The PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty is an alternative KDE desktop providing 6 activity-focused virtual desktops (
screenshots) to address typical user-needs:
1) Internet: email, internet, chat, instant messaging, file sharing, etc.
2) Office: OpenOffice, calculator, financing, etc.
3) Games: some games...
4) MultiMedia: convert music, watch/make DVDs, etc.
5) Graphics: applications for working with images and photos, post-process, draw, etc.
6) System: system info, administration, configuration, etc.
To test/use the FullMonty (FM) desktop you can get
a)
FullMonty: get the (4GB!)
DVD-iso image, burn it to a DVD or use it in a virtual machine environment, run the live-session and, if you like it, install it as usual. Discussion on the FullMonty-DVD can be found
here, or
b)
fullmonty-light: install only the basic FullMonty desktop layout and its tools (in Synaptic search for and install
kde4-config-fm):
the idea of fullmonty-light is to give the user a light-weight FM without the need to download a 4GB iso. In addition, the user can customise the FM-system by setting up his/her preferred applications (see
Important notes below).
The following 3 FullMonty tools are included and available from PCmenu -> More Applications -> Configuration:
1)
fm_info: provide basic information about the FullMonty base installation and your system.
2)
fm_setwidgets: select one of 12 pre-configured plasma config-files to either match your screen-resolution or to restore a pre-defined FullMonty-desktop layout. This tools can also be used to a) unlock and then personalize your current desktop layout or to adapt it to a non pre-configured screen-resolution, and b) to set the startup desktop.
3)
fm_switcher: switch between the FullMonty and the default PCLinuxOS KDE desktop layout which is then applied to any new user on the system.
Important notes for the fullmonty-light setup provided via Synaptic:Installing FullMonty is a customized KDE installation and will remove Compiz because Compiz is incompatible with the FM desktop. After installing
kde4-config-fm via Synaptic the FM desktop layout will be applied
to any new user added to the system. This means existing system users will have the same desktop as before and you have to add a new user to activate the FM-desktop. The folder view containers of the 6 FM desktops refer to applications provided by the default KDE installation. When applied to a non-KDE desktop, or if you have applications installed which are not on the default KDE-iso, you will find that some launchers show a question mark, indicating missing applications. You can either install the missing application via Synaptic or, if you do not want that application, simply delete the respective launcher (rightclick -> Delete). To add a new application launcher into any of the folder view containers on the 6 virtual desktops, follow these steps:
a) rightclick inside the folder view container on your virtual desktop and select: Create New -> Basic link to file or directory
b) in the second field of the Plasma Workspace window: browse to /usr/share/applications/(kde4) and select the application launcher (.desktop file) you want to add
c) in the first field of the Plasma Workspace window: rename the application launcher to your liking, then press OK.
With these steps you can now personalise your FM-system having your preferred applications only. Please also read the information in the file
FullMonty_readme.txt in your Home directory.
have fun,
-pinoc
