03-21-2008
From GNOME to KDE and back again: old computing habits are hard to break
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMT
COMMENTARY -- I used KDE as my primary desktop from 1996 through 2006, when I installed the GNOME version of Ubuntu and found that I liked it better than the KDE desktop I'd faced every morning for so many years. Last January, I got a new Dell Latitude D630 laptop and decided to install Kubuntu on it, but within a few weeks, I went back to GNOME. Does this mean GNOME is now a better desktop than KDE, or just that I have become so accustomed to GNOME that it's hard for me to give it up?
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desktop-file-validate
DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1) General Commands Manual DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)
NAME
desktop-file-validate - Validate desktop entry files
SYNOPSIS
desktop-file-validate [--no-warn-deprecated] [--warn-kde] FILE...
DESCRIPTION
The desktop-file-validate program is a tool to validate desktop entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.0.
The specification describes a file format to provide information such as name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can
then be used as an application launcher and to display the application in the applications menu.
For information about the Desktop Entry specification, see http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec.
The desktop entry files are commonly called desktop files.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--no-warn-deprecated
Do not warn about usage of deprecated items that were defined in previous versions of the specification.
--warn-kde
Warn about usage of KDE extensions to the specification. This includes the use of the KDE Desktop Entry group, of the ServiceTypes,
DocPath, Keywords, InitialPreference, Dev, FSType, MountPoint, ReadOnly, UnmountIcon keys, or of the Service, ServiceType and FSDe-
vice types.
BUGS
If you find bugs in the desktop-file-validate program, please report these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org.
SEE ALSO
desktop-file-edit(1) desktop-file-install(1)
FREEDESKTOP.ORG DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)