[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

[Thomas Taylor]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:13:57 +0200
Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at> wrote:

> On Friday, 2011-04-15, Dale wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> > 
> > The point Duncan and Alex is making is that the name is misleading.  It
> > really doesn't change any "system" settings at all, just user settings.
> > 
> > I have to agree with Duncan and Alex.  It is confusing and I really
> > don't see any reason why it should have been changed to begin with.  The
> > old name worked fine and was more accurate.  That said, it's not like
> > KDE hasn't made bad decisions before   Don't get us started on the
> > dropping KDE3 before KDE4 was ready, some would argue KDE4 still isn't
> > ready.  Anyway, I better stop there before we get this ball rolling again.
> > 
> > On the other hand, I wish it was something besides a K in the front
> > sometimes.  There are a lot of kernel processes that start with k as
> > well.  I guess because kernel starts with a k.  :/
> 
> It has to be called something. KControl is not that accurate either because
> it can contain setting modules for non KDE settings (as you have already 
> mentioned yourself).
> 
> Maybe settings manager or settings center.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 

And on those points, why does openSUSE have to go in and make changes to the
behavior and menus of kcontrol/systemsettings?  Very frustrating!

Tom

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