KDE vs. Gnome (Questions, not a Troll)

[Jose Manuel Velasco Martinez]

As mike tells, if you open the config editor you will see a lot of
options to play. There is one at nautilus/preferences where you can say
to use home user directory as desktop. Then you don't need to move the
files ;)

El vie, 22-04-2005 a las 12:01 -0400, Michael R Head escribió:
> 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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