KDE backgrounds and quick launcher

[Florian Sievert]

Hi,
> Yes, I am running the latest.  I just did a yum update and rebooted
> (just in case). I have the same issue.
IMAO it was fixed here, when I setup the wallpapper for one time 
manually. Open ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc with your favorized 
text edit. Seek a section with a line "wallpaper=" in it. Set behind the 
equal sign the path to the wallpaper you want to have. After plasma is 
restarted the wallpaper should be shown. If I remember correctly it was 
possible to use the GUI to change the wallpaper the next time. (might be 
an update also!).
> Also KDE used to be able to
> set the background for each work space (desktop) separately, I don't
> see that option any more.  That option and many more is why I prefer
> KDE over Gnome.
>   
Sadly not possible yet (at least via the GUI, might be a way using text 
files??). However, I guess that it will come back pretty soon.
> No quick launcher ... guess I will have to modify the mouse to have a
> pull down from the left most button so I can sort of have one ;)
>   
ALT+F2 or the kick-off menu might be an fast alternative. If you unlock 
widgets, your can put icons on the desktop also. And finally there is a 
quicklaunch applet:
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/QuickLauncher+Applet?content=78061
However, the last time I looked at, it was still quite buggy. I also 
didn't find a way to create a rpm out of it. But maybe you get it 
compiled. If KDE 4.1 is released and the manage the new syndication, it 
might be pretty easy to install via knewstuff2.

Best regards,
Florian