Kubuntu Quantal Plans

[SteveRiley]

Checking in with Kubuntu-devel...

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ku...ly/006249.html

[gnomek]

There is also another interesting discussion on devel mailing list:
GTK System Settings Module in 12.10
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ku...ly/006238.html
> "Do we want GTK on the CD", it would be best to consult the wider Kubuntu
> development community for opinions before taking action."

Sure I am not "wider Kubuntu development community" but let me tell you that as a user I don't care wherther there are some gtk packages on CD or not. Average user wants to be able to have a nice looking apps regardless of whether they are KDE or Gtk apps. There is kde-gtk-config and this one should be fully supported. At the moment it works nice but I guess sill need more attention because some users have trouble with it.
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=38876
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=102389
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f...7786&start=165
Any other tools and solutions are welcomed.
So my opionion is: do whatever is necessarry to make gnome apps look good in KDE, not only with default Oxygen but with other gtk 2 and gt 3 themes as well.

[K-Project]

No, I'm just a home user, but whether or not it comes with Gtk applications or not doesn't fuss me. I mean, as long as I can get Firefox, Thunderbird and Chromium from the repository I'm happy. As things are, I'm much preferring the upstream KDE experience of Kubuntu over other, perhaps more altered KDE distros. I like being able to tailor it to suit me, rather than coming with lots of stuff I'll probably not need or use.

[jpenguin]

Wow, LightDM looks good. Much better than the default kdm.

It appears that LightDM will also allow login with a figerprint reader...
https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+...ingerprint-gui

I want to unlock kwallet at login too

[sumski]

Bespin is back!
http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/quantal/bespin

[wh0rd]

It appears that LightDM will also allow login with a figerprint reader...
https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+...ingerprint-gui

I want to unlock kwallet at login too

This would be really nice. Currently dislike entering passwords so many times.

[vw72]

It appears that LightDM will also allow login with a figerprint reader...
https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+...ingerprint-gui

I want to unlock kwallet at login too

Set your kwallet password to <null> and it won't keep asking you each time you login (assuming you are talking about kwallet asking about wireless networks).

[OneLine]

KLook

Earlier #8: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...l=1#post298716


Now:

http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/08/22...ntu-devel.html

apachelogger Riddell: closing the klook work item for lack of proper patches/inclusion in dolphin master 08:59
Riddell ok 09:03

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubu...tu-q-packaging

[kubuntu-dev] investigate klook for packaging - requires dolphin patches of questionable quality and is not in dolphin master, hence not viable: DONE

Future:

Maybe with the KDE SC 4.10: http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KD...0_Feature_Plan

TODO Dolphin Implement files quick preview feature (named Klook)

KubuntuForums: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...-KLook-KDE-4-9

[gnomek]

Any news about ksecretsservice for Quantal release?
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...KDE-Wallet-4-8
Is it still in "Experimental" phase of development?

[woodsmoke]

I made mention elsewhere of Ksecretservice in that it is probably not immediately apparent to a new user just what is being requested by "Secrets for user";

Is it a login type password, a previous kwallet password or say the password for Google.

It that module could have an exploanatory string for the new user, and maybe experienced one, and also have the text balloon be large enought to read all of the text it might be helpful.

woodsmoke

[gnomek]

Ok. I've found the answer
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...ecrets-KDE-4-9

[gnomek]

I found UFW KControl Module:
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=137789
It would be nice to have it in Quantal repositories but I think someone security knowledgeable should test it.

[OneLine]

KDE GUI for ufw

Kubuntu Forums Laboratory: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...DE-GUI-for-ufw


Kubuntu Developer Discussion: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
-> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ku...st/006334.html

KCM for UFW
Steve Riley
Sun Aug 5 01:31:44 UTC 2012

On 2012-08-04 20:17:07 Scott Kitterman <> wrote:
>
> Steve Riley <> wrote:
> >
> >Back in the days of Maverick, Kubuntu shipped with a KCM for managing
> >the Uncomplicated Firewall.
> >
> >http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=137789
> >
> >Recently, in a conversation on the forum about must-have apps, this KCM
> >came
> >up. We are wondering why this was dropped from Kubuntu after Maverick?
>
> It was unmaintained. The person that had been developing it dropped out of
> kubuntu development.

And judging from the comments, it appears that the most recent update, from
May this year, is still troublesome. So perhaps continuing to omit it is wise.

...Steve

[Guest]

A user on kde-apps sent me message asking me to reply to this thread...

I'm the developer of kcm_ufw, and eventhough it has not seen much activity recently - I'd hardly call it unmaintained! AFAIK, there are no bugs, and I think its fairly feature complete - so not sure whatelse should be added.

I've never been part of Kubuntu development - well not officially. I created kcm_ufw as when I went back to Kubuntu (10.10?) there was no firewall kcm - so I thought I'd add one. No one from Kubuntu has EVER contacted me to report bugs, etc. So I'm not sure how they can claim "It was unmaintained. The person that had been developing it dropped out of kubuntu development."....

As to having it as an official part of Kubuntu - thats up to the Kubuntu developers, not much I can do there. All I can say is that I'm more than happy to fix any bugs, etc.

I've just seen the error report with kcm_ufw and KDE4.9 - I was not aware of this (wish people would email me bug reports!) - and I will try to fix this ASAP.

[SteveRiley]

I suspect there's enough interest in a KDE GUI front-end for UFW that on-going maintenance would be welcome. You could introduce yourself on the kubuntu-devel mailing list, or pop in to #kubuntu-devel on IRC. Let the Kubuntu developers know whether you're willing to follow through with bug reports and such.