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<chapter id="control-center">
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<title>The &kcontrolcenter;</title>
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<indexterm><primary>&kcontrolcenter;</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>&kcontrol;</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Configuration</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Customization</primary></indexterm>
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<mediaobject>
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<imagedata fileref="kcontrol.png" format="PNG" />
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<textobject><phrase>The &kcontrolcenter;</phrase></textobject>
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<caption><para>The &kcontrolcenter;</para></caption>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>The &kcontrolcenter; is the place to go to change any settings that
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affect the whole of your &kde; environment. You can open it using the
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<guimenuitem>Control Center</guimenuitem> item in the &kmenu;, or with its
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command-line name, <filename>kcontrol</filename>.</para>
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<para>The settings are divided into several major categories, which each
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contain several pages of settings. To display a settings page, expand the
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major category by clicking on the <guilabel>+</guilabel> button next to it,
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and then click on the name of the page you want. The settings page then
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appears on the right, and you can change settings to your heart's
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content. No changes take effect until you click on the
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<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. If you decide, after making some
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changes, that you want to leave the settings as they were, just click on
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<guibutton>Reset</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>If you need more help with a page, visit that page, then click on the
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<guilabel>Help</guilabel> tab. You might also want to look at the
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&kcontrolcenter; Handbook, which you can open with the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>&kcontrolcenter;
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Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-appearance-and-themes">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Appearance & Themes</title>
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<para>Here you will find settings that change the way your &kde; desktop and
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applications look.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Background</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This section controls the color or image that is set as your desktop
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background. These settings can be applied to all virtual workspaces, or to
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only a specific one. There are a range of background wallpapers that come
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with &kde; or you can supply your own.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Colors</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you can modify the colors for your kde applications.
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There are a variety of color schemes installed with &kde; by default, and
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you can find others at kde-look.org. You can also create your own. Here you
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can also modify the contrast and choose whether you want your &kde; colors
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to be applied to non-kde applications, for a more consistant overall
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appearance.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Fonts</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can control the various font settings for &kde; applications.
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You can also modify here anti-aliasing settings, including what range of
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fonts to exclude from anti-aliasing settings.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Icons</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This section is where you can manage your icon themes and other
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settings related to icons. New icon themes can be downloaded from
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kde-look.org, and installed here. Conversely, you can remove icon themes by
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highlighting them in the list and clicking remove. You can also set icon
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sizes for various uses in &kde; and effects to apply to icons.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Launch Feedback</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you can modify what kind of cursor and/or taskbar
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feedback you'd like for launching applications. You can also set the
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duration of this feedback here. For example, the default setting is for a
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bouncing cursor with a duration of 30 seconds, or when the application has
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loaded.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Screen Saver</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can configure options about your screensaver. You can
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configure the timeout before it starts, and whether it requires a password
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to unlock the screen.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Splash Screen</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you can install, remove and test the splash screens that
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display on &kde; startup. More splash screens can be downloaded from
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<ulink
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url="http://www.kde-look.org">
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http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Style</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This section allows you to modify your widget style. A variety of
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styles come with &kde;, and more can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>. This is also
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where you would enable or disable interface options such as transparent
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menus, showing icons on buttons and tooltips. Some styles have more
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configuration options than others.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Theme Manager</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you can create and manage themes that are made up of
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personalized settings. They are a combination of desktop background, colors, &kde; widget styles, icons, fonts and what Screensaver you'd like to display . This allows you to save your favorite
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<quote>looks</quote> and apply them with the click of a mouse button.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Window Decorations</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can configure your window decorations. You can modify the
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style as well as place the buttons in custom positions. Some window
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decorations will have more configuration options than others.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title> <listitem><para>If &kcontrolcenter;
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doesn't have the setting you want, you may need to edit a configuration file
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manually. See <xref linkend="hand-editing-config-files" /> for more
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information about how to do this.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>If you enjoy modifying the appearance of your &kde; desktop,
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you can find plenty of themes and styles at <ulink url="http://kde-look.org">kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-desktop">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Desktop</title>
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<para>This is where you will find settings to configure the appearance and
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behavior of your &kde; desktop.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can configure the behavior of your desktop. This is where
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you would go to configure options such as showing or hiding desktop icons,
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showing tooltips and icon layout. You can also specify if you would like to
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see previews of particular filetypes on the desktop, and which devices you'd
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like to see icons for.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Multiple Desktops</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you would configure the number of virtual desktops or
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workspaces you would like to have, and what you would like them to be
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called. By default &kde; has 4 virtual desktops, and you can configure up to
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20. You can also enable switching between virtual desktops using the scroll
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button on your mouse.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Panels</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can modify options to do with &kicker; and other &kde;
