Comments for polimath http://polimath.com/blog 203: Non-Authoritative Information Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by Clint http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-1094 Clint Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:18:10 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-1094 Change your single click mouse to double click in system settings - keyboard and mouse - mouse, took me two seconds. I am new to kde, been using gnome for years. installed kde4 5 weeks ago and it works great, a small learning curve, but worth it. Change your single click mouse to double click in system settings - keyboard and mouse - mouse, took me two seconds. I am new to kde, been using gnome for years. installed kde4 5 weeks ago and it works great, a small learning curve, but worth it.

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by Nenad http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-1079 Nenad Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:08:48 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-1079 Can that one-click inteface in KDE be changed to standard double-click interaction useg in both Gnome and Windoz desktops? Also I prefer the icons on the desktop to act the same way they act when I open home/user/Desktop folder in a file manager. Is there a fix for this? I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one who finds it tough to adapt to single-click interface... Btw, nice article :) Greetz from Serbia! Can that one-click inteface in KDE be changed to standard double-click interaction useg in both Gnome and Windoz desktops?

Also I prefer the icons on the desktop to act the same way they act when I open home/user/Desktop folder in a file manager.

Is there a fix for this? I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one who finds it tough to adapt to single-click interface…

Btw, nice article :)

Greetz from Serbia!

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by TheUnabeefer http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-982 TheUnabeefer Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:55:28 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-982 So far, a LOT of the issues people have had with KDE4 have been fixed or are underway. (with the 4.1beta1 release) A KDE3 style menu has been included as an option since at least 4.0, for starters. A couple additions that won me over is the inclusion of GTK-QT in Settings>Appearances, with a fix for the Firefox scroll bar as well. Also, under Settings>Sessions, the ability to choose Compiz instead of KWin keeps us from having to somehow get Compiz started at login. Before, I'd have to save it in my session, causing Compiz to start a little after login, but now it starts before Plasma even completely loads. Having been a hardcore Gnome user since 1.2 or before, I am completely won over by KDE4 and strongly suggest any critics giving it a try (or another try) when 4.1 is official. So far, a LOT of the issues people have had with KDE4 have been fixed or are underway. (with the 4.1beta1 release) A KDE3 style menu has been included as an option since at least 4.0, for starters.

A couple additions that won me over is the inclusion of GTK-QT in Settings>Appearances, with a fix for the Firefox scroll bar as well.

Also, under Settings>Sessions, the ability to choose Compiz instead of KWin keeps us from having to somehow get Compiz started at login. Before, I’d have to save it in my session, causing Compiz to start a little after login, but now it starts before Plasma even completely loads.

Having been a hardcore Gnome user since 1.2 or before, I am completely won over by KDE4 and strongly suggest any critics giving it a try (or another try) when 4.1 is official.

]]> Comment on there are current ZEngine users? by Nik http://polimath.com/blog/2007/12/01/there-are-current-zengine-users/#comment-962 Nik Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:29:51 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/2007/12/30/there-are-current-zengine-users/#comment-962 I downloaded the engine to study it's code and to find out how certain things were done. Much better than those shitty tutorials ;) I downloaded the engine to study it’s code and to find out how certain things were done.
Much better than those shitty tutorials ;)

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by linux latex http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-951 linux latex Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:22:00 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-951 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by Kspartan http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-910 Kspartan Thu, 29 May 2008 08:54:14 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-910 The new Kmenu is awful. A simplified Kde3 menu would be much much better. Take a look at Sabayon Linux and you will see what i mean. There is an option to switch to the old menu but its not enough. The new Konsole is much better in Kde 4. We must be patient with the new edition but many things must change. At the moment i 'll stick with Kde3. The new Kmenu is awful.
A simplified Kde3 menu would be much much better.
Take a look at Sabayon Linux and you will see what i mean.
There is an option to switch to the old menu but its not enough.
The new Konsole is much better in Kde 4.
We must be patient with the new edition but many things must change.
At the moment i ‘ll stick with Kde3.

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by Divan Santana http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-798 Divan Santana Fri, 16 May 2008 12:28:44 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-798 I use kubuntu 8.04 kde3 edition and I use kopete for years on gmail/gchat with no problems. Friend in the office using kopete as well with gchat and yahoo with no problems. Moreover I think you can use the MSN protocol to speak to yahoo people anyway with the merge. I use MSN and gchat in kopete. I dig kopete because of the way it links with kontact. I use kubuntu 8.04 kde3 edition and I use kopete for years on gmail/gchat with no problems. Friend in the office using kopete as well with gchat and yahoo with no problems.
Moreover I think you can use the MSN protocol to speak to yahoo people anyway with the merge. I use MSN and gchat in kopete. I dig kopete because of the way it links with kontact.

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by Morty http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-790 Morty Thu, 15 May 2008 20:44:20 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-790 James: Don't use Yahoo either, but Kopete has supported it since forever. Sounds like the magic of Kubuntu packaging at work. According to this http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154940, some people have problems with Gtalk. Other Jabber providers seem to work fine. James: Don’t use Yahoo either, but Kopete has supported it since forever. Sounds like the magic of Kubuntu packaging at work.

According to this http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154940, some people have problems with Gtalk. Other Jabber providers seem to work fine.

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by Pietro http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-789 Pietro Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:14 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-789 Nice review. I try Fedora 9 KDE4 LiveCd version and my opinion is the same as you. KDE4 look very promising. Te only thing I do not like is Dolphin, because the file manager in KDE3 looks better and more versatile. Nice review. I try Fedora 9 KDE4 LiveCd version and my opinion is the same as you. KDE4 look very promising.

Te only thing I do not like is Dolphin, because the file manager in KDE3 looks better and more versatile.

]]> Comment on Kubuntu KDE4 Remix: An Ubuntu User’s View by James http://polimath.com/blog/2008/05/13/kubuntu-kde4-remix/#comment-788 James Thu, 15 May 2008 18:15:04 +0000 http://polimath.com/blog/?p=31#comment-788 Morty: Kopete seems to lack Yahoo support (not that I really use Yahoo messenger) and I had serious GChat connectivity issues and it looks like a lot of people use a separate Jabber client but I really don't want to use two clients. davemc: As far as a merge I think that's unlikely as they are radically different codebases. The compiz/beryl merge was possible because beryl had forked so the divergence wasn't great. kopete being entirely in Qt and Pidgin being entirely in GTK it seems unlikely that a merge would happen. Also I know that the pidgin devs are notoriously stubborn (sometimes good, sometimes bad). Morty: Kopete seems to lack Yahoo support (not that I really use Yahoo messenger) and I had serious GChat connectivity issues and it looks like a lot of people use a separate Jabber client but I really don’t want to use two clients.

davemc: As far as a merge I think that’s unlikely as they are radically different codebases. The compiz/beryl merge was possible because beryl had forked so the divergence wasn’t great. kopete being entirely in Qt and Pidgin being entirely in GTK it seems unlikely that a merge would happen. Also I know that the pidgin devs are notoriously stubborn (sometimes good, sometimes bad).

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