Kubuntu Settings in KDE
Jonathan Riddell
jriddell at ubuntu.com
Thu Mar 20 16:42:40 GMT 2008
Kubuntu makes some changes to KDE's default settings. Some are distro
specific (e.g. no icons on the desktop) but I think some of these
should go into KDE directly.
Please comment on which are sensible to go into KDE and which are
plain wrong.
Jonathan
== kdelibs ==
* Sub menus are bad. To simplify the k-menu, Utilities has been
flattened to one level. The old kcontrol categories
(X-KDE-settings-hardware etc) have been marked not to be included
to stop them appearing in Lost and Found.
* cryptodefaults: don't warn when submitting forms to unencrypted
sites, everyone does this all the time with Google etc
* kdeglobals: show previews in file manager by default
* kcookiejarrc: accept cookies by default (I find it hard to believe normal
users really want to filter every single cookie)
* kio_httprc: set Firefox userid on google.com, makes gmail and
calendar work
* kwalletrc: don't run first time wizard, its more confusing than
than just asking for a password
== kdebase ==
* dolphin: show information bar by default
* ktip: don't run this. Just kill it. Kill it dead.
* kwin: double click on window bar to maximise/minimise (does anyone
* use windowbar shading?)
* konquerorsu: NoDisplay in apps menu (root is bad)
* klipper: NoDisplay in apps menu (autostarted)
* systemsettings: NoDisplay in apps menu (in Computer and Favourites)
* kmenuedit: NoDisplay in apps menu (in right click menu)
* Home.desktop: NoDisplay in apps menu (we have a Computer menu)
* click instead of hover on kickoff
== kdeutils ==
* kwalletmanager: NoDisplay in menu (available though systray applet)
== kdenetwork ==
* kppplogviewer: NoDisplay in menu (available through kppp)
== kdepim ==
* NoDisplay on apps included in Kontact, users don't need two ways to
get to the same thing
== kdemultimedia ==
* Add an autostart file for kmix, set main window hidden by default
== kdesdk ==
* Don't show profile option for kate, its confusing and gets in the
way of the app just starting
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