Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

On 12 November 2011 13:36, Mark Foster <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/11/11 12:57, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>> On Sat 12 Nov 2011 09:04:52 NZDT +1300, Mark Foster wrote:
>>
>> KDE 4 is not the same as 3, but it's reasonably similar to not feel
>> totally lost. There is space for frustrations though. The first thing
>> to keep in mind is that desktop (and panel) icons are controlled
>> tighter, and can be "locked", meaning they can't be changred. The
>> unlock is a click away, but you have to be aware of this. Default is
>> unlocked. Application icons on the desktop are inside an invisible
>> container that can be resized. Unlock everything first. If you want
>> different icons per desktop it's easy to turn on, but the containers
>> for all-for-one and each individual are all different (you can copy
>> the files from under ~/.kde around). As everything else, it's not bug
>> free, and to be honest I'm a bit disappointed that there isn't
>> anything significantly new in KDE 4 that really makes a difference, as
>> opposed to just doing things differently. It's supposed to be
>> smal-portable-device ready though. Volker
>
> This is good advise, thanks.  Not sure if/when i'll actually get around
> to trying it... probably whenever it is that my Ubuntu box acts as a
> barrier for something i'm trying to achieve (or perhaps when 10.10 goes
> out of support).
>
> Mark.

Keep in mind that kubuntu has a somewhat customised and and dare I say
it 'dumbed down' version of kde as well. I wish they didn't do that.
IT does affect how people perceive it, upstream kde4 is a lot nicer
now than kde3 ever was. Its easy enough to use a ppa version that is
based on upstream builds though.

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