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I recently made the mistake of auto-selecting the wrong action when I inserted a new blank DVD while at the same time telling it to not prompt me again. It really caused havoc when creating multiple copies in k3b. Fortunately the IRC channel was very helpful and NickPresta answered my query. To change these kind of actions, you can launch kcontrol by using alt->f2, typing kcontrol, selecting peripherals and then the storage and media subcategory. Here, use the drop down to select the proper media type… notice the scroll list. Highlight the action you want to do automatically, and then click the toggle as AutoAction. It worked great for me.

Now that I’ve gotten my SSH server installed and working properly, I’ve found a need for some tools to work with that secure shell. KDE again comes to my rescue, and allows me to browse my remote secure shell connection right from inside of Konqueror. This makes it a breeze to copy and paste documents and folders between remote systems on my network. For this to work, the KIOSlave handler for the “fish” protocol is called upon. You can browse these remote systems by using this format for the Location box:


fish://user@remotesystem


This really cuts down on the time of using the command line to work with large groups of files. You can also use the same format within Qt applications’ dialog boxes, making it easy to work with files directly from inside of applications.