Getting to grips with Plasmoids

[Anne Wilson-5]

If KDE 4 still feels strange to you, UserBase now has a treat in store.  Hans
(aka Mogger, on IRC) has created a whole set of short looping screencasts that
show you exactly how to do all the common tasks associated with Plasma -
covering desktop and panel widgets, extenders and activities.  Each one lasts
only a few seconds, but because it loops you have plenty of time to see
exactly what is happening.  Find them at
http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ/HowTo

In case you didn't already know, there are already

http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma                                #a general introduction
http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ                #now updated to 4.3
http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Plasmoids        #a few of our favourite plasmoids.  
Why not add your favourites?

Anne
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[Gary Montalbine]

Anne Wilson wrote:

> If KDE 4 still feels strange to you, UserBase now has a treat in store.  Hans
> (aka Mogger, on IRC) has created a whole set of short looping screencasts that
> show you exactly how to do all the common tasks associated with Plasma -
> covering desktop and panel widgets, extenders and activities.  Each one lasts
> only a few seconds, but because it loops you have plenty of time to see
> exactly what is happening.  Find them at
> http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ/HowTo
>
> In case you didn't already know, there are already
>
> http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma                                #a general introduction
> http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ                #now updated to 4.3
> http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Plasmoids        #a few of our favourite plasmoids.  
> Why not add your favourites?
>
> Anne

Thanks Anne. I will check it out. I have stayed away from KDE4 because
of the plasmoids. Looks like a steep learning curve for an old man.

Gary

[Anne Wilson-5]

On Thursday 03 September 2009 15:35:59 Gary Montalbine wrote:

> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > If KDE 4 still feels strange to you, UserBase now has a treat in store.
> > Hans (aka Mogger, on IRC) has created a whole set of short looping
> > screencasts that show you exactly how to do all the common tasks
> > associated with Plasma - covering desktop and panel widgets, extenders
> > and activities.  Each one lasts only a few seconds, but because it loops
> > you have plenty of time to see exactly what is happening.  Find them at
> > http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ/HowTo
> >
> > In case you didn't already know, there are already
> >
> > http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma                                #a general introduction
> > http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ                #now updated to 4.3
> > http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Plasmoids        #a few of our favourite
> > plasmoids. Why not add your favourites?
> >
> > Anne
>
> Thanks Anne. I will check it out. I have stayed away from KDE4 because
> of the plasmoids. Looks like a steep learning curve for an old man.
>

Well this old woman managed it ;-)  Seriously, some things are different, but

it's not hard to learn if you are relaxed about it.  Ask if you have any
problems.  There are a few minor things that 3.5 had that are still not there,
but I think it's true to say that all the things that are widely used are now
possible.  UserBase is searchable (though it doesn't like short terms like
'pdf', which we are trying to get fixed) and I'm always happy to help.

Anne
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[Rick Kunath]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> Well this old woman managed it ;-)

Anne (or anyone),

Have you ever found a plasmoid that does the things Gkrellm (and it's
plug-ins) used to?

I guess that is something I have been struggling with in KDE4. I just
haven't found anything that I like, to replace it, and that has the same
functionality.

Rick Kunath

[James Kerr-2]

On Friday 04 September 2009 Rick Kunath wrote:

> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Well this old woman managed it ;-)
>
> Anne (or anyone),
>
> Have you ever found a plasmoid that does the things Gkrellm (and
> it's plug-ins) used to?
>
> I guess that is something I have been struggling with in KDE4. I
> just haven't found anything that I like, to replace it, and that
> has the same functionality.
>

There are a number of plasmoids that display some of the information
that is available with Gkrellm, but I haven't seen any that are as
comprehensive. Gkrellm works perfectly with KDE4 on 2009.1, although
you may have to switch to the traditional desktop. I've never tried
Gkrellm on the folder view desktop.

