Comments on: Linux KDE Menu and Launcher Options: The Best https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/30/linux-kde-menu-and-launcher-options-the-best/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 04:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: BillyR https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/30/linux-kde-menu-and-launcher-options-the-best/#comment-598508 Tue, 10 Jul 2018 04:08:40 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=29815#comment-598508 Nice thread, GL. More informative than many Linux websites. I had always
wanted to see what the KDE platform looked like.

I have now installed Linux 18.3 thrice, on three different rigs and
besides a light to moderate learning curve, users are quite pleased.
(Cinnamon Edition)

This is much preferred than filling the coffers of MicroGates. $100 bucks
for OS 10 and a buck fifty for Dows 7.

The variety of open code software OSs is simply astounding.

]]> By: Richard Chapman https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/30/linux-kde-menu-and-launcher-options-the-best/#comment-597326 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 04:40:50 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=29815#comment-597326 KDE has a lot of stuff you can put on your desktop. I don’t like things on my desktop. I keep it clear with one exception, GKrellM. It’s an old school system monitor and it keeps track of everything. It’s easy to trim unwanted or unneeded systems from being monitored. It doesn’t take up much room but most important it doesn’t distract me. It has some plugins you can add. I’ve got the Moon and Sun on it. It keeps track of the rise and set times for both in addition to showing the Moon’s phases. It also shows me the current temperature and humidity and if I mouse over the temperature I get a full weather report. It’s a very handy little app. It has themes too. It’s important to note that it’s separate from KDE so it doesn’t blend in as well as the components that were made for the desktop. Like I said, it’s old school.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/30/linux-kde-menu-and-launcher-options-the-best/#comment-597310 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:41:31 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=29815#comment-597310 In reply to Richard Chapman.

To me, natural is having the workspace switcher at the bottom, as well as the applicaiton switcher, but the app launcher icons, the menu thingie, the notifications, and the clock at the top.

But, at the moment, it is all fitting on one panel, so I’m keeping that one panel at the bottom. So far the only cost is that I have to look twice to see the time because my eyes automatically go to the top.

Maybe I can get a widget that puts a clock in the top bar of every window…..

]]> By: Richard Chapman https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/30/linux-kde-menu-and-launcher-options-the-best/#comment-597300 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:37:43 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=29815#comment-597300 I like the feature that I can put the panel on the top of the screen. I find it more natural when things drop down rather than pop up. And it’s closer to eye level. Of course you can put the panel on any edge of the screen.

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