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Desktop Theme

Baghira

  • Baghira offers a very good QT/KDE theme imitating Apple OSX look.
  • On SuSE, just install package through YaST (packman or Guru repositories)
  • To activate:
    • Configure Desktop - Personal SettingsAppearance & ThemeStyle → select Baghira.
    • Configure Desktop - Personal SettingsAppearance & ThemeWindow Decoration → select Baghira.

Mouse Icon theme

  • To install, simply extract archive folder in ~/.icons (eg. ~/.icons/Shere Khan X/.
  • Select theme through Configure Desktop - Personal Settings PeripheralMouseCursor Theme.

Shere Khan X

  • Best OSX-like icon theme.

Jaguar X

  • Another good OSX-like icon theme.

Window Shadows

  • To enable window shadows, right-click on window title bar → Configure Window BehaviorTranslucency → panel Shadows.

Amarok

  • xine-lib/1.1.14-1 has a bug that makes Amarok to freeze frequently when changing track. (see bug). Bug is solved in xine-lib/1.1.14-2.
  • Still some problems with crossfading. It introduces jerky feedback. Around track changes, CPU goes up to 100%. However jerkiness is not always around track change...

Konqueror

KIO

  • KIO (KDE Input/Output [1]) are plugins in the Konqueror architecture that extends its capabilities well beyond those of other browsers and file managers.
  • Information on KIO in Konqueror can be obtained from KDE KinfoCenter (manual here). It can be launched with the command kinfocenter. Check the Protocols section.
  • Useful KIOs:
fish
Allows you to access another computer's files using the SEcure Shell (SSH) protocol. fish is supposedly faster than sftp.
Syntax is fish://username@server/folder.
sftp
SFTP is a Secure file transfer protocol. sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, but it performs all operations over an encrypted ssh transport.
Syntax is sftp://username@server/folder.
smb
The smb ioslave enables you to browse the shares of a Windows® (or Samba) network. It requires libsmbclient.
Syntax is smb://a_workgroup, to list the hosts in a workgroup.
Syntax is smb://the_host or smb:/a_workgroup/the_host to see the shares of a host.
Syntax is smb://the_host/the_share or smb:/a_workgroup/the_host/the_share to access a share directly.
man
Using the man ioslave you are able to read the man pages installed on your system.

K3b

  • To enable MP3 support, install MAD MP3 decoding library and K3b MAD MP3 decoder plugin.