22 Jun
2023
22 Jun
'23
12:14 a.m.
I'm brand new to Linux and just installed the Trinity desktop with Q4OS on a older pc.
One thing I am unclear about- are the shortcut icons on the Trinity desktop that came
with my distro installation for example, LibreOffice or Thunderbird able to be deleted or
removed from the desktop without removing the apps themselves just like on a Windows
desktop where the icons are just shortcuts and can be deleted safely without removing the
apps themselves?
22 Jun
22 Jun
5:09 a.m.
On Wed June 21 2023 17:14:31 jim_gunn--- via tde-users wrote:
I'm brand new to Linux and just installed the
Trinity desktop with Q4OS on
a older pc. One thing I am unclear about- are the shortcut icons on the
Trinity desktop that came with my distro installation for example,
LibreOffice or Thunderbird able to be deleted or removed from the desktop
without removing the apps themselves just like on a Windows desktop where
the icons are just shortcuts and can be deleted safely without removing the
apps themselves?
Hi Jim,
Welcome to Linux and Trinity Desktop Environment.
Desktop icons can be safely removed. They are simple files in the
~/Desktop directory (folder).
I rarely click on desktop icons as they are often hidden and everything
I need I have edited into my T-menu.
--Mike
5:55 a.m.
On Thursday 22 June 2023 07.09:54 Mike Bird via tde-users wrote:
Desktop icons can be safely removed. They are simple files in the
~/Desktop directory (folder).
I would add that you can *create* such icons yourself (right-click on the
desktop -> create new -> different choices)
Linux symlinks are more powerful than Windows shortcuts.
TDE's "icons" can be more powerful than those on most desktops:
create new -> link to location lets you create a "shortcut" to a
drive/partition and you can drag & drop to this "shortcut".
create new -> link to device lets you, for example, create a link to a DVD,
USB or network drive, and it let's your mount/unmount it.
create new -> link to application lets you create a shortcut to any program
(creates a *.desktop file).
Any such icon can be dragged to kicker (the "task bar"). And when we are
there, TDE's taskbar is much more powerful than Window's. I first remove the
useless "task" element (alt-tab works so well) and I have all the
applications I daily use living there.
And last: explore the TDE desktop because the main difference with Windows is
that where you have to learn how to use the Windows Desktop, in TDE it's you
who decide how the desktop will work for you.
As a side note, I still miss the workplace shell's "shadows" that would
disappear when you removed the program they were linked to... No other
desktop seems to have this feature...
Regards,
Thierry
5:37 p.m.
On 2023-06-21 19:14:31 jim_gunn--- via tde-users wrote:
I'm brand new to Linux and just installed the
Trinity desktop with Q4OS on
a older pc. One thing I am unclear about- are the shortcut icons on the
Trinity desktop that came with my distro installation for example,
LibreOffice or Thunderbird able to be deleted or removed from the desktop
without removing the apps themselves just like on a Windows desktop where
the icons are just shortcuts and can be deleted safely without removing the
apps themselves? ____________________________________________________
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Another option, if like me, you never use desktop icons, is to go to Desktop =>
Behavior and uncheck the Show icons on desktop box, which will hide them all.
Leslie
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Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
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Qt: 3.5.0
TDE: R14.1.0
tde-config: 1.0
5:52 p.m.
Anno domini 2023 Thu, 22 Jun 12:37:11 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users scripsit:
On 2023-06-21 19:14:31 jim_gunn--- via tde-users
wrote:
... which actually is the only way to enjoy desktop applications like xsnow :)
Nik
I'm brand new to Linux and just installed the
Trinity desktop with Q4OS on
a older pc. One thing I am unclear about- are the shortcut icons on the
Trinity desktop that came with my distro installation for example,
LibreOffice or Thunderbird able to be deleted or removed from the desktop
without removing the apps themselves just like on a Windows desktop where
the icons are just shortcuts and can be deleted safely without removing the
apps themselves? ____________________________________________________
tde-users mailing list -- users(a)trinitydesktop.org
To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)trinitydesktop.org
Web mail archive available at
https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydeskt
op.org
Another option, if like me, you never use desktop icons, is to go to Desktop =>
Behavior and uncheck the Show icons on desktop box, which will hide them all.
