Kubuntu + KDE 4.2

[jmadero]

Trying to change my plasma theme but all instructions say to open a file in /home/user/.kde4/share/config called plasmarc

I have the file in

/home/user/.kde-neon/share/config but it says to look for a line that says

"Name = Default" and change it.

Unfortunately mine only has

[Applet Browser]
used=,launcher,systemtray,folderview,notifier,page r,tasks,digital-clock

Any ideas? Thanks all

[oz]

Quite a bit changed in 4.2 so I'd recommend renaming your ~./kde4 folder and restarting so that the config files can rebuild themselves. Otherwise, I installed 4.2 yesterday and had no problem changing themes, but I did start with a fresh profile.

[jmadero]

Thanks for the advice. It seems like KDE 4.2 is an improvement but still lacking a lot of stuff. Since I'm a gnome person I have a hard time with all the widgets and stuff. Plus I don't really get the point of some of it (can't really pinpoint my irritation but there's something here that just isn't flowing right). Lastly, I know this will come with time, but the # of widgets is minimal. When I go to "add new widgets" and choose the google option there are only 4 extra widgets to choose from.

One last thing, already found a really annoying bug. If I restart I can't get my net back up, if I shut down and then turn back on it comes up without a problem....going to post a bug report on launchpad

[oz]

On my fresh install yesterday, I had lots more widgets to choose from than before, but not sure how many. Did you install the plasma-addons package (not sure it's called that in Ubuntu)?

It was all overly irritating to me as well, so I dumped it after a few hours and returned to Gnome.

[jmadero]

I haven't given up yet but getting there. Is there a way for me to remove KDE 3.5? I installed neon on top of 3.5 in Kubuntu so now I have KDE 3.5 and 4.2 at login. What is the easiest way for me to remove 3.5 without screwing up 4.2? Thanks all

[oz]

You might need parts of KDE3 and QT3 if you run KOffice, K3B, and a number of other apps because the KDE4 versions aren't ready yet, or at least they weren't the last time I checked.

[jmadero]

hmm well I use open office not koffice, I also don't use k3b...I might try it and see what happens. Thanks