From what I gather, the idea of a "trash can" is of Windows descent, and was to make a user's life easier. However, when I go to delete a file, I don't hit delete unless I know I don't need it and will never need it ever again. Period. I'm currently running OpenSuse and the trash can is a confusing "feature" (as I can't seem to find WHERE it is) that sometimes even creates cute little directories on my flash drives for trash.
Basically put, I don't like the trash can idea. Is there a way I can "turn it off"? I'm assuming it's a filesystem thing, so it might be harder to do then I predict. Basically, I would like to perform a rm -rf on the file that is selected (-r in case it is a directory). Is this at all possible?
Best Answer
Under KDE you can hit
shift+delto directly delete selected files (or directories). Or you can pressshiftwhile chosing 'move to trash ...' in the context menu, which has the same effect.IIRC this also works under Windows.
Probably there is some trash-properties dialog under KDE to globally disable the trash feature. It is possible to configure it in Dolphin, but perhaps there is also a more general solution in KDE available.