tde-users May 2009

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repository ok?
by Michael Lambert 06 May '09

06 May '09

Greetings kubuntu-kde3.5-users, I am attempting to install kde3 on a fresh jaunty cli system. I have followed the instructions at http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/ Specifically, added to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kde3-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kde3-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Then... sudo apt-get update wget http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/public.gpg sudo apt-key add public.gpg However, sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop-kde3 fails with "Couldn't find package". To test, sudo apt-get install kde3-maintainers-keyring succeeds. Searching the repository, I can not find "kubuntu-desktop-kde3" anywhere. Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the repository? BTW, I can not use the jaunty-kde3 live cd because it does not support installation on a linux raid1 mirror. -Mike

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System monitor improvements
by Dotan Cohen 02 May '09

02 May '09

This issue is a tangent of an earlier thread where I requested people to mention their reasons for staying with KDE 3. The System Monitor plasmoid seems to be a big enough single concern to warrant it's own thread. After going through the changes requested for the System Monitor plasmoid, I have broken the requests up into three separate bug reports: 1) System Monitor plasmoid: revert to single plasmoid https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191341 2) System Monitor plasmoid configuration requests https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191342 3) Please add System Monitor plasmoids that existed in KDE 3 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191340 Please comment on the relevant bugs, but most importantly, _include_screenshots_ of KDE 3. Assume that the dev who is reading the report and looking at the screenshot is _not_ familiar with KDE 3 so label important things and describe changes _in_detail_. When in doubt, ask here or contact me off-list. Just to make it clear, I am not affiliated with KDE in any manner other than as an end user like you. My goal is _not_ to force people to abandon KDE 3 for a KDE 4 which does not suite them, rather, it is to identify the strong points of KDE 3 and to integrate them into KDE 4. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

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RE: [kubuntu-kde3.5-users] KDE 3 users: what is missing in KDE 4?
by Zack Evans 01 May '09

01 May '09

"Taskbar is part of the panel and what I was trying to say is that as soon as you have a certain number of applications open, their respective icons are not distinguishable from icons in other parts of the panel, leaving you with a large number of icons which looks overwhelming and cluttered. I mentioned separators between various aspects of the panel and these could help to know what's what." Ah I know what you mean now. I've got around that in 4.2 by putting the Taskbar in a panel almost on its own - I only have the K menu in with it. The other stuff like clock, power, network, devices... I put into a different panel and put it up the right of the screen. Just thought I'd suggest that here for other people struggling with the transition. "My file manager is cp, mv, ls, dd and rm (plus cat and grep) and I'd like to use it on pluggable devices before starting Dolphin." Agreed, but again here's something to ease the pain: have you tried hitting F4 in a Dolphin window? You then get a command line where the directory stays in synch (both ways) with the GUI pane. I agree the whole mount/unmount thing in KDE 4's GUI is broken. The way GNOME does it by default is excellent (but that's the only thing I like about GNOME. :-) Zack

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