Questions about KDE Software Compilation, a Qt-based desktop environment.
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How to safely try KDE?
There's a way to safely try KDE on top of an Ubuntu installation, keeping the possibility to revert the changes in case I dislike how it runs?
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How do I install KDE?
I want to have both KDE and Gnome shells on Ubuntu. Ubuntu has Gnome by default. How do I install KDE?
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1answer
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How do I install/upgrade to KDE 4.9?
Recently kde released kde 4.9, I wanna test it from my ubuntu 12.04 . How to to install kde 4.9 in ubuntu? Is there any ppa available
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How to Install Okular 0.15 on 12.04 LTS?
See here for reference: http://okular.kde.org/news.php
The new version includes an option to save annotations to the PDF file itself. That's why I am very eager to try out. Is there any PPA from ...
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3answers
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How to remove all traces of KDE installed
I have 2 computers with Ubuntu but on both I installed KDE to have another option for the users. Since Unity has come along very well, there has not been a need to use KDE for a while now. How can I ...
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2answers
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Why doesn't GNOME respect OnlyShowIn=KDE; in .desktop files?
I have both KDE and GNOME desktop environments installed on Ubuntu 10.10. When I add the entry OnlyShowIn=GNOME; in a .desktop file, the application doesn't appear in the KDE menu.
However, when I ...
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How to change strange kde scrollbars?
From a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install I tried multiple desktops, and settled on KDE. One problem I have with it is how scrollbars are displayed in Thunderbird:
In Gimp, Dolphin, Firefox there are ...
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How To Make Program Autostart only In GNOME
I use both GNOME and KDE SC. In GNOME, I use Docky but I do not use it with KDE. So, I would like Docky to start up only when I login into GNOME not KDE. In KDE, there is an option to make a program ...
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Uninstall kubuntu-desktop
I installed kubuntu-desktop using sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop but I no longer want to use KDE.
How do I remove all the packages that were installed by this command ?
Thank you
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How to make multiple DEs less messy? Specifically KDE on Ubuntu
On one of my laptops, I installed all of the popular DEs because I like to experiment with them. I have Unity, GNOME Shell, KDE, and xfce all installed. It seems that KDE and GNOME don't "get ...
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Installing KDE in Ubuntu 12.04
Is it good to use kubuntu or Ubuntu with KDE? Well if I install KDE in Ubuntu will there be any instability or conflict?
Will these two get mixed up with themes and icons? I had a bad experience ...
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How do I go back to KDE splash / login after installing XFCE?
I started with Ubuntu Karmic, and wanted to try KDE. So I installed kubuntu-desktop. Then I wanted to see how XFCE progressed, so I installed xfce4. I now have Kubuntu with an XFCE splash and login.
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1answer
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Is there a good mono-spaced font for Devanagari script in the Terminal?
All the terminal fonts I have tried result in inaccurate rendering of the Devanagari sript (and/or Roman script) in the Terminal
In the Devanagari script, a vowel binds itself to a preceding ...
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1answer
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Expand window to free space on screen in KDE
I am using Kubuntu, and I want to expand the current window to the free space on the screen. To say it more precisely: I want to make the current window as big as possible without overlapping new ...
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2answers
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How do I make the login screens and boot splashes match when installing different desktops?
I wanted to try out different desktop environments so I installed XFCE, KDE, GNOME, etc on top of Unity in Ubuntu 12.04
After a while I decided that I didn't like those other DEs and would stick to ...
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3answers
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How can I safely shutdown/reboot/logout KDE from the command line?
I am not talking about shutdown and reboot commands. I want to initiate the same routine from command line that would be performed if I would press the logout/reboot/shutdown button inside the KDE ...
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Cannot make NVIDIA driver work with Ubuntu 12.10
I seem to have a problem similar to many but I didn't manage to get it solved:
have a Lenovo N581 with an NVIDIA GeForce 610M
have just installed a fresh Ubuntu 12.10 64 bits, + KDE
and am trying to ...
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1answer
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What is the screen locking mechanism under KDE?
I installed KDE desktop on my Ubuntu:
root@DESKTOP:/var/log# dpkg -l|fgrep -i kde-plasma-desktop
ii kde-plasma-desktop 5:63ubuntu16 the KDE Plasma ...
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2answers
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Make KDM the default display manager
I'm giving KDE another try - so far so good. I installed everything using apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. During the installation it asked me which login manager to use and I chose LightDM - however, ...
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Open new windows on main screen in KDE two-screen setup
I am using KDE (with Kwin) on two screens. Often when I run a new application the new window shows on the second screen eventhough the mouse as well as the active window is on the main screen. How can ...
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Clean removal of KDE 4
I recently installed kde in to my Ubuntu 10.04 machine using apt. (i.e apt-get install kde-desktop) After a while I got enough with the testing and wanted to have gnome again. So I removed all the ...
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Is there a way to stop KDE from overwriting my other WM settings?
What is the problem?
KDE does not respect other window manager/DE settings.
Is there a way to safely run KDE alongside other window managers without having to reconfigure them every time after ...
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2answers
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what is KDE, GTK, GTK+, QT, and/or GNOME? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What different desktop environments and shells are available?
I'm new to Ubuntu (and linux in general). Some times when looking at programs in the Ubuntu Software ...
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GTK+ in Kubuntu apps look bad
I have installed Evolution email client on Kubuntu 11.10 and it's not so cute as expected.
Eclipse also looks bad. I have the GTK+ Appearance plugin in KDE System Settings and already tried QTCurve ...
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2answers
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Ugly font after KDE installation
You all know the nice default font that come with Ubuntu, right?
I just wanted to play a little bit with Kubuntu and installed the meta package
kubuntu-desktop
Everything was fine, however the ...
