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MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff Thread
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:07 pm Posts: 7357 Location: Skullcrusher Mountain, Santee, CA USA Has thanked: 322 times Have thanks: 1187 times 
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Post # 288835
 MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff ThreadI had read a few blog posts about how the user would not use any KDE distro that didn't have this new menu, so pulled the latest svn source code, found a PPA that just packaged a prebuilt 32-bit library file, tore that down to the foundation to rebuild it correctly from the source code, and renamed it plasma-widget-takeoff to match other packages in the repo... so ta-dah! The first true debianized package, now in the experimental KDE 4.6.5 repo.
 Blog post: http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/11/08/ta ... enu-style/ So there's a new menu style to hate along with Kickoff, Lancelot, and the rest  I found it best to wait a few minutes or log out and in before trying to add the widget to the taskbar, and the default icon (I got Tux) can be changed in its Settings. It appears in the "Application Launcher" section of widgets as "Takeoff". The Favorites section will start out empty and has to be manually populated. _________________ Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14 inch: 4 GB RAM, Intel i5-480 processor, Intel HD graphics and sound, Intel 1000 "n" WiFi, Acer CrystalEye webcam, Hot Keys, suspend, hibernate, KDE openGL effects: all work out of the box with 64-bit MEPIS 11! |
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| Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:15 pm |
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Administrator  Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:17 pm Posts: 8754 Location: Rochester NY Has thanked: 582 times Have thanks: 956 times
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Re: MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff Thre Works as advertised. I may learn to like it.
_________________ Forum Rules Guide - How to Ask for Help Link to Wiki Rich Acer Laptop 5750G: Intel i5, 4 GIG mem, nVidia GT540M/Intel integrated graphics Kubuntu 13.04, KDE 4.10.2 M12 Alpha 2 in VirtualBox |
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| Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:35 pm |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am Posts: 2737 Location: The Netherlands Has thanked: 128 times Have thanks: 210 times
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Post # 288839
Re: MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff Thre Works like a charm here too.. how cool that looks! Thanks!
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| Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:50 pm |
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MEPIS Guide  Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:53 am Posts: 2190 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Has thanked: 594 times Have thanks: 510 times
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Re: MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff Thre
The blog says it's configurable. If the tabs are removed and the icons are displayed in one column (with text to the right) on a grayish background, it will be quite handy. Takeoff classic. Henry |
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| Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:58 pm |
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MEPIS Guide Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am Posts: 2737 Location: The Netherlands Has thanked: 128 times Have thanks: 210 times
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Post # 288864
Re: MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff Thre One downside: you have to add a shutdown reboot option yourself, I removed the show all and favorites tab and then I didn't see the shutdown reboot logoff option available.
Minor thing, obviously, and easily solved.  _________________ SimplyMEPIS-1.5G_11.9.86_64 ext3 KDE 4.8.4 * AMD Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 * ATI RS880GT Radeon HD 4200 * AMD Processor Athlon II X4 635, sAM3 * HDA ATI SB (VT1708S Analog) * 2x4Gb DDR3 1600 Kingston * 22" Samsung SyncMaster P2250 * HP DeskJet F2280 |
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| Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:09 am |
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MEPIS is cool! 
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Re: MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-Takeoff Thre Stevo, thank you so much for turning me on to Takeoff. IMHO, this is by far the best freakin' answer to an application launcher ever conceived. Stylish, modern, simple and functional- what more could you ask for? Great on the desktop, great on the netbook. This is easily my favorite app of the year (and who'd of thought an app launcher could be exciting?).
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| Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:50 pm |
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MEPIS Guide  Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:21 am Posts: 1500 Location: albuquerque Has thanked: 70 times Have thanks: 91 times
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Post # 298963
Re: MEPIS 11 CR (4.6.5 only): The plasma-widget-takeoff Thre Just stumbled upon this article today: http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/11/08/ta ... enu-style/
Hadn't heard about Takeoff before, so I tried it. I'm still running KDE 4.5.3 in Mepis, so I tried Takeoff in openSUSE and PCLOS -- found it in both distros' repos. This is nice. I use Classic style for my main menu, and I also use a customized desktop right-click menu a lot, but I added Takeoff to my panel to use as an alternative. Maybe it's time for me to upgrade to a newer KDE version in Mepis. |
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