In this week's KDE CVS-Digest (old layout):
Digikam does black and white tonal conversion. KPDF implements history and KTTSD (screen reader) support. KMail adds graphical emoticons.
KNotes implements read-only support. Konqueror shows document title and favicon in location bar autocomplete. amaroK supports the Akode engine.
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For me, a Gentoo user, HAL was simple to install and test, and it works wonderfully with the new media:/ ioslave and the "Storage Media" panel applet in KDE 3.4 beta1. When I plug in a USB flash drive, an icon instantly appears next to my K Menu on kicker. When I insert a CD-ROM,another icon appears. HAL finally fills a void that has long been a need of mine.
Did you only have to emerge hal, or did you need to set some USE-flags or done something else to make it work with media:/ ioslave or kicker?
I simply had HAL and D-BUS installed when I emerged the new KDE. I didn't use any special use flags.
does it work with the desktop? eg does a icon appear on the desktop, too?
I don't normally have icons on my desktop, but I turned them on, and yes, devices appear there dynamically as well.
that's great. I'm really looking forward to KDE 3.4!!! And even more to KDE 4.0, for sure...
I just switched to KDE 3.4.1 and the "Storage Media" applet works well, but I would perfer to have the icons dynamically appear on the desktop. Could you tell me how to turn this on.
thanks
I just switched to KDE 3.4.1 and the "Storage Media" applet works well, but I would perfer to have the icons dynamically appear on the desktop. Could you tell me how to turn this on.
thanks
I've written a bit of a HOWTO on setting up D-BUS, HAL and media:/ after I frustrated myself getting it working for a day or so.
You can find it on my server:
http://mvgrafx.dyn.ca/~vmark/documents/DBUS-HAL-MEDIA-HOWTO.html
Thanks Vic! This look very good. So - a last chance for hal ;-)
Bye
Thorsten
Thanks this is very good :) It would be even better if it was in the KDE WIKI
*hint* ;)
I signed up and added it to the Wiki... I'm new to Wiki's so let me know if I did something wrong.
Looks great :) Good move putting it in the wiki as now it can be updated by anyone that learns a tip or trick. Now to follow the steps and get my own HAL system working...
what's the plan for KDE 4.0?
Start working on it when KDE 3.4 is out?
First make a KDE 3.5, and then work on 4.0?
Or start porting/working on kdelibs/kdebase to QT4 while we still have a KDE 3.5 release, with (almost) the same kdebase/libs as KDE 3.4?
AFAIK from reading the blogs and whatnot, next is KDE 4.
Yep, it's 3.4 then 4.
ow ok... And I guess it'll take some time? a year? or less? more?
Don't expect a KDE 4 release in 2005...
sad. will it beat longhorn in release date? I'd wish we had a polished KDE 4.0 before longhorn comes out... to show there isn't very much proprietary software has to offer, compared to what the free world can do.
Just want to mention my point of view...
You can't compare KDE with Windows.
Both are completely different things.
KDE is a desktop environment.
Windows is an operating system.
Even if you compare KDE with the desktop environment of Windows, then there will always be some things one can do better than the other. And even that is sometimes a personal preference of doing things.
And from what I read in articles (and don't take these articles for fact), Longhorn will not be released in 2005 either. Betas and Release candidates, yes, but a final product, probably not.
I agree. but comparisons of linux/windows are made all the time, and KDE plays a huge role in them... KDE is what the users see, and KDE is what the users use. It hides the internals of linux for them, exposing only what is usefull and understandable, while trying not to stand in their way if they want to explore more (konsole, man:/ kioslave, terminal in konqueror and kate - they make it easier to 'enter the real linux')
> You can't compare KDE with Windows.
Yep, it's just too unfair to Windows.
> Both are completely different things.
The Good, and the bad and ugly.
> KDE is a desktop environment.
The best ever, that is.
> Windows is an operating system.
It tries both and fails miserably (even if only few know about the full catastrophic extent).
If this really is a free market economy, the market hopefully will decide for the better alternative this time ;)
KDE - has won Desktop Environment of the Year at LinuxQuestions.org MC Awards - :)
Konqueror - has won File Manager of the Year.
Quanta - has won Web Development Editor of the Year
Kdevelop - has won IDE of the Year.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=286716
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=62
Couple of 2nd places etc aswell ;)
Thanks for all the excellent work over the years :)
it IS simply the best DE mankind ever gave birth to! Hoooray for all the boobies! KDE 4.0 will kinda be the abortion of Brutus Longhornus Betamus, muah. Fear the community, darnn Microsuxerz...