Written by ilembitov the 5 Jul 08 at 23:29.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10776 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10776 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by Warbo the 21 Jan 09 at 22:36.

All of the above points are already solved with Plasma (the KDE panel/desktop/widget system). Plasma can be run inside Gnome very easily with the command "plasma" (as long as it's installed of course), thus I propose that the option to use Plasma to manage the desktop be added to one of the Preference tools in Gnome if Plasma is detected on the system.

Selecting the option would turn off Nautilus's handling of the desktop and instead use Plasma. If no current plasma configuration is detected then a configuration that matches the previous Nautilus setup as closely as possible should be generated (same background, maybe use FolderView as the default containment, etc.)

All of the above points are already solved with Plasma (the KDE panel/desktop/widget system). Plasma can be run inside Gnome very easily with the command "plasma" (as long as it's installed of course), thus I propose that the option to use Plasma to manage the desktop be added to one of the Preference tools in Gnome if Plasma is detected on the system. Selecting the option would turn off Nautilus's handling of the desktop and instead use Plasma. If no current plasma configuration is detected then a configuration that matches the previous Nautilus setup as closely as possible should be generated (same background, maybe use FolderView as the default containment, etc.)