[CLUE-Tech] New Distro: ArkLinux

[Joe Linux]

Okay, I'll try that, and report back.

Jed S. Baer wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:14:16 -1000
>Joe Linux <joelinux at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>I don't think we are over saturated with good "desktop" distros, but we 
>>are over saturated with too many distros that have some nagging problem 
>>that prevents average people from easily using them .  Which brings up 
>>the question:  How do you add a button to the KDE 3.1 taskbar?  I know 
>>you can drag something off the menu, but when you choose something like 
>>"add button launcher' it only gives the choice of picking from the menu 
>>again.  Then I tried to copy an existing button and edit it, but then my
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>>changes don't really stick.  Is this a Mandrake 9.1 thing or what?  It 
>>should be easier to add your own generic button to the task bar.  Any 
>>solution would be greatly appreciated because this is one of the primary
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>>reasons I never use KDE and stick with ICEwm.  With ICE, I'm in the 
>>driver's seat.  I can do it, and it sticks.
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>I found a really kludgy way to do this. On the "desktop" (i.e. root
>window), provide you have desktop icons enabled, you can click
>(configurable which button, but I think right is the default) and get a
>context menu which allows you to create a launcher icon. Once you've done
>that, you can drag it onto the KDE taskbar, which will copy (not move) it
>there. Then you delete the desktop icon you just created. Note this is
>under RH8.0. I have no idea if it's the normal KDE behavior.
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>jed
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