suse tweaks,tricks and eye candy stuff

hmmm hard for me ......................form where should i start so i am giving shorts tutorials what ever comes randomly

1st tutorial how make your desktop look like search and launch menu

this i mean

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1843341&postcount=563


2 ways to do this

1st way


(A)

step 1: Clean your desktop (ie make it blank click on close cross of all widgets and remove all widgets)

step2: then right click and click on activities

step3: activities click on create new activity

step 4 scroll it to templates

step 5 click on search and launch

you get that desktop without changing your real desktop

this way you can create many desktops you like pause them and run only which is needed that make low on resources + pretty fast

to pause desktop click on it

 

(B) second easy way change your own default desktop

step 1: close your folder view widget (default)

i mean this square box

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=232753&page=23


step 2: right click and click on desktop settings

step 3: scroll your layout from desktop to search and launch

step 5 apply and ok

 

one important thing i like to add in on normal screen you see

desktop setting but when you are in search and launch menu

same things is there in configure search and launch menu so please dont get confuse or panic by that like me

 

how to change icons theme

i am not saying entire theme but icon theme


you can download icons themes form

kde-looks.org

icon>icon themes

full link

http://kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=27&PHPSESSID=a1add374d6d515ff053141c4e0755214


download icon theme which you like

for example i use Iceglass-2.0.2 icon theme

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1843345&postcount=565



and this one i use faenza_cupertino_4_kde

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1842312&postcount=560


now from menu or desktop search and launch menu

type icon

you get icons (customized KDE icons) click on it

form there give the path of your folder where you download icons theme and install it



this way you can install and change your icon themes

 

how to install software's on suse linux

please check this thread

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=294751



how to get classic menu in kde

right click on kde menu and click on switch to classic menu style

 

this is funny stuff like make your desktop eat by virus or slide show wallpapers

right click desktop setting and scroll wallpaper to virus

also you can make a desktop slideshow photos

set your wallpaper to slideshow and set picture folder

 

Wow! very pretty

 

How to install google chrome ........etc ........rpm software in suse linux


just download google chrome and double click and install rpm

suse K-pakagekit install all the needful required packages

 

How to make network wireless connection work in Open Suse 11.4

2 ways to do it

1st way

step 1: right click the circle icon at panel

i put a magnifying mode to make it clear

step 2: then click on show more and chose your wireless network click on it

step 3: put your wireless security passwords

step 4: it open KDE wallet ( if you want your wireless connection ask for password to connect then put some password or else leave blank and create

step 5: you get your connection working

 

if not

step 6: click on network icon again click Manage connection edit your wireless connection

step 7: check to connect automatically

ip address (3rd tab)

basic setting

make it dhcp (ie your computer automatically ip from router)

or

manual if you need to give ip address

put

ip address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server

also check


wireless ( 1st tab)

ssid ...........etc


wireless security (2nd tab)

security wep wpa.....etc

password **************

given

if all correct then

apply ok

you get your network working

 

Second way please note that if you have a problem in 1st way then only try to connect via second way traditional one

step 1: click on menu button(ie suse icon) go to computer click on yaST control center (administrator setting)

step 2: from yaST click on Network Settings

step 3: you get warning that network is set by network manager and you cannot edit it from yast until you use traditional method click ok


step 4: 1st tab (Global option tab)

set network setup method to traditional method with ifup

 

step 5: now go to 2nd tab (overview tab)

edit your wireless device

network card setup

in addresses tab (default open 2nd tab)


write your address of network


A)if your wireless got dhcp address (ie. it take address automatic from router) leave it like that

B) is static then give your address here


step 6: click next

wireless network card configuration

here set operation mode

if you don’t know let it be default manage

then click on button scan network

now from network name select your network name (ie your router ssid,Essid )

then select Authentication mode

wpa wep …........etc

put your passphrase key **************** (encryption key/password form which you connect to your router)

 

step 7: click next

Network Settings

now go to 3rd tab (hostname/DNS)

write your DNS addresses here

in name server 1

….............................etc

then go to 4th tab (Routing)

mention your router gateway address here and device ( example wlan0)


click ok

 

if you did every thing correct it set your network card

please also not that by this method you get network icon cross (ie not working) below in your panel

because you configure it via yaST traditional way

 

Just making CD will install Suse and finally i registered to wilders