Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-10 Thread Rick Forrister
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:32:50 +0100 Martin Sechny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking about another Window Manager, lighter - like Window > Maker or IceWM. Problem is my country, I need localization and > special keyboard support. KDE and GNOME are very good localized. Take a look at XFC

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-10 Thread Martin Sechny
I used KDE 1 because it was better than GNOME and others, I think. Now - I use GNOME becase KDE 3 is very slow. I think, the Linux GUI (Window Manager) is getting too big and too slow. KDE and GNOME (and Sawfish) is therfore very similar to Windoze. Specialy Nautilus, Konqeror, Mozilla are not

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-09 Thread Thomas Dodd
Tom Diehl wrote: I think they had to pick something and at the time KDE was not a viable option due to the whole QT library copyright thing. I have listened to license not copyright :) QT now allow redistribution of QT, though not the Windoze version. I still use KDE is because I can use

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-09 Thread Thomas Dodd
Joe Klemmer wrote: On 28 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: Not everyone is a GUI fanatic, but the Unix/Linux community still overwhelmingly uses KDE according to published reports I've seen. If you did a search you would find as many "published reports" that declare GNOME as the majority

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-05 Thread Joe Klemmer
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 17:49, Mike A. Harris wrote: > 2) xterm is 'provided' as-is, however it is not 'supported'. Our > supported terminal emulators are gnome-term and konsole. Rather > than removing *all* unsupported apps, we have tried to find a > balance between removing some duplication,

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-04 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: >Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:49:03 -0600 >From: Aaron Konstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) >Subject: Re: Calling all KDE

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-03 Thread Neil Bird
Something is trapping my first keypress but I sure cannot figure out what. I do notice that If I just press and release the key I get a diamond on the screen wherever the mouse pointer that explodes and then disappears. Does anyone have a clue wtf that is?? I think that is what is trapping my

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-02 Thread Tom Diehl
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > Nor do I. If I could get Gnome to operate like I want it to I would switch > > to it instantly just because Gnome is what Red Hat supports (Given no > > particular preference I tend to choose what Red Hat supports.) The only reason > > I still use

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-02 Thread Aaron Konstam
> > Nor do I. If I could get Gnome to operate like I want it to I would switch > to it instantly just because Gnome is what Red Hat supports (Given no > particular preference I tend to choose what Red Hat supports.) The only reason > I still use KDE is because I can use keystrokes to switch betw

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-02 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 04:48:13PM +0100, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 15:14, Anthony Abby wrote: > > Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? > > > > I'll bite: since Red Hat has a market share of about 60-75% of the Linux > installations in use and the defau

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-02 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:17:24AM +, mike wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 11:40, Markku Kolkka wrote: > > Viestiss Keskiviikko 27. Marraskuuta 2002 04:14, Aaron Konstam kirjoitti: > > > The above method seems to be the correct one however, let me say this is > > > quite a pain compared to the G

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-12-02 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 01:40:42PM +0200, Markku Kolkka wrote: > Viestissä Keskiviikko 27. Marraskuuta 2002 04:14, Aaron Konstam kirjoitti: > > The above method seems to be the correct one however, let me say this is > > quite a pain compared to the GNOME method. > > You can also drag and drop ap

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-30 Thread Tom Diehl
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Joe Klemmer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: > > > Like I said, who knows.. but one thing is certain. Redhat SHOULD give > > as much support to KDE as it does to Gnome though. > > I don't know any distro

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-29 Thread Christopher A. Williams
On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 09:43, Joe Klemmer wrote: > On 29 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: > > > Like I said, who knows.. but one thing is certain. Redhat SHOULD give > > as much support to KDE as it does to Gnome though. > > I don't know any distro that is supporting both GNOME and KDE > equa

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-29 Thread dballester
>In my completely personal opinion, I don't understand the whole >GNOME vs KDE thing. They are so much alike it's silly. The only >differences between them are so trivial it's ridicules. Yes, it's more how you feel yourself using KDE or GNOME or any other desktop environment. And , seeking this

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-29 Thread Joe Klemmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: > Like I said, who knows.. but one thing is certain. Redhat SHOULD give > as much support to KDE as it does to Gnome though. I don't know any distro that is supporting both GNOME and KDE equally. Not even

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-29 Thread Anthony Abby
> > Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? > > No. I think it's possibly that if you were able to get a true > count KDE would be the one used most but it would be far from a majority, > let alone an "overwhelming majority". Well opinions can vary but I have seen pub

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-29 Thread Joe Klemmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: > > I'll bite: since Red Hat has a market share of about 60-75% of the Linux > > installations in use and the default desktop is Gnome the logical conclusion > > is that a _lot_ of users use Gnome. Not everyone is a

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-29 Thread Joe Klemmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: > Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? No. I think it's possibly that if you were able to get a true count KDE would be the one used most but it would be far from a majority, let al

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread mike
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 11:40, Markku Kolkka wrote: > Viestiss Keskiviikko 27. Marraskuuta 2002 04:14, Aaron Konstam kirjoitti: > > The above method seems to be the correct one however, let me say this is > > quite a pain compared to the GNOME method. > > You can also drag and drop applications to

