Be Wily and Enjoy the Progress of Kubuntu 15.10

[vinnywright]

Glad you got your system back after being wily with Wily. I think that you might have struck a problem with the repositories being update from Plasma 5.3.95 to 5.4. My system has been updated today with many packages from 5.3.95 to 5.4. I get the impression that this is work in progress as the KInfoCenter is still showing the KDE Plasma Version as 5.3.95.

yes we have a mix of plasma 5.4 & 5.3..95 at the moment .

        [FONT=monospace][COLOR=#000000]vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ dpkg -l | grep plasma [/COLOR]
ii  kdeconnect-[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]                             0.0+git20150810-0ubuntu1                   amd64      [/COLOR]
  connect smartphones to your KDE Plasma desktop 
ii  kde[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-addons-data                         4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           all        [/COLOR]
  locale files for kde[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-addons [/COLOR]
ii  libkdeclarative5                              4:4.14.6-4~ubuntu6                         amd64      
  declarative library for [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR]
ii  libkf5[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]5:amd64                           5.13.0-0ubuntu1                            amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Runtime components 
ii  libkf5[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]quick5:amd64                      5.13.0-0ubuntu1                            amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Runtime components 
ii  lib[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-geolocation-interface5              4:5.3.95-0ubuntu1                          amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Workspace for KF5 library 
ii  lib[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]3                                    4:4.14.6-4~ubuntu6                         amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Library for the KDE Platform 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-dataengines-addons                     4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional data engines for Plasma 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-desktop                                4:5.3.95-0ubuntu1                          amd64      [/COLOR]
  Tools and widgets for the desktop 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-desktop-data                           4:5.3.95-0ubuntu1                          all        [/COLOR]
  Tools and widgets for the desktop data files 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-framework                              5.13.0-0ubuntu1                            amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Runtime components 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-nm                                     4:5.3.95-0ubuntu1                          amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma5 networkmanager library. 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-pa                                     4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma 5 Volume controller 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-runners-addons                         4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional runners for Plasma 5 and Krunner 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-scriptengine-javascript                4:15.07.90-0ubuntu1                        amd64      [/COLOR]
  JavaScript script engine for Plasma 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-wallpapers-addons                      4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional wallpaper plugins for Plasma 5 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-widget-kimpanel                        4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  KIMPanel widget for Plasma 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-widgets-addons                         4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional widgets for Plasma 5 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-workspace                              4:5.3.95-0ubuntu1                          amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Workspace for KF5

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VINNY

[NoWorries]

like the new launcher ,,,,,,,kinda



VINNY

I also kinda like it BUT, I found that I cannot drag an application from it to any other place on the desktop. For single click launching of my favourite applications, I prefer to have them in an Empty Panel. Currently, the Application Launcher is the only one that provides the ability to drag an application to an Empty Panel. The Application Dashboard is certainly faster to navigate through applications than the Application Launcher.

I am patiently waiting to see if Plasma 5 provides better and working options for an Empty Panel. On my system, an Empty Panel cannot be made Auto Hide. The option can be selected but it doesn't work.

[kc1di]

I Installed 15.10 beta yesterday and still trying to find my way around a bit. But so far like what I've seen. Only thing I can't figure out is in dolphin when you right click under create new there no entry for creating a new file folder.

[gnomek]

F10 can be used in Dolphin to create a new folder.

[vinnywright]

I Installed 15.10 beta yesterday and still trying to find my way around a bit. But so far like what I've seen. Only thing I can't figure out is in dolphin when you right click under create new there no entry for creating a new file folder.

strange ........I have that option .



are you fuly up to date ,,,,,have you ran

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sence installing ?

VINNY

[elijathegold]

like the new launcher ,,,,,,,kinda



VINNY

Is that launcher full screen? Not sure I'm going to like that but I'll wait until I've tried before whinging about it properly

[vinnywright]

Is that launcher full screen? Not sure I'm going to like that but I'll wait until I've tried before whinging about it properly

yes

vinny

[vinnywright]

almost all plasma-5.4 @now after 101-updates this afternoon .................................................. ....

