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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:22 am
by Fintan
sorry about that I'm just playing
how much experience do you have with linux?
No offense taken
How experienced am I? Well enough to have bad taste in my kickers
I use kubuntu gutsy as my main and am playing with cassandra kde community, and mepis 7.0 beta.
I have windows as a vmware "guest" running on wll sytsems as I need adobe / macromedia stuff for work.
I am far away from an expert but am learning and enjoying it
@linuxviolin: I wholeheartedly agree
Re: NEW MENU
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:17 am
by dracorX
Hehe... I never dared bringing that up ! Well, it's the first thing I do usually remove. but I am a bit biased, as I help creating KBFX. We have now new features - but the release isn't out yet
I will anounce when it's here.
Test it, you might like it.
As for removing, I think kbfx is better (but I AM BIASED), but tastymenu is better than kmenu.
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:55 am
by linuxviolin
@ Izo
Kickoff? With all these click click click to open something?
What time lost all these clicks!
Maybe the original KDE menu reminds Windows 98 but it is simple, light etc I like it.
And even in Windows XP I replaced the default theme (horrible) by the traditional theme...
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:15 pm
by linuxviolin
Kadano wrote:Kickoff is very intuitive and fast to use. No clicks needed.
No clicks? ah? I no longer uses kickoff for some time, even in my KDE distro in dual-boot with Mint, but I remember that it was necessary to click on the tabs at the bottom and also to open submenus etc
click click click
But we need for all tastes is not it?
P.S.= I don't like KBFX either
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:53 am
by @go
I really really love the tasty menu of mint, I hope it will never change. And I hate Dolphin!!! Konqueror is the best navigator, it has also integrated kdesvn that I use here at work, if someone wants a simplier navigator just use Gnome that has Nautilus. Indeed I use mint Gnome at home and mint KDE on the work laptop because KDE is more professional.
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:02 pm
by NiksaVel
bah... I also agree that tasty is a tad too large... but I deffinitely prefer it over the default crap.. ewwww
I wanted to bring up the vixta distro... it's a fedora release touched up to seem more like vista... I really like the design, it's quite elegant and pretty.. take a look guys:
http://sourceforge.net/project/screensh ... ssid=68107
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:32 am
by linuxviolin
@go wrote:And I hate Dolphin!!! Konqueror is the best navigator, it has also integrated kdesvn that I use here at work
Yes maybe... but do you know Krusader?
@go wrote:KDE is more professional.
This is debatable.
KDE Power!
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:40 am
by Boo
Daryna KDE CE will be out soon.
I have been looking at KDE4 beta3 (as a second DE) but I have not got it to work yet.
so KDE4 will be left off if I can not get it to work.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:31 am
by linuxviolin
Boo wrote:so KDE4 will be left off if I can not get it to work.
Don't seek! KDE4 will most likely good enough, stable... probably only from 4.1 or 4.2 So don't seek to include it in Daryna KDE immediately please
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:43 pm
by Boo
well I just need to do a bit more testing then I will upload.
I am just having a bit of trouble with the installer at them moment, but this may just be the iso since it is not a consistent error.
I am not putting KDE4 on the iso.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:28 pm
by flammenwurfer
Wonderful Boo! I can't wait to see the magic you've worked!
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:22 am
by Fintan
bah... I also agree that tasty is a tad too large
You can change the size as you like:
right click on tasty->configure->menu size
resize
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:06 am
by dracorX
One can resize. but it's rather subobtimal
One has no control over the different columns. I can't indicate I want the first column the size xx px and the 2nd and 3rd column yy px
When I tried to make it smaller, the 1st column became way too small
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:35 pm
by linuxviolin
Izo wrote:That's the problem with you traditionalists! You can't see past your own Windows '98 nose!
Nice sense of humor Izo
The menu is not exactly the same as in Win98...
The menu is simple, not *large*
, the categories are clear, readily accessible, all is in alphabetical order... No really I have no problem with this menu!
If you prefer Tasty that's OK, it's freedom of choice.
Not like Win98 hey?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:48 pm
by akshunj
Proximo wrote:Registered just to give my 2 cents.
One of the reasons why i totally fell in love with Mint (gnome version) was the NON-gnome menu. I immediatly thought "god i wish i could get KDE with this kind of menu".
So far ive found Mint to be superiour to any other distro ive tried when it comes to tidyness, its easy and logical to find whatever you need.
The old KDE menu is a clutterish mess in my humble opinion.
I have just discovered Kicker and Tasty, and have yet not built an opinion on what i like best, but please whatever you do, do include some customized menu!
Duuuuuuuuuude, I SO agree with you! I think so many other distros ignore the fact that the default KDE and Gnome menus are a complete mess. If you really want a lesson is bad usability, do a stock Slackware and check out
that default KDE menu. Part of what makes Mint unique is the customized menu. I really hope it stays, Boo.
--Akshun J
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:30 pm
by deadguy
akshunj wrote:Proximo wrote:Registered just to give my 2 cents.
One of the reasons why i totally fell in love with Mint (gnome version) was the NON-gnome menu. I immediatly thought "god i wish i could get KDE with this kind of menu".
So far ive found Mint to be superiour to any other distro ive tried when it comes to tidyness, its easy and logical to find whatever you need.
The old KDE menu is a clutterish mess in my humble opinion.
I have just discovered Kicker and Tasty, and have yet not built an opinion on what i like best, but please whatever you do, do include some customized menu!
Duuuuuuuuuude, I SO agree with you! I think so many other distros ignore the fact that the default KDE and Gnome menus are a complete mess. If you really want a lesson is bad usability, do a stock Slackware and check out
that default KDE menu. Part of what makes Mint unique is the customized menu. I really hope it stays, Boo.
--Akshun J
I agree!!
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:42 pm
by linuxviolin
LostOverThere wrote:Something to make KDE look way nicer is to simply make the bottom taskbar transparent by default.
+1!
I support this!
transparent kicker bar
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:30 am
by dracorX
Hmmm. sorry, I don't agree, really.
The reason is following: the start button, the systray and the taskbar (which is obsolete if using compiz, really) are then hanging all alone in the air. I better like having a nicely skinned taskbar really.
Re: Huh?
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:37 am
by dracorX
LostOverThere wrote:dracorX wrote:Hmmm. sorry, I don't agree, really.
The reason is following: the start button, the systray and the taskbar (which is obsolete if using compiz, really) are then hanging all alone in the air. I better like having a nicely skinned taskbar really.
Its not so transparent you cant see it, its still easily visible. Just, say 50% transparency
With that I can agree
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:23 pm
by flammenwurfer
The first thing I do whenever I install any KDE distro is make the taskbar transparent. usually around 70-80%