[kubuntu-users] Re: Stuff from kcontrol missing in System Settings

Vayu vayu at sklinks.com
Mon May 1 07:04:40 UTC 2006


On Sunday 30 April 2006 23:07, Scott wrote:
> Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:19:06AM -0700, Scott wrote:
> >>>> That one is the theme manager.   I just downloaded a theme file from
> >>>> kde-look.org could not find a place in System Settings to use it.
> > 
> > Theme manager is excluded from System Settings because it is
> > essentially an application in itself. 
> 
> More so than other applets in System Settings?
> 
> > I'd be happy to have it
> > included if we patched it to stop it having the buttons to launch
> > colour/widget/window style within itself. 
> 
> Why are those a problem?  If one wants to create a theme it's convenient
> to have everything they need right in front of them.  Yes the controls
> are redundant but 1/3 of KDE is redundant. ;-)
> 
> Speaking of "missing" items.  I know you wanted to make Konqueror more
> "simple" than the regular setup, but in doing so, you've eliminated the
> other view profile from the menu (or I'm just too dumb to find them. ;-).
> 
> I'm thinking next time I install KDE I'll Install Ubuntu first (which I
> typically do anyway) and then "apt-get install kde" instead of "apt-get
> install kubuntu-desktop". :-)
> 

I feel the same way. I'm going to download and install Ubuntu iso then apt-get 
install KDE rather than kubuntu-desktop when Dapper is released.





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