How do I strip Plasma x from Kubuntu?

[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.

[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.

[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

[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]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

...even though Gnome was improving I still didn't go with it.

Sounds like you'll fit right in here with that attitude to Gnome.

As for moving the taskbar around in XFCE are you talking the Xubuntu version? I tried the MX-14 with XFCE 4.10 and the taskbar defaulted on the left and I was able move it to the top, that's it. And in reading up on MX-14 it stated it is customizable; apparently the taskbar isn't.

XFCE is very customisable, you can position the taskbar any where on the screen including in the centre if you wish.

[claydoh]

MX-14?


Um, nevermind..


Anyhoo, perhaps describing what you mean as flakey. I have found Lxde, and Lubuntu quite stable and solid for the few years I have used it on my ancient hardware, until it recently died.

If you want to try something out, you can install openbox, and then in KDE's,system settings default Applications settings, you can switch from using Kwin as the window manager to openbox. Snappy, but plain.

I do think that if you checked out Kubuntu 14.04 or 14,10, you might be surprised how much better the interface runs compared to what you had in Mepis.

[Pepse]

Like I said in an earlier post back when I ran Mandrake I tried the Gnome desktop and "(didn't care for the taskbar on top and Gnome in general)". I tried Gnome with each version of Mandrake (8.x, 9x, 10.x) and even though Gnome was improving I still didn't go with it. To me it was still lagging behind KDE.

As for moving the taskbar around in XFCE are you talking the Xubuntu version? I tried the MX-14 with XFCE 4.10 and the taskbar defaulted on the left and I was able move it to the top, that's it. And in reading up on MX-14 it stated it is customizable; apparently the taskbar isn't.

And so, I am trying to find a stable lightweight OS, but, Lubuntu like I stated earlier is flakey. So, that is why I was think of going back to Kubuntu but would like to strip it down so it is a little faster. As NickStone stated " you can disable the widgets that run as default when you install Kubuntu, that should make it a little "leaner" ". So, that is something to look at.

Later. pepse.

[SteveRiley]

I'll have to agree with Richb here. Characterizing a desktop environment as GNOME-like or KDE-like just because of the locations of certain elements may hinder you from discovering all the capabilities of the individual desktops. As for KDE, you can place the panel anywhere you like.

[richb]

Now my point is when I see an OS with the taskbar on top or the side, to me, it is Gnome.

So if you put the panel on the bottom it is not Gnome? Which you can do with XFCE. Or if you put the panel on the right in KDE it is Gnome? With all due respect that is rather a narrow view of what defines a DE.

[Pepse]

NickStone just seen your reply after I posted my reply. Yeah, I can see that by stripping what I can should help. Worth trying. Thanx.

Pepse.