where are the applications located?
where are the applications located?
i want to add kmail and ark to xfce but i cant find the executiables. when i use the search the thing continually searches a file that says access denied
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The only button you need in XFCE is the "ToKDE" one
If you (for some weird reason) don't want to use that button, you have to add each and every item by hand (YAY!)
Open a terminal, run 'locate foo | grep bin'. This will find every file that has 'foo' in the path and return only those with 'foo' AND 'bin' in the path. This will generally find any executable file quickly. If it doesn't, omit the '| grep bin' and look through the huge list for the one that you think is probably the binary.
Copy the whole line of the result you're looking for and paste it into the command box for your XFCE menu item and away you go!
If you (for some weird reason) don't want to use that button, you have to add each and every item by hand (YAY!)
Open a terminal, run 'locate foo | grep bin'. This will find every file that has 'foo' in the path and return only those with 'foo' AND 'bin' in the path. This will generally find any executable file quickly. If it doesn't, omit the '| grep bin' and look through the huge list for the one that you think is probably the binary.
Copy the whole line of the result you're looking for and paste it into the command box for your XFCE menu item and away you go!
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Heh That would make a cool confirmation dialog box for when you press the ToKDE button.
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Only an idiot would switch from XFCE to KDE!
Are you sure you want to do that to yourself?
[Yes] / [No]
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Apparently, it's idiotic to choose usability over speed. Which is ironic since this is a linux distro (more usable) rather than an xbox version of FreeBSD (faster).
Standing by to receive linux zealot "BSD is dead!" flames . Fire them up!
Oh, also. OpenOffice.org 1.1 text document loads in 94 seconds under KDE and 92 under XFCE.... That much usability loss for 2 seconds out of 94.
Test config: GentooX 3.0, console logged of and sitting at text mode log on prompt, FTPd & webmin disabled, connected via SSH tunneled VNC. KDE alarm daemon and tray icon stopped.
Instead of flaming, why don't you let people try both and make their own decisions?
Standing by to receive linux zealot "BSD is dead!" flames . Fire them up!
Oh, also. OpenOffice.org 1.1 text document loads in 94 seconds under KDE and 92 under XFCE.... That much usability loss for 2 seconds out of 94.
Test config: GentooX 3.0, console logged of and sitting at text mode log on prompt, FTPd & webmin disabled, connected via SSH tunneled VNC. KDE alarm daemon and tray icon stopped.
Instead of flaming, why don't you let people try both and make their own decisions?
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BTW, here are the apps you need :
/usr/kde/3.1/bin
there are other apps from KDE that may be usefull.
I have a similar question :
If i move to KDE, there is the gimp avaible. ( i remember from the last version of gentoox )
That means that The Gimp exist and it is compress somewhere.
How to install it under Xfce ?
Do i need to do an 'emerge' and install all dependencies ?
Is there no way to 'switch' the KDE link to the Xfce ?
thanks
/usr/kde/3.1/bin
there are other apps from KDE that may be usefull.
I have a similar question :
If i move to KDE, there is the gimp avaible. ( i remember from the last version of gentoox )
That means that The Gimp exist and it is compress somewhere.
How to install it under Xfce ?
Do i need to do an 'emerge' and install all dependencies ?
Is there no way to 'switch' the KDE link to the Xfce ?
thanks
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Yes it will, and you'll also have the option to "ignore" and continue on with as non-root.georgc wrote:will it prompt me to enter my password 4 root?
For instance for, after I installed Kportage (an EXCELLENT utility, way better than using emerge from the command line) I added "kdesu -- kportage" to my desktop. If I just want to browse what's installed, I can Ignore the KDESU box and go on as gentoox, but if I want to install new apps or delete old ones I enter the root pass.
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You can 'emerge gimp' from a command line (as root), but there are LOTS of dependencies.BOZOUK wrote:I have a similar question :
If i move to KDE, there is the gimp avaible. ( i remember from the last version of gentoox )
That means that The Gimp exist and it is compress somewhere.
How to install it under Xfce ?
Do i need to do an 'emerge' and install all dependencies ?
Is there no way to 'switch' the KDE link to the Xfce ?
thanks
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/Text-Balanced-1.95
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/Parse-RecDescent-1.94
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/gtk-perl-0.7008-r9
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/File-Spec-0.84-r1
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/Data-Dumper-2.101
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/Inline-0.44
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/Filter-1.29
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/ExtUtils-F77-1.14-r1
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/PDL-2.4.0-r1
[ebuild N ] media-libs/mpeg-lib-1.3.1-r1
[ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-1.2.5
GIMP uses GTK libraries (From the desktop environment GNOME), which aren't loaded normally (hint: this means more memory usage). GIMP itself is also pretty memory hungry, so it might be best to leave your media editing on your regular PC.
If you try KDE and decide you want XFCE's low footprint over KDE's high usability, simply type 'magic xfce' at a command prompt (as root) and reboot. There is also 'magic no-kde', but i'm not really sure what it does.