Leslie
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TDE: R14.1.0
tde-config: 1.0
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6:44 p.m.
On Thursday 22 June 2023 10:52:28 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
+1
I also belong to this tribe, no icons on the desktop for me.
There are better ways to do things in Linux than to click on an icon. There
are also better uses for a desktop than just to keep it all cluttered up with
icons; for example, photos, artwork, maps, etc.
The screenshots page shows examples of how wildly different our desktops can
be made to look, yet they are all TDE.
You can make your Trinity desktop do almost anything you want, if it is within
the capabilities of your hardware, and you have enough technical knowledge to
find a way to do it.
Bill
Anno domini 2023 Thu, 22 Jun 12:37:11 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users scripsit:
> On 2023-06-21 19:14:31 jim_gunn--- via tde-users wrote:
> > I'm brand new to Linux and just installed the Trinity desktop with Q4OS
> > on a older pc. One thing I am unclear about- are the shortcut icons on
> > the Trinity desktop that came with my distro installation for example,
> > LibreOffice or Thunderbird able to be deleted or removed from the
> > desktop without removing the apps themselves just like on a Windows
> > desktop where the icons are just shortcuts and can be deleted safely
> > without removing the apps themselves?
Another option, if like me, you never use desktop icons, is to go to
Desktop => Behavior and uncheck the Show icons on desktop box, which will
hide them all.
... which actually is the only way to enjoy desktop applications like xsnow
:)
23 Jun
23 Jun
3:51 a.m.
Thanks to everyone who replied. I'll try to get some inspiration to beautify my
desktop once I learn a bit more about the Trinity Desktop Environment. I'm working for
now on a seventeen year old Pentium D 3.00 Ghz PC with only 2 GB of RAM. So I'll soon
see how much it can handle without bogging down. Aside from being included with Q4OS,
Trinity Desktop Environment was advertised as being lightweight so that's why I gave
it a try on such a now under powered desktop.
1:35 p.m.
On Thursday 22 June 2023 10:51:57 pm GNU 2Linux via tde-users wrote:
Thanks to everyone who replied. I'll try to get
some inspiration to
beautify my desktop once I learn a bit more about the Trinity Desktop
Environment. I'm working for now on a seventeen year old Pentium D 3.00 Ghz
PC with only 2 GB of RAM. So I'll soon see how much it can handle without
bogging down. Aside from being included with Q4OS, Trinity Desktop
Environment was advertised as being lightweight so that's why I gave it a
try on such a now under powered desktop.
Hi Jim,
This would take more work on your part, so don't do this until you've become
more familiar with Linux and TDE!
antiX ( https://antixlinux.com/ ) is very good on exceedingly old hardware.
The downside is you will need to learn how to do a ‘base’ installation and
then manually install TDE on top of it.
When/If you want to try it post back to the group and we’ll walk you through
how to do it.
Best, and welcome to TDE!
Michael
8:18 p.m.
Appreciate the suggestion about an alternate distro suitable for very old hardware. Q4OS
was a very easy install for a Linux novice and included Trinity DE by default, so I'm
going to experiment with Trinity for now in Q4OS to tweak the desktop to my liking and see
how that goes.
8:33 p.m.
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On Friday 23 June 2023, GNU 2Linux via tde-users was heard to say:
Appreciate the suggestion about an alternate distro
suitable for
very old hardware.
I kept a copy of Debian 6 DVD#1, first released in 2011. DVD#1 has
most everything people generally use. I've kept one of each version
since. The network repositories are, of course, long gone.
If you want to try it, here's the torrent magnet link:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:cb88c3b4f51c7257a37ee05b21bc4071967e4807&dn=debian-6.0.10-amd64-DVD-1.iso&tr=http%3a%2f%2fbttracker.debian.org%3a6969%2fannounce
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Thierry de Coulon -
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