Jim

[Anne Wilson-5]

On Friday 04 September 2009 14:59:11 James Kerr wrote:

> On Friday 04 September 2009 Rick Kunath wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > Well this old woman managed it ;-)
> >
> > Anne (or anyone),
> >
> > Have you ever found a plasmoid that does the things Gkrellm (and
> > it's plug-ins) used to?
> >
> > I guess that is something I have been struggling with in KDE4. I
> > just haven't found anything that I like, to replace it, and that
> > has the same functionality.
>
> There are a number of plasmoids that display some of the information
> that is available with Gkrellm, but I haven't seen any that are as
> comprehensive.

I believe that more modules are in preparation for ksysguard, but I agree, at
the moment you have to use several separate ones.  It's not as convenient as
gkrellm.

> Gkrellm works perfectly with KDE4 on 2009.1, although
> you may have to switch to the traditional desktop. I've never tried
> Gkrellm on the folder view desktop.

(Slight confusion there - the folder-view desktop is the traditional one.)  I
run gkrellm on the standard Plasma desktop.  James' message implies that he
runs it on the folder-view desktop, so I guess that means that you can run it
whichever you prefer ;-).

Anne
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[James Kerr-2]

On Friday 04 September 2009 Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Friday 04 September 2009 14:59:11 James Kerr wrote:
> > On Friday 04 September 2009 Rick Kunath wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > Well this old woman managed it ;-)
> > >
> > > Anne (or anyone),
> > >
> > > Have you ever found a plasmoid that does the things Gkrellm
> > > (and it's plug-ins) used to?
> > >
> > > I guess that is something I have been struggling with in KDE4.
> > > I just haven't found anything that I like, to replace it, and
> > > that has the same functionality.
> >
> > There are a number of plasmoids that display some of the
> > information that is available with Gkrellm, but I haven't seen
> > any that are as comprehensive.
>
> I believe that more modules are in preparation for ksysguard, but I
> agree, at the moment you have to use several separate ones.  It's
> not as convenient as gkrellm.
>
> > Gkrellm works perfectly with KDE4 on 2009.1, although
> > you may have to switch to the traditional desktop. I've never
> > tried Gkrellm on the folder view desktop.
>
> (Slight confusion there - the folder-view desktop is the
> traditional one.)  I run gkrellm on the standard Plasma desktop.
> James' message implies that he runs it on the folder-view desktop,
> so I guess that means that you can run it whichever you prefer ;-).
>

Sorry for the confusion. I should have written "standard" and not
"traditional". Like you I use the standard plasma desktop and not the  
folder view desktop.

Jim

[Anne Wilson-5]

On Friday 04 September 2009 19:29:55 James Kerr wrote:

> On Friday 04 September 2009 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 04 September 2009 14:59:11 James Kerr wrote:
> > > On Friday 04 September 2009 Rick Kunath wrote:
> > > > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > Well this old woman managed it ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Anne (or anyone),
> > > >
> > > > Have you ever found a plasmoid that does the things Gkrellm
> > > > (and it's plug-ins) used to?
> > > >
> > > > I guess that is something I have been struggling with in KDE4.
> > > > I just haven't found anything that I like, to replace it, and
> > > > that has the same functionality.
> > >
> > > There are a number of plasmoids that display some of the
> > > information that is available with Gkrellm, but I haven't seen
> > > any that are as comprehensive.
> >
> > I believe that more modules are in preparation for ksysguard, but I
> > agree, at the moment you have to use several separate ones.  It's
> > not as convenient as gkrellm.
> >
> > > Gkrellm works perfectly with KDE4 on 2009.1, although
> > > you may have to switch to the traditional desktop. I've never
> > > tried Gkrellm on the folder view desktop.
> >
> > (Slight confusion there - the folder-view desktop is the
> > traditional one.)  I run gkrellm on the standard Plasma desktop.
> > James' message implies that he runs it on the folder-view desktop,
> > so I guess that means that you can run it whichever you prefer ;-).
>
> Sorry for the confusion. I should have written "standard" and not
> "traditional". Like you I use the standard plasma desktop and not the
> folder view desktop.
>

Well, as an experiment I just changed my desktop to FolderView - gkrellm

continued to run.  I think it should be fine.

Anne
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