Detailed howto for KDE4 desktop?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 31 October 2008 15:30:21 D. R. Evans wrote:
> Salvador Alemany Garrido said the following at 10/31/2008 08:13 AM :
> > You can search here  http://userbase.kde.org/
>
> I tried that; I'm afraid that it didn't tell me anything I hadn't figured
> out :-(
>
Probably some of the most useful would be watching the videos mentioned on the 
Glossary page, under Plasma.  It's a lot easier once you've seen it done.

> I'm trying to figure out *really* basic stuff. Some examples:
>
> 1. How do I change the colour of the panel?
>
Not possible, yet.

> 2. How do I move a desktop widget? (Everything I do seems to resize it;
> it's infuriatingly non-obvious how to move them.)
>
You know the handle that comes up when  you hover over it?  Grab hold of that 
handle, without touching an icon, and just pull it around.

> 3. How do I stop desktop widgets being added under the panel?
>
I'm not sure what you mean by this, Doc.  Can you explain the problem a bit 
more?

> (Those are just examples; there are tons more things I've tried to do and
> given up on in the past 24 hours.)
>
Keep asking.  I'll answer as many as I can.

> That kind of thing. It really is infuriating having to fight with the
> desktop just to get basic things right. I'm sure this stuff isn't hard; but
> it's not at all obvious.
>
Anne
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