Re: Look and feel in Redhat 9

From: Richard R (richard.reynolds1_at_NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 09/05/03


Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:05:12 GMT

Marmagya wrote:

> Hi,
> Yes, I tried all that. Themes are fine, I would like to have the
> same KDE style of start menu etc. The current look and feel is not bad.
> But I am trying to find why did I not get the typical KDE feel despite
> installing the newer KDE.
> There is another distribution available called the PCQLinux,
> which is based on Redhat linux. PCQ is a group that publishes a journal.
> They used to periodically comeout with a CD with Redhat linux
> distribution on it. For some agreement related issues with RH, they came
> up with their own distribution called the PCQLinux8 which draws heavily
> from RH8. They gave it their own look and feel, and KDE on their
> distribution looks even more different. Also I am not happy with the
> Konsole that comes with this, it leaves garbage on the screen if you use
> the whole screen, like while seeing a man page or editing a file with
> vim. I would like to change the look and feel of this installation. I do
> not want to uninstall it because the softwares I use work well on it,
> though I found certain problems in getting them work properly on RH9.
> I am not blaming RH9 for this, may be this is not their problem,
> but rather than spending time on this, I would stay with the
> installation that works. Hence I asked the question about how I can get
> the newer KDE working if I install it on top of a working (older) KDE. I
> would like get rid of the garbage that Konsole leaves on the screen.
>
> Regards
> Marmagya
>

What if you try >preferences >desktop settings wizard and select the
standard KDE theme. You might have to manually select the icons though.

Rich.



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