How do I strip Plasma x from Kubuntu?

[richb]

I do not want to get into a discussion of MX-14. But to correct a statement made, the panel can be moved anywhere. Also, I do not expect many KDE4 users to warm up to XFCE. I am ambiDExtrous, and can use both XFCE and KDE happily.

[Pepse]

Okay, claydoh, as for what I call Flakey with Lubuntu. The first time I installed it I pulled all of my pics out of my win7u HDD (over 5000, dups and trips on some) and used 3 for my desktops ( always have preferred to have 4 desktops) and my desktops went screwy as in the pictures compressed; lost about 2 inches on the left and right side of screen including the taskbar. I could get the taskbar back by clicking the mouse in the area of the taskbar, and it was fine until the next time I turned the computer on. Also, it messed up my "Desktop Preferences" to the point that I could not return to the standard Lubuntu wallpapers because it removed some icons. I posted the problem on Ubuntu and JustLinux and got very little response so I got a different HDD and put Lubuntu 13.10 on it. Which is what I am runnung as we speak. And as for the drive with the flakey Lubuntu I can't really explain it but there were other issues that I know were caused by the problem with the wallpaper snafu. It just didn't run right anymore. Now mind you I have all my pics on this HDD and I mainly run Shotwell but I am kinda careful what I do. I do very little with the pics for fear of crashing or who knows. Now we don't need to dwell on this version because I need to get a newer version of something, Lub or Kub with a LTS so I can get updates for awhile.

NickStone, thanx for the High5 on Gnome :-D. As for XFCE? Guess I didn't try hard enough. But, that's okay. Like I said I don't care for Gnome-like environments.

richb, the one thing I see here is that Mepis/MX-14 is a questionable OS. Well it was good enough for me at the time. But I seemed to have hit a wall with Mepis 11 and being that Mepis appears dead so be it. To me it is another Linux OS I tried for awhile. Heck I tried a lot of Linux OS's over the years and if anything it is fun trying different ones. One of many enjoyable things about Linux.

So, I downloaded Kubuntu 14.04 and will load it probably Sunday. By the way, if I like it again is there a way to have more than 1 or 2 desktops? That was what annoyed my about KDE 4.x. Like I said, I love multiple desktops.

Later. Pepse.

[Snowhog]

By the way, if I like it again is there a way to have more than 1 or 2 desktops? That was what annoyed my about KDE 4.x. Like I said, I love multiple desktops.

You can have as many as your memory will support.

[richb]

Pepse

I am not here to promote Mepis or MX. I just want to correct any inaccuracies.

Yes Mepis is pretty much dead, with the sole developer incognito, and no development proceeding. MX however is being developed by a group of community users and is very active. It is not Mepis.

[vinnywright]

So, I downloaded Kubuntu 14.04 and will load it probably Sunday. By the way, if I like it again is there a way to have more than 1 or 2 desktops? That was what annoyed my about KDE 4.x. Like I said, I love multiple desktops.

Later. Pepse.

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VINNY

[Pepse]

richb, okay. But since MX-14 is Gnome-like I will skip it.

Vinnywright, that is the fluff I don't have the time or care for. Yes it is great for the potential windows users, impressive, don't get me wrong, but I have better things to use my computer for. I just want the multiple boxes in my taskbar.

Later. Pepse.

[vinnywright]

richb, okay. But since MX-14 is Gnome-like I will skip it.

Vinnywright, that is the fluff I don't have the time or care for. Yes it is great for the potential windows users, impressive, don't get me wrong, but I have better things to use my computer for. I just want the multiple boxes in my taskbar.

Later. Pepse.

I would (if I didn't want any fluff) and was going to run on older hardware or just want to lean things down a bit ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as soon as I got loged in after install go to Kickoff>system settings>Desktop effects and turn them off ,,,,,then in system settings>workspace behavior>virtual desktops ,,,,set as meney as you wish ,,,,,,,,then in system settings>startup and shutdown>service manager ,,,,disable all services you do not need.

VINNY

[Snowhog]

I just want the multiple boxes in my taskbar.

After initial installation, you have two virtual desktops in the Panel. You can increase that number easily. Right-click on them and click Pager settings. Click on Virtual Desktops and set the number you want under Layout.

[Pepse]

Strange that I don't remember that stuff in 9.x or 10.x. That's fine. Thank you.

Heck I have had better reults in Kubuntu Forums than Ubuntu Forums. Thanx everbody.

Later. pepse.