KDE vs. Gnome (Questions, not a Troll)

[audriusb at homelan.lt]

Quoting Ed Sutherland <digital at twcny.rr.com>:

Read this:
http://www.alsa-project.org/~valentyn/Alsa-sound-mini-HOWTO.html#toc7

Gediminas Bukauskas

> If I'm reading between the lines correctly, you suggest by changing my
> KDE sound to ALSA (where is this found on KDE?) my audio cds should
> play? Also, I do like a clean desktop, but I didn't see an easier way to
> move a file from the desktop to my home directory. If there was a "Move
> to..." command that included a directory, that would be a better
> solution, also, (Is there a way of adding new destinations to the "Move
> to..." context-menu?) Thanks.
>
> Ed
>
>
> audriusb at homelan.lt wrote:
>
> >Quoting Ed Sutherland <digital at twcny.rr.com>:
> >
> >1) GNOME and KDE are using different sound systems by default. Your complain
> >shows me, that ALSA is perfectly configured on your computer, because it is
> >default system for GNOME. Look for ALSA installation on KDE and you'll be
> >lucky.
> >
> >2) Don't clutter desktop with icons. GNOME has better tool for application
> >launching: add some drawers to task bar (top of screen in UBUNTU). Place
> >launchers of your favorite applications into drawer. You can put drawer into
> >drawer, generating very complex constructions.
> >Right click on task bar or drawer when you want to place something into it.
> >
> >
>
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