tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237190083401567981.post7381104968652424423..comments2014-08-30T17:59:35.302-04:00Comments on TechKnack: KDE4 Update: A Turn for the Worse?EterniCodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02866523021068701829noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237190083401567981.post-11223710082673122322008-02-11T05:26:00.000-05:002008-02-11T05:26:00.000-05:00As pdx stated, the missing "Add Widgets"-option in...As pdx stated, the missing "Add Widgets"-option in the corner is most likely due to your desktop being locked. <BR/><BR/>I had an issue with the KDE4-apps taking over as defaults, firstly because the old links weren't updated and secondly because even alpha or pre-alpha apps were added as the new defaults (e.g. Amarok 2, which I installed separately and it wasn't default before). Thirdly, the "old" KDE3 apps no longer show up in Kickuoff. Usually that's no problem, actually it's a good thing to reduce clutter. But combined with issue No. 2 it's annoying.<BR/><BR/>I also found out that KDE 4.0.1 tended to have some quirks and some fixes wouldn't work for me. Then I deleted my ~/.kde4 folder and now everything works as it should.<BR/><BR/>I'm running Kubuntu 7.10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237190083401567981.post-56407503558751217392008-02-09T06:38:00.000-05:002008-02-09T06:38:00.000-05:00Add widgets doesnt show up if you've locked the de...Add widgets doesnt show up if you've locked the desktop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237190083401567981.post-83403318584742706332008-02-08T17:59:00.000-05:002008-02-08T17:59:00.000-05:00vmuppalla: I addressed my "need" for compiz in my ...vmuppalla: I addressed my "need" for compiz in my last KDE4 article: "I wasn't able to get all the [kwin] effects to work, and the ones I could get working weren't customizable to my liking." Perhaps when it's matured a bit more, I'll try it again. Besides, I know compiz, and we all know we prefer what we know to what we don't :P<BR/><BR/>In this article, I meant to focus more on the complete change in functionality of the upper-right-hand corner, rather than my lack of use for it. I wasn't surprised that the zoom effect didn't work with compiz.<BR/><BR/>ravencrow: Thanks for the tip; I thought I had already changed that (back before KDE4), but I guess the change didn't carry across (kinda duh, given the different config directories).EterniCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02866523021068701829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237190083401567981.post-85776246068680170462008-02-08T16:39:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:39:00.000-05:00Just for the record, you can set your clock to 12 ...Just for the record, you can set your clock to 12 hour time. Go to system settings, and then to regional and language ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237190083401567981.post-48726769727076756142008-02-08T16:03:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:03:00.000-05:00why do you need compiz with KDE4 ? The kwin has mo...why do you need compiz with KDE4 ? The kwin has most of the functionality anyway.<BR/><BR/>Besides, compiz is at best an alpha hack on the already shaky xorg s/w and that means you are running alpha X s/w. What do you expect ? Why do you do this ? Don't answer here - it is a rhetorical Q intended to lead to introspection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com