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Chris Lee
On 28 Nov 2002, Anthony Abby wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 11:09, Dan Clowater wrote: > > I hear that - and this is off topic from the thread - but I really don't > > see the benefit of kde 3.x over gnome2.x??? I like that how you can > > configure the gnome desktop a lot more than KDE. Mind you

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Anthony Abby
On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 13:18, Alexander Volovics wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:14:07AM -0500, Anthony Abby wrote: > > > Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? > > Whats KDE? > K Desktop Environment (KDE -- http://www.kde.org). Redhat isn't a real big supporter of KD

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:14:07AM -0500, Anthony Abby wrote: > Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? Whats KDE? Alexander -- *The United States must fully disclose and destroy it's Weapons of Mass Destruction* -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://l

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Dan Clowater
Well the good news to it all is there is a wide variety of choices within the 'nix world... contrary to that other bloatware OS family. ;) And the good news is others are starting to see the benefits of open source 'nix development. aka OSX. I do dislike the rediculious method you have to deal wi

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Anthony Abby
On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 11:09, Dan Clowater wrote: > I hear that - and this is off topic from the thread - but I really don't > see the benefit of kde 3.x over gnome2.x??? I like that how you can > configure the gnome desktop a lot more than KDE. Mind you before gnome > 2.x came along I was a big kd

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Anthony Abby
> I'll bite: since Red Hat has a market share of about 60-75% of the Linux > installations in use and the default desktop is Gnome the logical conclusion > is that a _lot_ of users use Gnome. Not everyone is a desktop fanatic... Redhat may be the biggest Linux distro in the UNITED STATES, but as

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Dan Clowater
I hear that - and this is off topic from the thread - but I really don't see the benefit of kde 3.x over gnome2.x??? I like that how you can configure the gnome desktop a lot more than KDE. Mind you before gnome 2.x came along I was a big kde fan. I find kde to be more cluttered and applications

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Klaasjan Brand
On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 15:14, Anthony Abby wrote: > Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? > I'll bite: since Red Hat has a market share of about 60-75% of the Linux installations in use and the default desktop is Gnome the logical conclusion is that a _lot_ of users use Gnom

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-28 Thread Anthony Abby
Don't the overwhelming majority of Linux/Unix users use KDE? On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 20:36, Chris Lee wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > It is offical; according to a survey in Linux Journal KDE is prefered over GNOME. > > Well explain how to do the following which ios easy i

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-27 Thread Chris Lee
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: > It is offical; according to a survey in Linux Journal KDE is prefered over GNOME. > Well explain how to do the following which ios easy in Gnome in KDE. > I want to have an icon on the panel at the bottom of the screen that will launch > an Xterm (or any

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-27 Thread Markku Kolkka
Viestissä Keskiviikko 27. Marraskuuta 2002 04:14, Aaron Konstam kirjoitti: > The above method seems to be the correct one however, let me say this is > quite a pain compared to the GNOME method. You can also drag and drop applications to the panel from the menu or from Konqueror. I don't know wh

RE: Calling all KDE fans!! (Keyboard language)

2002-11-26 Thread Ajit George
Hi, You can use the Keyboard Layout Switcher Applet under Utilities (RB on the panel). Remember to use the "Right Alt" when typing to get the language you want HTH Allen On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 10:06, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > Right-click on redhat icon, select panel/Add/button then select any

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 10:19:11AM -0500, Paul Hamm wrote: > Ouch! you need to r-click the panel, the seperators work best, the vertical > lines with the arrow on top. Then click panel/add and whatever you want to > add. If it is not on the RedHat program menu goto panel/add/Special > Button/non

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread John Raif
I add items by using the Redhat Menu, finding the item (like systems tool, terminal), then left-click and drag to the panel. On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:59, Aaron Konstam wrote: > It is offical; according to a survey in Linux Journal KDE is prefered over GNOME. > Well explain how to do the following

RE: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread Pavel Rozenboim
> -Original Message- > From: Dams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tue, November 26, 2002 6:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Calling all KDE fans!! > > > If you want a prog from the Gnome Menu to be added to your > panel you may > just dra

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread Dams
If you want a prog from the Gnome Menu to be added to your panel you may just drag it from the menu and drop it onto the panel :) (drag & Drop is kewl..) And for Pavel, did you try the gnome Keyboard Layout Switcher Applet ? right-click on panel -> add to panel -> utility -> Keyboard Layout Switch

Re: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: =>It is offical; according to a survey in Linux Journal KDE is prefered =>over GNOME. Well explain how to do the following which ios easy in Gnome =>in KDE. I want to have an icon on the panel at the bottom of the screen =>that will launch an Xterm (or any

RE: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread Pavel Rozenboim
Right-click on redhat icon, select panel/Add/button then select any app from menus. After that you can right-click new button, select properties and change the command if you wish. That's the best I could find, but I'm certainly a Gnome fan :) Pavel. BTW, how can I change keyboard layout/language

RE: Calling all KDE fans!!

2002-11-26 Thread Paul Hamm
Ouch! you need to r-click the panel, the seperators work best, the vertical lines with the arrow on top. Then click panel/add and whatever you want to add. If it is not on the RedHat program menu goto panel/add/Special Button/non kde program, browse to what you want. For program specific icons f