KDE vs. Gnome (Questions, not a Troll)

[Matt Galvin]

On 4/22/05, Michael R Head <burner at suppressingfire.org> wrote:
>  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
>  

Absolutely right, I forgot about that. Thanks for pointing that out.

Matt

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> Thanks.
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> Ed
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