        [FONT=monospace][COLOR=#000000]vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ dpkg -l | grep plasma [/COLOR]
ii  kdeconnect-[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]                             0.0+git20150810-0ubuntu1                   amd64      [/COLOR]
  connect smartphones to your KDE Plasma desktop 
ii  kde[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-addons-data                         4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           all        [/COLOR]
  locale files for kde[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-addons [/COLOR]
ii  libkdeclarative5                              4:4.14.11-0ubuntu2                         amd64      
  declarative library for [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR]
ii  libkf5[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]5:amd64                           5.13.0-0ubuntu1                            amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Runtime components 
ii  libkf5[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]quick5:amd64                      5.13.0-0ubuntu1                            amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Runtime components 
ii  lib[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-geolocation-interface5              4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Workspace for KF5 library 
ii  lib[COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]3                                    4:4.14.11-0ubuntu2                         amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Library for the KDE Platform 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-dataengines-addons                     4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional data engines for Plasma 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-desktop                                4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  Tools and widgets for the desktop 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-desktop-data                           4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           all        [/COLOR]
  Tools and widgets for the desktop data files 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-framework                              5.13.0-0ubuntu1                            amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Runtime components 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-nm                                     4:5.3.95-0ubuntu1                          amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma5 networkmanager library. 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-pa                                     4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma 5 Volume controller 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-runners-addons                         4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional runners for Plasma 5 and Krunner 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-scriptengine-javascript                4:15.08.0-0ubuntu2                         amd64      [/COLOR]
  JavaScript script engine for Plasma 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-wallpapers-addons                      4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional wallpaper plugins for Plasma 5 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-widget-kimpanel                        4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  KIMPanel widget for Plasma 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-widgets-addons                         4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  additional widgets for Plasma 5 
ii  [COLOR=#ff5454][B]plasma[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]-workspace                              4:5.4.0-0ubuntu1                           amd64      [/COLOR]
  Plasma Workspace for KF5

[/FONT]

unfortunately my hacked sddm and splash backgrounds are back to breeze,,,,,,,,,,,,,, sigh ,,,, simple to change back though .

VINNY

[elijathegold]

yes

vinny

It doesn't w̶o̶r̶k̶ behave like the Windows 8 travesty does it?
How does it handle multiple monitors?

I don't want to update to a beta, but I want to know how it works

[vinnywright]

give me an hour or so and I'll do a screencast of it .

and test multi monitor ,,,,I assume it will stay on the primary screen.

VINNY

[vinnywright]

OK then ,,,,,hears a screencast

https://youtu.be/6v8JOv-eFno

and hooking a second monitor up still leaves it on the primary ,,,,,second monitor had no wallpaper however ,,,did not try to set one ,,, should have sory.

VINNY

[elijathegold]

That looks good and seems to work quite nicely. I can't see a reputation or thank button anywhere so I'll just say thank you for taking the time to do that.

[vinnywright]

That looks good and seems to work quite nicely. I can't see a reputation or thank button anywhere so I'll just say thank you for taking the time to do that.

your welcome ,,,,,,,,I geek for fun

VINNY

[vinnywright]

by the way every one conky is not recognizing "pre_exec" in 15.10 ?

conky: unknown variable '$pre_exec'
conky: unknown variable '$pre_exec'
conky: unknown variable '$pre_exec'

used like

Release: $alignr${pre_exec lsb_release -rs | awk '{print $1}'}

VINNY

[NoWorries]

OK then ,,,,,hears a screencast

https://youtu.be/6v8JOv-eFno

and hooking a second monitor up still leaves it on the primary ,,,,,second monitor had no wallpaper however ,,,did not try to set one ,,, should have sory.

VINNY

On my second monitor I have an ever changing wallpaper, ie. every 5 minutes. I decided to put the launcher at the top right of this 2nd desktop as shown below in a section of my desktop.



When I launch it from there, the Application Dashboard is on that monitor. I must say that I am taking a little time to get used to it as I had some difficulty locating KSnapshop which had a different description under it. I have now changed the "Show applications as" to "Name only" as this is what I am used to seeing when using the Application Launcher.