lvm
December 26th, 2010, 11:12 AM
For quite a while I've been using KDE 3.5 (kubuntu 8.04) and was quite happy, but the time has come to upgrade. I looked at the modern alternatives and was dismayed: I use a single left panel with all the menus and a tasklist (which apart from my personal preferences is quite sensible with modern 16:9 displays but that's beside the point). It worked like a charm in KDE 3.5, but neither KDE 4.5, gnome or Xfce 4 shipped in 10.10 seems to support it anymore. Th major issue is the tasklist: all three desktop environments no longer allow disabling icons in the tasklist and show huge bloated task buttons with nothing but the icon visible. I don't want that, I want to see program names. KDE 3.5 managed it with just a 56 pixel panel, but now panel have to be extended nearly to half a screen to be usable :( Gnome in addition insists on turning all text to the side - menu titles, clock, etc - what genius thought of that? I wonder have they considered writing upside down on the bottom panel? - seems logical.
Anyway, the question is: am I missing some tweak or option which disables icons in the tasklist and enables proper left panel support in any of the three desktops? Or is there another alternative worth considering?
I don't know gnome or xfce very well, but in KDE panel applets can be developed independently, same story for gnome and xfce? Can you point to some relevant resources?
Anyway, the question is: am I missing some tweak or option which disables icons in the tasklist and enables proper left panel support in any of the three desktops? Or is there another alternative worth considering?
I don't know gnome or xfce very well, but in KDE panel applets can be developed independently, same story for gnome and xfce? Can you point to some relevant resources?