Albert Astals Cid wrote:

>> Does 'System Settings' completely  replace kcontrol?
>> AFAIK in Kubuntu, 'System Settings' only offered a selection of the
>> kcontrol-modules, not all of them.
> 
> That's off topic here, but yes, System Settins replaces the dead kcontrol.

A little regret is hopefully nowhere off topic if you see something 
pretty good vanish and something stupid replacing it.

Thomas