
Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
Opensuse Kickoff QT desktop panel for KDE is an effort to maximize the user experience.
Kicker QT can be used as a program launcher, load plugins and uses qtcurve for that eye candy we like.
Not for Newbies!!!
Use at your own risk!!!
Reboot after installing
12 years ago
* Updated control file to handle dependencies
* Enabled "Use custom colors" functionality
* Sysinfo:/ now works with http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/KIO+Slave+sysinfo:++-+Distro+pkg?content=58704
* Removed Suse Branding and replaced with KDE icon linking to kde-look.org
* Changed the switch option to show "Switch to Kickoff QT Menu Style"
* Replaced Suse Launch button with Revaline's_Launch_Menu_v4.0 Blue button
12 years ago
* Updated control file to handle dependencies
* Enabled "Use custom colors" functionality
* Sysinfo:/ now works with http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/KIO+Slave+sysinfo:++-+Distro+pkg?content=58704
* Removed Suse Branding and replaced with KDE icon linking to kde-look.org
* Changed the switch option to show "Switch to Kickoff QT Menu Style"
* Replaced Suse Launch button with Revaline's_Launch_Menu_v4.0 Blue button
haldrik
10 years ago
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tiger7577
12 years ago
Also, what's that wallpaper and style you're using?
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epsilom
12 years ago
please upload in other servidor
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DieselPower
12 years ago
wget http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/pool/feisty/3v1n0/kicker-kickoff_1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i kicker-kickoff_1_i386.deb
This package doesn't need any extras installed. It "Just Works".
Enjoy!
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ml2mst
12 years ago
Thanks a lot, I love it!
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Pensacola
12 years ago
the dependency is qtcurve but all I'm finding is qtcurve-kde3 packages...
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zilti
12 years ago
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apachelogger
12 years ago
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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ZdadrDeM
12 years ago
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
Thanks
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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hermesetas
12 years ago
Its so sad that Vista interface is copied so shamelessly... I hope someone could someday invent something new in opensource community instead of just copying cool stuff from M$.
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andepiel45
12 years ago
Let's collect a liitle bit more information:
1.- MAC OS spotlight feature (around 2002):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT6YO30GhmQ
2.- Beagle Linux feature: this project is an attempt in Linux to bring spotlight feature to Linux desktops, starts when XP were launched, around 2002. This feature is on development yet and will probably be included integrated on the desktop on KDE4. SuSE just integrated a little bit earlier, since Novell is a direct competitor of Microsoft.
In Gnome desktop, Novell also includes beagle integrated on a different menu style.
MAC and Linux takes ideas one from the other all the time (spaces is basically an adaptation of Novell 3D desktop, keyring is an improvement of kwallet idea -that works very poorly at the moment-, that GNOME is now trying to catch).
In fact, Win95 is an Apple 89 rip off, and Windows Vista is a MAC OS X (based on Berckeley Unix Distribution) rip off on the stetical aspect.
Besides, Novell's KDE menu is different to Vista and MAC OS, since there are several sections, such as applications, favorites, computer, and logout.
3.- Is it important the features that desktops includes? Is it here the importance of the opensource? I don't think so.
Do you think that in the future there would be PCs? Or would be mobile phones? Or may be small terminals integrated all over your environment (desktop, fridge,...)? In such a complex scenario, would be a good idea to keep different development islands (different technologies for different platforms) making life more and more complicated to the developer, or better to share a same common development platform for everyone?
I don't know which is going to be the future, but it looks like that Google would have a better position than M$, since Internet services over fast networks seems to have a better future than software licenses. You can access to a service through whatever the interface you use (PC, mobile, terminals, ...). I'd like to have a centralized point where I collect all the information related to a company, a house or whatever I need to control, and give open access to them.
More than that, if you want to develop fast a project, it is much better to have something already done and just adapt it to the specific environment you have, not having to develop same kind of applications over and over again. Just see moodle, as cooperative environment. Universities all over the world are integrating them. Probably if they find problems, they will fix them and that's how this particular tool is getting bigger and bigger, better and better.
It is not simple to adapt, but some companies can make some money making the adaptation to the customer needs. Of course, much cheaper for the customer than a complete installation and will include support of the developers.
So, it would be a good idea to get a little bit more information before posting anything, so we can really share ideas, instead of just attack things that we don't like (without even know why so many people are making so many efforts in a concrete direction).
César
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Ekardnam
12 years ago
Are you talking about the look? If you've used KDE you know that you can configure it to match your tastes. Obviously many people come from using Windows, it's nothing strange if they make their KDE look like what they're familiar with?
As far as I know, this is far from the default Suse look.
Talking about the menu? I haven't tried Vista (nor Kickoff to be honest), but what I've seen they work quite different.
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rufsketch1
12 years ago
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hermesetas
12 years ago
Nope, M$ is not the only source of original things, and yes - they do copy lots of things, I believe.
Apologies for my mis-spelled / mis-used / wrong words, however that is not the issue.
For-what-its-worth (tm someone) I think your screenshots are really cool and pleases the eye but still, its a imitation / plagiate of aero. Graphical appearence of Kickoff for kubuntu is too similar to aero.
Please don't excuse yourself by saying that MS will copy / imitate linux by not having GUI in servers?! Thats so far fetched.
You must have done lots of work for this and you have done good work, keep it up. Remember though that it is easy to take already completed thing and modify something to resemble it than to create something completely new.
don't take critique so hard, try to embrace it and learn from it.
For rufsketch1:
kbfx was started in june 2005, aero was first time introduced to world in press on july 2005 (aero information taken from wikipedia, is or isnot correct date). So I don't believe on those basis that M$ ripped OS.
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
Thank you
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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Ruffinius
12 years ago
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ZdadrDeM
12 years ago
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/checkinstall/
Here you can download an old version (maybe a dapper version). Remove the 1.6.1 completly and install the old version and it won't package gcc, g++ and binutils files anymore.
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dummy_double
12 years ago
This one looks better than the original SUSE version!
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