings, General tab.  Look & Feel / Desktop
second item Multiple Desktops is where the number of desktops is set.
Different colours / backgrounds per desktop are set by right clicking on
the desktop and and choosing "Folder View Activity Settings" or
"Desktop Activity Settings" (depending on which view mode you're in).
From there go to Wallpaper select "Colour" from the top dropdown (shows
colour, image or slideshow), and you're away.

> And as a by the way, in Mint I have set it up to switch on the Num 
> Lock key at log in. It does not seem to work.

KDE has long had issues with Num Lock settings, sadly.  Seems to be
working for me, currently.  However, it wasn't working 6 months ago.
Every KDE update I half expect it to break again.

> So my final point is ... I have used Linux for over 10 years now and 
> Kubuntu (so KDE) for 8 years. Yet I am struggling with this new 
> version of Mint. We, the group, are trying hard to get people to try 
> Linux. How much harder will it be for them to go from Windows to any 
> version of Linux? I know I keep banging on about this, but we will 
> need to provide a lot of help and hand holding for newbies for a long 

The price one pays for choice is that, sometimes, there's too much of
it.   :-(

KDE4 isn't as homogeneous as KDE3 was, IMO.  There's a KDE3 fork called,
err, hang on..... called Trinity that might interest you.

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