Comments on: The Switch to KDE : Day 3 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Fri, 11 May 2012 05:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bacho acho http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-5859 bacho acho Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:52:41 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-5859 ive just a coca-cola bottle (openid does requiere name and adress) ive just a coca-cola bottle

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]]> By: John http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1061 John Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:58:38 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1061 I have found Kate to be the best Linux editor and even use it under Gnome. Biggest advantage to me over Gedit or even the new Scribes is the ability to search & replace selected text (Gedit only allows item by item or the entire file). Also moving between a bunch of files available on the side in Kate is easier than the continual scrolling of files on the top tabs in Gedit I have found Kate to be the best Linux editor and even use it under Gnome. Biggest advantage to me over Gedit or even the new Scribes is the ability to search & replace selected text (Gedit only allows item by item or the entire file). Also moving between a bunch of files available on the side in Kate is easier than the continual scrolling of files on the top tabs in Gedit

]]> By: George http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1060 George Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:36:59 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1060 I suggest you try some eye-candy also. Right click on a title bad --> configure window behaviour --> translucency --> enable. Enjoy increased productivity! (needs x composite extension I think). Also, try other window setting,like putting more spaces between minimise/maximise/close buttons so you can hit them easier , you can even put a shading button up there if you use that often :) . Must-try: Amarok's Global Shortcuts. This is a killer feature that I can't live without for quite some times.It saved precious ours of my life so far. Also,for switching desktops and moving windows to other desktops I'd reccomend you to try Kcontrol's keyboard shortcuts. Those can save quite a lot of your time ;) . About adept ... I find it faster to use since to search a package you need much less effort , and you can filter your packets with additional quick filters (or others..) very fast. Gets the job done quick :) . Amarok: if you have a really large collection , I'd recommend you to try to install a mysql server and make a user/database for amarok,and submit them in amarok's settings. Organising you collection will be much faster . (sqlite-default db manager- is slower than mysql for large collections). Oh...and don't forget about the shortcuts I've been bugging you about :)) . I suggest you try some eye-candy also.
Right click on a title bad –> configure window behaviour –> translucency –> enable. Enjoy increased productivity! (needs x composite extension I think).
Also, try other window setting,like putting more spaces between minimise/maximise/close buttons so you can hit them easier , you can even put a shading button up there if you use that often :) .
Must-try: Amarok’s Global Shortcuts. This is a killer feature that I can’t live without for quite some times.It saved precious ours of my life so far.
Also,for switching desktops and moving windows to other desktops I’d reccomend you to try Kcontrol’s keyboard shortcuts. Those can save quite a lot of your time ;) .
About adept … I find it faster to use since to search a package you need much less effort , and you can filter your packets with additional quick filters (or others..) very fast. Gets the job done quick :) .
Amarok: if you have a really large collection , I’d recommend you to try to install a mysql server and make a user/database for amarok,and submit them in amarok’s settings. Organising you collection will be much faster . (sqlite-default db manager- is slower than mysql for large collections).
Oh…and don’t forget about the shortcuts I’ve been bugging you about :) ) .

]]> By: David Wagoner http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1059 David Wagoner Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:18:22 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1059 I actually switched to KDE from Gnome recently. For ages I used several KDE apps and finally decided to take the plunge and have been pretty happy so far. Windows resize so much faster, fonts look nicer and the apps in general have tons of features available. The only 2 GTK apps i still use though are synaptic and firefox. I just dont like the interface of adept and well i really like firefox as a browser. I actually switched to KDE from Gnome recently. For ages I used several KDE apps and finally decided to take the plunge and have been pretty happy so far. Windows resize so much faster, fonts look nicer and the apps in general have tons of features available.

The only 2 GTK apps i still use though are synaptic and firefox. I just dont like the interface of adept and well i really like firefox as a browser.

]]> By: Znurre http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1058 Znurre Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:06:16 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1058 You should use kwrite instead of kate if you want a simple editor with the same functionality as gedit, kate is a little bit buffy. You should use kwrite instead of kate if you want a simple editor with the same functionality as gedit, kate is a little bit buffy.

]]> By: matti http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1057 matti Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:36:21 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1057 yakuake well that's all I want to say. forget about konqeror for browsing the net it's a piece of crap, well that's what I say as a great KDE fan yakuake well that’s all I want to say. forget about konqeror for browsing the net it’s a piece of crap, well that’s what I say as a great KDE fan

]]> By: nosrednaekim http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1056 nosrednaekim Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:07:57 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1056 Nice to see that your third day went better. I also use Firefox, since it seems to render pages faster on my dial-up connection. Kate is the king of text editors, beat Emacs(and gedit) in a linuxquestions.org poll. Only beaten by VIM (command line freaks.....) ;-) I also prefer synaptic to adept. Synaptic always seemed a whole lot leaner, although I do appreciate adept's ability to add repositories. The one feature that really keeps me using synaptic is its ability to do download scripts...very cool. I am a"best of breed" kind of guy. I use whats best, regardless of "kde vs Gnome" Interestingly, thats why I use KDE ;-) Nice to see that your third day went better. I also use Firefox, since it seems to render pages faster on my dial-up connection.

