KDE vs. Gnome (Questions, not a Troll)

[Michael R Head]

On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 10:07 -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote:

> I'm feeling a bit compu-schizoid; I like KDE's way of doing some things, 
> but I like Gnome ability to just get the job done. After that brief 
> psycho-profile, I have a few questions:
> 
> 1. Why does playing audio CDs work perfectly 'out of the box' with Gnome 
> and not KDE? I could stand on my head and spit jelly beans, but KDE 
> still refuses to play simple CDs. Anyone know of a straight-forward 
> steb-by-step guide to solving the most common KDE audio problems?
> 
> 2. Creating a desktop icon for my home directory in KDE is a rather 
> straightforward process; in Gnome it is nowhere near as clear. I want a 
> desktop icon so that I can drag files from the desktop to my home 
> directory. What are the steps?


open up your gconf-editor ('Applications/System Tools/Configuration
Editor'), the browse its internal tree to: 'apps/nautilus/desktop' and
tick on 'home_icon_visible'

There are other icons which can be enabled there, too.

This is the "right" way to do it in gnome.

mike



> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> 

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