[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Dale <rdalek1967 at gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> The reason is this, kcontrol lets a person know it is a KDE thing and
> not a system thing.  For most long term Linux users, system means that
> it is global.  As a example, if I make a change in xorg.conf, it is a
> system wide change.  Any change there will affect ALL users.  Same could
> be said for lots of other files.  That just happened to be a GUI one.
>
> If you use systemsetting, AKA Kcontrol, to change a setting, it only
> affects the one user and has nothing to do with others or the system
> itself.  The only exception to that I can think of would be the section
> concerning the login and splash screen but that is actually a kdm
> setting and you have to be root to change it.  When you have to type in
> root to get access, it is usually a system setting of some sort.
>

OK, I do understand the point. However, persistence in continuing to
communicate this preference, and that's all it is, only creates
confusion. On my Gentoo box I only have systemsettings. I do not have
kcontrol or Kcontrol or KControl or anything like it, so what's the
point of living in the past and creating confusion in the future?

For Gentoo 'users' (at least for 4.4.5) there is only systemsettings.
You guys should take this up with the devs but until it's changed why
make confusion here?

mark at c2stable ~ $ locate control | grep bin
/usr/bin/akonadi_control
/usr/bin/jack_control
/usr/bin/jack_server_control
/usr/bin/jcontrol
/usr/bin/us428control
mark at c2stable ~ $ locate Control | grep bin
/usr/bin/ControlPanel
/usr/lib64/virtualbox/sdk/bindings/xpcom/idl/nsIFastLoadFileControl.idl
/usr/lib64/virtualbox/sdk/bindings/xpcom/include/nsIFastLoadFileControl.h
mark at c2stable ~ $ locate kcontrol | grep bin
mark at c2stable ~ $ locate Kcontrol | grep bin
mark at c2stable ~ $

- Mark