Using a proxy with KDE

[Fons]

Is there an easy way to get all of my applications to use a proxy of localhost 8080 with no authentication?

[DHalens]

Have you take a look in the system settings? There are some options related to proxy there.

[Fons]

Sadly inputting the proxy in system settings doesn't seem to work is there a config file that I can edit?

[DHalens]

There is an update for the whole kde that may make it work if it was a bug in the previous version.
Anyway, if for example firefox is not set to use proxy data from the system, of course it won't work.

[spacesyl]

About proxys, it's always possible to export proxys variables such as http_proxy
For instance, you can use this command:

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export http_proxy="http://username:passwd@proxyAddress:port"

But this solution is not suitable for some browser ( if I remember well Firefox and chrome don't like this kind of settings ... ).
Also, this need to edit your /etc/profile file (this way, all user will have your proxy settings) or your ~/.bashrc