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panels. Among the options are size, position, length and hiding. You can
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also modify the appearance of the panel with transparency, background images
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and icon zooming. This is also where you would configure various menu
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options including what applications you'd like to show in your
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&kmenu;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Taskbar</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Taskbar module allows you to configure options related to your
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taskbar. You can configure whether to show windows from all desktops,
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grouping of similar tasks and what actions you would like to assign to your
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mouse buttons.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Window Behavior</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you would configure options related to the behavior of
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&kde;'s window manager, &kwin;. &kwin; is extremely configurable and has
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advanced features such as focus stealing prevention and different focus
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policies such as focus follows mouse. You can also configure what actions
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you would like to bind to certain keys and mouse events.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Window-Specific Settings</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is an advanced configuration dialog where you can set options for
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the behavior of specific windows. There are many options here for the fine
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tuning of your window layout, including what position on the screen you
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would like certain windows to open to, and whether they should be shown on
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the taskbar or pager. You can select windows by application, or even by
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their specific role within an application.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-internet-and-network">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Internet & Network</title>
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<para>This section is where you would configure settings to do with internet
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and networking under &kde;.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Connection Preferences</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can set advanced networking options such as timeout values
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for server connects. Usually you would leave these options at the defaults
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unless you really knew what you were doing.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Desktop Sharing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Desktop Sharing allows you to invite someone to share your session
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with you, or can enable you to log in remotely to your machine from another
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location. You would then use a VNC client like &kde;'s Remote Desktop
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Connection application to control your desktop over the network. This is
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extremely useful if you want someone to help you perform a task. </para>
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<para>Here you can create and manage invitations as well as set your
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security policy for uninvited connections. You can also configure whether to
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show a background image and which port for the service to 'listen'
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on.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>File Sharing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>File sharing allows you to configure Samba (&Microsoft; &Windows;) and
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<acronym>NFS</acronym> (&UNIX;) file sharing. To make changes in this module
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you need to have the root or administrator password. This is where you would
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set up whether users are allowed to share files without knowing the root
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password, and which users are allowed to do so. You can also configure which
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folders you're like to be shared, using which type of sharing and who is
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allowed to view these shares.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Local Network Browsing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can configure options related to browsing network shares in
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&konqueror;. &konqueror; is able to browse a variety of network shares and
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manipulate remote files as though they were on your local machine. You can
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configure it to remember your preferred username and password for connecting
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to &Windows; shares (Samba). You can also set what types of network shares
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you would like to be able to browse, including &FTP;, <acronym>NFS</acronym>
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and <acronym>SMB</acronym>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Local Network Chat</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This module allows you to configure options relating to the &UNIX;
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<command>talk</command> daemon. It is a very simple network chat program
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that runs in a terminal, designed for chatting over a local area
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network. Some of it's features are being able to set up an 'answering
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machine' that will email to you messages left for you, and being able to
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forward messages to another location.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Proxy</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This is where you would configure &kde; to connect to a proxy server
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rather than directly to the internet. Once again you would generally leave
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these options at their defaults unless you really knew what you were
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doing. If you do use a proxy server your network administrator will be able
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to tell you what details to fill in here.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Samba</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Samba Configuration module requires the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or administrator password. It is
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an advanced configuration tool that allows you to control Samba's security,
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shares, users and printers in an intuitive graphical interface. This is a
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very powerful tool with support for configuring everything from simple file
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and printer sharing, to using your Samba server as a &Windows; NT Domain
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Controller.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Service Discovery</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can set up services browsing with ZeroConf. You can for example browse
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your local network using multicast DNS.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Web Browser</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This module is where you would configure options relating to
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&konqueror; as a web browser. The usual options you would expect from a
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web browser, such as cookie configuration, cache and history can be found
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here as well as sections to modify keyboard shortcuts, plugins and
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fonts.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Wireless Network</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Here you can set up different profiles for your Wireless card, to be
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able to quickly switch settings if you connect to multiple networks. You can
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select a profile to be loaded on &kde; startup.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-kde-components">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>&kde; Components</title>
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<para>This section is where you can modify advanced &kde; options such as
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file associations and default applications.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Component Chooser</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>The component chooser allows you to select the default
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applications you would like to use for various services. Here you can define
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what Email Client, Embedded Text Editor, Instant Messenger, Terminal
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Emulator and Web Browser to use. If you prefer to use
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<application>Xterm</application>, <application>Vim</application> or
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<application>Mozilla</application>, this is the place to specify those
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preferences.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>File Associations</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This is where you configure everything to do with file
