I would like to un-reject this, because I think there's a bug here - maybe a wishlist bug (which isn't a bug)... but anyway... I think kdesu should behave like sudo. Our docs say to use kdesu in place of sudo for launching KDE GUI apps, and sudo preserves $HOME. I expect kdesu to behave similarly, as it serves a similar purpose, and I expect most users do too.
** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu) Status: Rejected => Unconfirmed -- Administrator mode should adapt to QT theme https://launchpad.net/bugs/18451 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs