KDE suggestions for Fedora 8 and beyond
lostson
lostson at lostsonsvault.org
Sun Jun 24 02:40:40 UTC 2007
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 14:34 -0500, Christopher David Desjardins wrote:
> Hi I'd like to throw a couple of my thoughts about KDE in Fedora and how it
> could be improved.
>
> 1. QT-Frontend for YUM
Try kyum
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=22185
> There are lots of good GTK frontends for yum (pirut, yumex) but there aren't
> really any good QT frontends for yum. There is kyum but it's certainly
> lacking in comparison to yumex. I think a QT version of yumex could be real
> nice and it could cut down on GTK dependencies in KDE, maybe? Another
> suggestions would be to port Adept from Kubuntu or Debian.
>
> 2. KDE Update Notifier
> Maybe a frontend for pup in QT or adept-updater?
>
> 3. Selecting KDE meta-package on the dvd brings in KDE only apps (except
> maybe GIMP and Firefox).
> I noticed when I selected KDE and deselected GNOME that it still wanted to
> install rhythmbox, soundjuicer, totem, pidgin, and other GNOME apps. This is
> not only adding to bloat from a KDE users stand point but it's also a bit
> annoying. I am sure GNOME users don't want a lot of KDE apps stinking of
> their desktops unless they select them.
>
> 4. Nice windeco and style
> The inclusion of KDE4 and oxygen might obsolete this thought.
>
> 5. A KDE irc channel
> Something like #fedora-kde on irc.freenode.net would be a nice place for
> those interested in KDE to discuss KDE on fedora, packaging, KDE4, and other
> related issues. This would not be for support and this would of course be
> specified in the topic. This could provide a place for the KDE developers
> and those interested in packaging, art, and helping out to discuss relevant
> issues. I know that opensuse, debian, and kubuntu all have channels similar
> to this.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
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LostSon
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