remove PIM apps and Kmail

[simonsaysthis]

Hi all

I don't use PIM software and prefer Thunderbird. Can I go ahead and safely remove Kontact and Kmail without this causing any glitches due to system integration?

[wizard10000]

Hi all

I don't use PIM software and prefer Thunderbird. Can I go ahead and safely remove Kontact and Kmail without this causing any glitches due to system integration?

Yup. I don't use them either - if you remove all PIM applications you don't need akonadi either.

[simonsaysthis]

Yup. I don't use them either - if you remove all PIM applications you don't need akonadi either.

Thanks, will go ahead. Sorry, while I am on a roll, does Dolphin no longer support the "open as root" function for files and folders?

[wizard10000]

Thanks, will go ahead. Sorry, while I am on a roll, does Dolphin no longer support the "open as root" function for files and folders?

In addition to kontact and kmail knotes also uses akonadi.

If open as root is not disabled now for you it will be. Apparently wayland doesn't allow privilege escalation in GUI applications so right now kate and dolphin will no longer run under the root account.

sudoedit is the preferred method for editing files as root but since I have a backup WM installed (I run Neon Unstable so I keep openbox as a backup) I just use pcmanfm and geany for root browsing and editing.

[simonsaysthis]

In addition to kontact and kmail knotes also uses akonadi.

If open as root is not disabled now for you it will be. Apparently wayland doesn't allow privilege escalation in GUI applications so right now kate and dolphin will no longer run under the root account.

sudoedit is the preferred method for editing files as root but since I have a backup WM installed (I run Neon Unstable so I keep openbox as a backup) I just use pcmanfm and geany for root browsing and editing.

Ah, now it makes sense why this option has disappeared. I found a script on the KDE site to add it in but I presume it won't work anymore either. Pitty, for me this was the best feature of Dolphin

[wizard10000]

Ah, now it makes sense why this option has disappeared. I found a script on the KDE site to add it in but I presume it won't work anymore either. Pitty, for me this was the best feature of Dolphin

Yeah, I don't like it but I get it. Running a Qt application as root exposes the entire Qt framework to exploits. I'm on a private network so any exploit would come from within and my PC would already be pwned

Give pcmanfm or krusader a try - both will still run as root. You'll need a text editor installed that's Not Kate, though. I prefer geany for this as it's fairly light and also fairly feature-rich

edit: The open as root option in krusader no longer works either but you can *launch* it as root.

[simonsaysthis]

Yeah, I don't like it but I get it. Running a Qt application as root exposes the entire Qt framework to exploits. I'm on a private network so any exploit would come from within and my PC would already be pwned

Give pcmanfm or krusader a try - both will still run as root. .

Awesome thanks