Configura il tuo desktop

La configurazione del tuo desktop è cambiata molto tra KDE 3.5 e KDE 4. Per questi aggiornamenti è necessaria una piccola spiegazione.

Icone

Sfida: vuoi posizionare le icone sul tuo desktop (del tipo: "guardare la TV" o "giocare a Pingus")

Soluzione:

• con KDE 3.5 fai un clic destro e scegli "Crea collegamento ad applicazione"
• con KDE 4 è molto più complicato:
  • l'approccio "cartella Desktop folder"
    • avvia Konqueror, seleziona Aiuto -> Informazioni su KDE. Verifica di avere almeno KDE 4.2.
    • fai un clic destro sul tuo desktop, seleziona Impostazioni desktop -> Tipo -> Vista cartella
    • in 4.5 diventa Impostazioni desktop -> Attività -> Tipo -> Vista cartella
    • fai un clic destro sul tuo desktop, seleziona Crea nuovo... -> Collegamento ad applicazione
  • l'approccio "trascina e rilascia"
    • Apri un gestore di file e trascina il file che desideri sul desktop. Apparirà lì come icona.

Esempio

Supponiamo che vuoi un icona sul desktop che avvia Konqueror:

• trova dove si trova l'eseguibile
  • avvia una konsole tramite ALT_F2 e quindi digitando

    konsole

• • digita

which konqueror

supponiamo che la risposta sia

/usr/local/bin/konqueror

• • point your konqueror to where you can find your executable, in this case /usr/local/bin
  • drag-and-drop konqueror onto your desktop

Now you can start konqueror by clicking onto the konqueror icon on your desktop

Plasma

Your desktop is now based on Plasma. This makes it possible to run widgets (sometimes referred to as plasmoids) on it, e.g. a clock that docks directly to your desktop and is not surrounded by a border. To add the "clock" widget, right-click onto your desktop and choose "add widget". E.g. choose the Analog Clock Widget there.

Rearrange your Panel

Most of us are creatures of habit, and like our panel to show icons in a familiar order. Plasma appears to drop icons in a random order, but you can re-arrange them as long as you have KDE 4.1 or later. If you have the Panel Controller (which looks like a Cashew in a semi-circle) on the right hand edge of your panel, you can re-order or change the size and justification of the panel. See Can I move the applets on the panel?

Many more such hints are on the Plasma FAQ page.

Access your files on a remote desktop

Under KDE3, if you had an fstab mount to a remote directory you got an icon on your desktop. This doesn't happen in KDE4, but there's an even better way to reach your files.

Create a folderview (right-click on desktop, Add Widgets -> Folderview). It will be pointing to your home directory by default, but click on the spanner on the handle, to get properties, and you can direct it to open in your remote home. If you keep your folder fairly small you'll be able to scroll down to the exact directory you need, and open it in Konqueror (which in some versions seems to be the default for remote directories. It may well be that this can be changed, too.)

More than one File Manager

Everything mentioned as possible in Konqueror can also be done in Dolphin. At first glance you might think Dolphin lacks features, but read the pages linked from the Dolphin page to learn the new features that make it so powerful.