Aaron Konstam <akonstam <at> sbcglobal.net> writes: > ... > So this morning I tried to get around in LXDE and KDE. I found I quickly > got lost in both. Will try to help :-) > In LXDE I could not get LXTerm (I think that its name) > to be anything but transparent, rather than black letters on a white > background. LXTerminal. start it Edit-Preferences click Background, move Opacity slider to the very right (transparency OFF) select Color name for your background OK click Foreground select Color name for your foreground OK OK Yes, the trick with Opacity caused me some grief too ... > I could never get any of the Background Images displayed in > the Background program to actually appear as backgrounds. Fedora menu - Preferences - Desktop Yes, there seems to be a problem (here in F15) - file BZ report. > I managed to > put Xterm in the Application menu but I could not get it as an option > in a panel. Right click on panel select Add/Remove Panel Items on Panel Applets on right side press Add from Add Plugin To Panel scroll down, select Application Launch Bar, press Add, this placed it at bottom of Panel Applets select Application Launch Bar, on right side press Edit, which should open a window for Applications selections in available applications expand System Tools, click on XTerm, press Add, and this will place XTerm in Applications you can repeat the above step for other apps as well, and order them with Up and Down then click Close to close Applications Selections window back to Panel Preferences, click on Application Launch Bar, and click on Up as many time as you wish to move it to a desired position, e.g. below Minimize All Windows click Close Your Application Launch Bar with XTerm should be on left of the panel. Btw, I believe it is very similar to XFCE. > The way to shut down was fairly well hidden. Click Fedora menu in left corner of the panel click Logout click Shutdown Why ? No problem. KDE ? I left it some 10 years or so ago (too resources hungry, too "heavy", too different soul). > ... > In each case, some time must be spent initially > to figure out how to do things. > ... Yes, it applies to every DE, but some are more intuitive than others. JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