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2answers
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Restore default packages
Yesterday I installed KDE through gnome in Ubuntu 10.10 and after some time I decided to uninstall kde manually through the Synaptic Package Manager. I completely removed all the packages which I ...
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1answer
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How to fix choppy fonts after using KDE System Settings?
I used KDE System Settings to configure my KDE appearance settings (I wanted to make KolourPaint look native), even though I use GNOME. I changed some font settings through it, and now all of my fonts ...
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2answers
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What is a activity in KDE and what can I do with it?
In the top right corner of a standard KDE/Kubuntu installation you'll see this:
But seriously, I seem to be unable to understand what those "activities" are and what it would enable me to profit ...
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How to prevent Kaccessible from running? [closed]
I have installed lubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop on a Ubuntu 12.04 installation. Things seem to work fine.
But, while running Unity, I see kaccessibleapp running, I kill it, in a second it pops ...
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3answers
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Right click to open a terminal in Kubuntu?
On work, I am using fedora, where a right click on desktop opens a menu, which allows opening a terminal.
Home, I have kubuntu installed. Is it possible to have the same behavior?
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How do I install only the KDE desktop (and not apps) on Unity?
My question is pretty simple. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and I want to login with KDE.
I have seen recommendations to:
1- run the three commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ...
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1answer
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How do I install KDE or XFCE or LXDE to an Ubuntu 12.04 system with no internet connection?
How do you install a desktop environment such as KDE without an Internet connection in Ubuntu / Linux Mint?
I want to install KDE 4.8.3 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS without an Internet connection?
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1answer
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Kubuntu and KDE clock
I have some very strange behavior of the KDE clock in latest Kubuntu with KDE 4.10 backports. System clock is correctly set, although for some reason it uses UTC.
This is correct:
me@pinguino ~]$ ...
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1answer
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Is there one file that all Desktop Managers (GNOME, KDE, XFCE and etc) are required to read/execute when users login?
I use GNOME and it first executes commands from /etc/profile and then from ~/.profile. This I have found by putting statements like echo 'something' > test in all files that i could think of like ...
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Restore GTK integration after removing KDE
I was trying KDE (kubuntu-desktop) on top of an Ubuntu Unity install. Now I have uninstalled KDE. However, I see that any non-GTK based application still showing the KDE theme.
For example, below is ...
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2answers
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How to offer KDE, Unity and Gnome3 desktop login selection?
We're looking at deploying 12.04 across the entire enterprise (several hundred desktops). We've selected KDE as the default desktop for all users for the current distribution but we have a policy ...
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1answer
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How can I change the appearance of KDE applications?
I use Gnome. I want to change the appearance of KDE applications such as Amarok.
The colors in Amarok don't match the rest of my applications. How can I customize them?
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How to run Java application in KDE with Qt-like UI?
Continuing my question in Install Ubuntu or Kubuntu?
I have tried Kubuntu (KDE), and it was very cool as cool as Ubuntu (GNOME). but there is little problem with its user interface when we start Java ...
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How to change language of KDE software installed in Ubuntu
I would like to know how to change the language of the KDE software (Gwen and Okular) that I installed in my Ubuntu. My Ubuntu is in French, but the KDE software is in English. When I "Switch the ...
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How to have the “close”, “maximize” and “minimize” buttons on the left in google-chrome in kde
I would like to achieve what I was able to do in Ubuntu.
I've now switched to KDE and would like to have the buttons on the left hand side.
I have already set it for the "native" windows and they ...
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2answers
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Is KDE 4.6.X available for Ubuntu 10.04?
I am wondering if KDE 4.6.X is available for the latest LTS version of Ubuntu. I am not sure if it is in the Kubuntu Backports PPA for Lucid, i checked on Launchpad, but was unable to find an entire ...
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Is it possible to execute an action by double clicking on the Desktop?
Is it possible to execute an action (a command or a Bash Script) by double clicking on the Desktop?
I want to emulate the function that Fences does in Windows systems: By double clicking the desktop, ...
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KDE skin in Unity after installing KDE [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I just installed KDE, so I could have both desktop environments and switch between on the login screen. However, when I logged back in with Unity, some programs now show up ...
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how to disable nautilus-dropbox in KDE?
On Ubuntu 12.10 64bit I additionally installed kubuntu-desktop. I installed dropbox in Unity to use it there with nautilus. In Kde this is not the wanted behavior so I installed the dropboxd - Daemon ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to use multiple desktop environments on same system?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I want to try out KDE and other desktop environments.
But I'm not sure if I'll like them enough to switch permanently. I want to be safe and make a transition in a piecemeal ...
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1answer
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What is the equivalent of gksudo in Kubuntu/KDE?
In regular Ubuntu (Unity/Gnome), I use gksudo to run GUI programs with root privileges. I'm trying out Kubuntu (or KDE) now -- what do I use?
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How can I make KDE faster in Ubuntu 12.04. It's very slow
I installed the kubuntu-desktop package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but the problem is KDE responses very slowly. If I click on an application's icon to run it, it appears after 10 seconds and sometimes does ...
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Why are KDE components being installed/updated on 12.04 with GNOME?
I am not yet fully versed with the components installed by default on my machine, so I will apologize in advance if my question is silly. shows that a lot many of (what I assume are) KDE components ...
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Is there a plain KDE version without all the KDE applications available for Ubuntu?
I really like KDE and Ubuntu but I don't need most of the KDE applications, like Kontact or Kopete that will be installed with the usual KDE.
Is there a way I can install KDE (4.7) without all those ...
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What's the best way to effectively report bugs?
I've been trying to report a bug about Activities in Kubuntu causing me no end of grief with multiple issues ranging from annoying to total freeze/crash requiring hardware reset. I'm trying to follow ...
