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Random Linux Tips: Making KDE4 Behave, Thwacking Those Weirdo U3 Partitions on USB Sticks

Posted by tuxchick on · 2 comments
Linux.com; By Carla Schroder
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Sometimes, we have little tips and tricks that make life easier – but don't quite take up a full article. So today I've bundled a few practices that many Linux.com readers might find helpful. You'll learn how to control window behavior in KDE4, and make Nepomuk and Strigi be useful; and remove those silly proprietary U3 partitions from USB sticks.

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Comments (2)

Keep them coming

@TC,

Pretty good article and doing the KDE team a big favor. This is what they need the most at this time.

Quoting:Nepomuk and Strigi do bog down your system on their first run. If you can leave your computer running until they complete that initial indexing


You forgot to mention that, if the indexing process is bogging down the system, it can be suspended at any time to be resumed later on. That is kind of convenient some times.



Maximize windows by dragging them to the top of the screen.

Win7 does the same thing. I hate it. One of the happiest things about turning the work laptop off and going home is to know that I can drag a window anywhere I want to without the system deciding what it is I _actually_ want to do and doing it for me without asking.

I'm not even two paragraphs into the story and already I'm making a check list of things I will want to DISABLE (if possible) in KDE4 (if I ever feel masochistic enough to try it again).

My life sucks enough as it is, does my computer have to mess with me as well? Seems so.

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