Kate is the king of text editors, beat Emacs(and gedit) in a linuxquestions.org poll. Only beaten by VIM (command line freaks…..) ;-)

I also prefer synaptic to adept. Synaptic always seemed a whole lot leaner, although I do appreciate adept’s ability to add repositories. The one feature that really keeps me using synaptic is its ability to do download scripts…very cool.

I am a”best of breed” kind of guy. I use whats best, regardless of “kde vs Gnome”
Interestingly, thats why I use KDE ;-)

]]> By: Nanda http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1055 Nanda Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:37:26 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1055 It was mentioned before, but I'll repeat it for emphasis - make sure you check out the keyboard shortcuts for amarok, its what keeps me from using any other media player. You can keep amarok minimised into the system tray and without maximising it you can quickly pause, scroll through tracks, etc. really easily when you are busy doing something else and don't want to go clicking all over the place. Also album cover downloads are really easy (right click on the cover place holder and download from amazon). If you open the cover manager you can have amarok automatically download all covers for all your albums with one click. amarok has so many cool features its crazy... It was mentioned before, but I’ll repeat it for emphasis – make sure you check out the keyboard shortcuts for amarok, its what keeps me from using any other media player. You can keep amarok minimised into the system tray and without maximising it you can quickly pause, scroll through tracks, etc. really easily when you are busy doing something else and don’t want to go clicking all over the place.

Also album cover downloads are really easy (right click on the cover place holder and download from amazon). If you open the cover manager you can have amarok automatically download all covers for all your albums with one click.

amarok has so many cool features its crazy…

]]> By: Nick http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1054 Nick Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:16:13 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1054 Amarok will do podcasting, although it isn't immediately obvious. Here the typical KDE desktop is actually ahead of MS--Windows Media Player still knows nothing of RSS. So in Amarok click the "Playlists" tab on the left. You'll see "Podcasts". If you click the secondary mouse button to bring up a context menu and choose "Add Podcast" you'll be able to add an RSS feed here. In case it's of interest to anyone reading here, here are some in vorbis format I've found: http://feeds.feedburner.com/linuxreality-ogg http://feeds.feedburner.com/RedHatMagazineOggPodcast http://leoville.tv/podcasts/twit-ogg.xml It's not like browsing at iTunes, but at least you _can_ take a feed, unlike WMP. Obviously, if people, despite Richard Stallman's warnings, want to compromise their souls with MP3s (*grin*) there is plenty more radio-on-demand out there, if you're prepared to hunt it down. I'd specially recommend: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/ Amarok will do podcasting, although it isn’t immediately obvious. Here the typical KDE desktop is actually ahead of MS–Windows Media Player still knows nothing of RSS.

So in Amarok click the “Playlists” tab on the left. You’ll see “Podcasts”. If you click the secondary mouse button to bring up a context menu and choose “Add Podcast” you’ll be able to add an RSS feed here.

In case it’s of interest to anyone reading here, here are some in vorbis format I’ve found:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/linuxreality-ogg

http://feeds.feedburner.com/RedHatMagazineOggPodcast

http://leoville.tv/podcasts/twit-ogg.xml

It’s not like browsing at iTunes, but at least you _can_ take a feed, unlike WMP. Obviously, if people, despite Richard Stallman’s warnings, want to compromise their souls with MP3s (*grin*) there is plenty more radio-on-demand out there, if you’re prepared to hunt it down. I’d specially recommend:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/

]]> By: anon http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/21/the-switch-to-kde-day-3/#comment-1053 anon Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:26:21 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=280#comment-1053 I also recommend checking out YaKuake instead of Konsole. But it doesn't have to disappear - you can change the default behavior and pin it down so it stays on top if you switch to other apps, and you make it disappear manually. Very useful! Also, the hotkey doesn't have to be F12, it can be anything you want (I have mine set to the "~" key). If you've already gotten Konsole set up the way you like it, there's an option when you right-click that says "Use Konsole's Settings" so you can use the defaults you already set up. I also recommend checking out YaKuake instead of Konsole. But it doesn’t have to disappear – you can change the default behavior and pin it down so it stays on top if you switch to other apps, and you make it disappear manually. Very useful! Also, the hotkey doesn’t have to be F12, it can be anything you want (I have mine set to the “~” key). If you’ve already gotten Konsole set up the way you like it, there’s an option when you right-click that says “Use Konsole’s Settings” so you can use the defaults you already set up.

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