I’ve recently installed Kubuntu on my Acer Aspire One netbook. The Acer came with Windows XP, but I decided to dual-boot so I would be able to develop in Linux.  Kubuntu is really nice, and the install was relatively painless. However, I’m still getting used to the little quirks and unknowns of KDE.

After installing Eclipse, the first thing I wanted to do was add a shortcut to it in the KDE application launcher (equivalent to the Start Menu in Windows). I actually feel a bit silly that it took me a while to figure out how to do this. Just in case someone else is having trouble finding where to add to and edit the shortcuts in the menu, here’s how to do it.

Right click on the KDE button in the taskbar. The first option is Menu Editor. Now click it. Yeah – it’s that simple.

The KDE Menu Editor