[lug] rh8.0

[j davis]

sorry for the typos...
i threw the icon i draged from the bar away and remade the sysmlynk
again and now the pencil is gone...yhea.I juess the symlink made
from the drag was linked to /usr/bin/menu-patches.../audioplayer or 
something
so ijust linked to /usr/bin/xmms
Thanks,
jd


>From: "j davis" <davis_compz at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: Re: [lug] rh8.0
>Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 20:52:55 +0000
>
>Sorry if i was unclear, i was on a rant...wich i applogize for.
>Anyway...when I click the "red hat" and drag the "XMMS" icon from the
>Sound & Video menu, the icon on my desktop has a circle with a slash 
>through
>it and a pencil in the circle...telling me i can write to that file i 
>guess.
>But the pencil and the circle are really ugly. I have tried a few dirrent
>icons and make a sysmlink manually but the pencil and slashed circle still 
>show up.
>
>Thanks for the reply,
>jason
>
>
>>From: Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com>
>>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>>Subject: Re: [lug] rh8.0
>>Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:24:25 -0600
>>
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>> >>>>> "j" == j davis <davis_compz at hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>j> Hello, I recentley installed rh8.0...My opion so far....dont
>>j> like. I cant figure out how to make the stupid redhat that used to
>>j> be my gnome footprint on
>>j> my start bar go away. I hate that on my start menu that
>>j> applications are referd
>>
>>This looks like a bug in gnome. It doesn't have any way to change the
>>main menu icon. :(
>>With kde, you can simply go in and change your theme from the redhat
>>Bluecurve theme and get the kde gear icon back, but in gnome you are
>>stuck.
>>
>>You could submit a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com
>>
>>j> to buysome generic name....its not good enugh to get the software
>>j> for free, I think redhat needs to leave the desktop alone....it
>>j> makes me fear that redhat
>>j> will come some propritery p.o.s. if it keeps makeing "redhat"
>>j> specific changes...
>>
>>well, I am not redhat, but my understanding of the reason they made
>>those changes was to reach a wider audience and make things less
>>confusing to desktop users that might never have seen linux before.
>>
>>You can always do what I do and run windowmaker. :)
>>
>>j> like choosing a fugly redhat "bluecurve" theme over say one of the
>>j> nicer themes that have been in gnome for a long time. I was very
>>j> excited for the new redhat
>>
>>That theme is to make things easier for new users. You can change the
>>theme to one of the other ones if you are an experenced user.
>>
>>j> ...snipp...
>>
>>j> xmms to my desktop...now i have a stupid liitle pencil in a "no"
>>j> sigh..  like a no smokeing sighn....I am sol glad redhat or gnome
>>j> put that there..  it does make my slick desktop look like shit, but
>>j> i am sure that it means something really important...can someone
>>j> tell me how to make it go away?
>>
>>I am not sure what you are talking about. Can you be more clear?
>>
>>j> When will O.S. makers figure out that not all users like there
>>j> desktop to look like some XP piece of shit. And not all users want
>>j> to spen 2 hours to get the manufatures crappy logos off of
>>j> everything..  thats why i liked linux...nobody telling me i have to
>>j> have anything..now i got have a stupid red fedoria on my start
>>
>>indeed, not all users want there desktop to look like that, but many
>>new users do. Experenced users are much more able to make changes to
>>make things look like they want to. New users have no idea how to make
>>things simpiler. ;(
>>
>>kevin
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>thanks,
>jd
>
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thanks,
jd

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