Things that bug me

[Qqmike]

I like 22.04, recently installed in my recently built desktop PC. But two things so far, one is more serious:

(1) K > Places > History or Frequently used

Problem for me: I can seldom find what I need to find there!
It lists all kinds of stuff, but why not that important recently worked-on document that I need?!
And deleting entries in those two places, AFAIK, must be done one by one. You can not highlight a bunch of the entries to delete all at once.

(2) Updates that require re-booting:

This is the 3rd time, the 3rd update, when I clicked the re-boot icon, where it re-booted OK but then couldn't connect to my DSL (through Ethernet cable).
I'm not a network guy, for sure. I worry what to do to fix this if I needed to fix it.
SO FAR ... I have been lucky-ducky:
I have simply pulled the DSL Ethernet jack (the yellow cable) out of the router-modem, waited 30 seconds, plugged it back in, and my correct network settings/addresses were detected correctly and quickly.

[GreyGeek]

As for problem Prob 1 it must be a setting in K or Dolphin

which is probably set in the following location:



As for problem 2 ...
Rebooting is an option you can take immediately or waiting until you turn on your computer the next day. Sometimes I am in the middle of a Jupyter Notebook app and don't want to reboot until I reach a stopping point or finish it. Your system won't stop working if you don't reboot, BUT, considering how fast Kubuntu 22.04 boots (mine usually takes 10-15 seconds), rebooting isn't what it used to be 10 years ago when it took 2 or 3 minutes, or more.

An aside -- I used to think that a Zoom modem V.92 running at a blazing 56kbps was "lightening" fast, compared to the older 48Kb modems without compression. Now, I wonder why my 530mpbs optic takes so long to do some things. (Even though it hits 50+mbps DL speeds) LOL!

[Qqmike]

Problem 1:
I missed the "Recent Files" Using that (by scrolling way down) would help. Recent Files can also be added to Favorites, too, I think.

But ... this raises a question: what good is the Places > Frequently used? I don't see how it is useful; in fact, I often can't find a recent "frequently used" file!

Thanks.

[GreyGeek]

Problem 1:
.....
But ... this raises a question: what good is the Places > Frequently used? I don't see how it is useful; in fact, I often can't find a recent "frequently used" file!

Strange.
"Recently used" lists a large number of files I've accessed in chronological order.

[arsivci]

Problem 1:
I missed the "Recent Files" Using that (by scrolling way down) would help. Recent Files can also be added to Favorites, too, I think.

But ... this raises a question: what good is the Places > Frequently used? I don't see how it is useful; in fact, I often can't find a recent "frequently used" file!

Thanks.

I have never used Frequently used, nor noticed it. Krunner is very reliable to locate frequently used files; combine it with a careful naming scheme and you are golden.

[Qqmike]

@GreyGeek: Yes, I agree. "Recently used" is very useful and complete. But the "Frequently used" is the one I am complaining about (K > Places > "Frequently used")

[jlittle]

Problem 1: "Recent Documents" are in ~/.local/share/RecentDocuments. You can clear them out from there. There is also "recently used"; a category a bit broader than recent "documents". IIUC these come from data stored by kactivitymanagerd and stored in its SQLite database in ~/.local/share/kactivitymanagerd/resources/database.

A file gets a .desktop reference in "Recent Documents" when you open the file through the "desktop environment". If you manage to create a file without interacting with the DE, it won't know about it. So, if I create or edit a file using the command line, it doesn't appear. In gvim if I work on a file with the ancient command :edit, it won't appear, but if I use the KDE file picker by running :browse edit, the file appears. For me now GTK apps like vim and firefox are interacting quite well with KDE, but to get that always, I have to have

export GTK_USE_PORTAL=1

in a script started through System settings->Startup and Shutdown->Autostart->Pre-startup scripts, specified with the full path. Defining the variable in the usual places like ~.profile or .bashrc doesn't work when apps are started through the DE, as KDE now doesn't run them in it's startup. If I unset that variable, I get the awful (IMO) Gnome file picker and "Recent Documents" is not updated, so perhaps, Qqmike, you are using a GTK app without GTK_USE_PORTAL set.

[Qqmike]

jlittle is way over my head! (no surprise there!) But thanks for the input and the added insights. I always enjoy your quick "value-added tutorials."