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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: OT: My KControl modules disappeared
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-06-26 5:09:17
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On June 26, 2002 02:17 am, ttolst@tiscali.dk wrote:
> I don't think this example is good at all. I would say there is a huge
> difference between using the menu editor, or playing around with a set of
> .desktop files that the user have no way of knowing is important for
> anything but the kmenu,

realize that the menu editor can not do this unless you run it as a priveleged 
user.

> and removing things in /etc, unless you can point
> me to a program that might do this without the user actually knowing it
> happens.

ntsysv / ksysv?

> So to me this sounds like a dangerous issue for those who run kde as root
> (yes, it might be stupid, but yet i cant see the big problem on a single
> user machine)

you've just seen one of the big problems

> or those who have to install kde in their homedir (me at work

ditto

> And no, windows wont break things if you remove your start menu entries,
> which in itself is slightly surprised :)

A) this isn't windows
B) in kde you hide them if you don't want them, not rm -rf them

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Aaron J. Seigo
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