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associations. Here you can select a filetype, and choose what applications
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you would like to be able to open it with. You can also select which icon
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you would like to represent each filetype, and whether to show it in an
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embedded or a separate viewer.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>File Manager</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Here you can configure the behavior of &konqueror; in file
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manager mode. Among the options are fonts and font sizes, previews over
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various network protocols and context menus. &konqueror; is an extremely
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powerful and configurable file management tool with a plethora of
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options. For more information, consult the &konqueror; handbook.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>KDE Performance</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Here are settings related to the memory usage of
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&konqueror;. <guilabel>Minimize Memory Usage</guilabel> allows you to
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control whether separate instances of &konqueror; will open or whether all
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new &konqueror; windows connect to the same instance. This has the effect of
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reducing memory usage. You can also select whether to pre-load &konqueror;
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after &kde; startup, to reduce start times.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>KDE Resources Configuration</guilabel></term>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Service Manager</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>The Service Manager module displays a static list of
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services that are started on demand, and a second list of services that can
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be manipulated by the user. The services in the first list cannot be
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modified or changed. The services in the second list you can enable or
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disable a service loading at start up, and manually start and stop
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services.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Session Manager</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Here you can configure how you would like &kde; to handle
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sessions. You can configure &kde; to remember your previous session and
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restore the applications you were using the next time you log in. You can
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also specify individual applications to exclude from being restored, or
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disable restoring sessions on login entirely.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Spell Checker</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the &kde; Spell
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checker. It allows you to modify what spell checker to use, what types of
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error to check for and also what default dictionary to use. &kde; supports
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the use of both <application>ASpell</application> and
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<application>ISpell.</application></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Vim Component Configuration</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the use of
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<application>Vim</application> as an embeddable component. You need to have
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a recent version of <application>Gvim</application> or
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<application>Kvim</application> installed for this. You can configure the
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appearance of the editor as well as which <command>vim</command> binary to
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use.</para>
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</listitem>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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<title>Peripherals</title>
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<para>This section is where you would change settings related to peripheral
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devices such as keyboards and joysticks.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Display</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Here you can modify settings to do with the size,
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orientation and refresh rate of your display, and whether you would like
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these settings to be applied on &kde; startup. On the <guilabel>Power
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Control</guilabel> tab, you can configure your power management options for
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this screen such as blanking. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Joystick</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This section allows you to configure your joystick and test
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that it is working properly. You can also calibrate your joystick here, and
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manually specify the joystick device if it is not autodetected correctly.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Keyboard</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure basic keyboard settings.
|
|
These include keyboard repeat delay and rate, and what state you would
|
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prefer numlock to be on KDE startup.</para></listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Mouse</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Here is where you can configure settings to do with your
|
|
mouse device. You can switch the button order, reverse the scroll direction
|
|
or modify the behaviour of clickable icons. You may also preview, install
|
|
and select cursor themes. The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab allows you
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|
to fine tune your mouse settings further.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Printers</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> This dialog allows you to configure printers using a
|
|
variety of print systems. You can add local and remote printers, check
|
|
current jobs and look at printer properties.</para>
|
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-power-control">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Power Control</title>
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<para>This section has a single module, <guilabel>Laptop Battery</guilabel>.
|
|
Here you can configure the appearance and behaviour of the <application>Klaptopdaemon</application>
|
|
battery monitor. You can select battery icons to represent different power states, and set up
|
|
notification of certain events. In the case that your battery runs down to a critical level, you can
|
|
configure the daemon to suspend or shutdown your laptop, to save you from losing data.
|
|
</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-regional-and-accessibility">
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<sect1info>
|
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<authorgroup>
|
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<author>
|
|
&J.Hall;
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|
&J.Hall.mail;
|
|
</author>
|
|
</authorgroup>
|
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</sect1info>
|
|
|
|
<title>Regional & Accessibility</title>
|
|
<para>This section is where you can configure options to do with region
|
|
and locale, and also acessibility related options for disabled
|
|
persons.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Accessibility</guilabel></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>Here is where you can configure options for users who have
|
|
difficulty hearing system sounds or using a keyboard. You can configure the
|
|
system bell to use a visual signal, such as flashing the screen or inverting
|
|
screen colors. You can also configure keyboard accessibility options such
|
|
as sticky keys and slow keys.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
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<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Country/Region & Language</guilabel></term>
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|
|
|
<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure options that are
|
|
specific to your location such as language, currency and date format. To
|
|
make available more languages, install the kde-i18n packages for your
|
|
distribution.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Input Actions</guilabel></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>Here is where you would configure input actions, such as
|
|
mouse gestures and keyboard shotcuts for launching applications and running
|
|
commands.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Keyboard Layout</guilabel></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>This module is where you would configure
|
|
<application>Kxkb</application>, a keyboard layout switching utility that
|
|
uses the &X-Window; xkb extension. It allows you to switch between different
|
|
layouts using a tray indicator or a keyboard shortcut. You can
|
|
enable/disable keyboard layouts through this dialog, and add more. Some of
|
|
the more powerful features are the ability to configure switching of layouts
|
|
globally, per application or per window.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Keyboard Shortcuts</guilabel></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>Here you can configure global &kde; keyboard
|
|
shortcuts. There are several predefined shortcut schemes you can use if you
|
|
are more used to another windowing environment, like &Windows; or
|
|
&MacOS;. If you prefer, you can customise your own scheme and modifier keys.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
|
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<sect1 id="kcontrol-security-and-privacy">
|
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<sect1info>
|
|
<authorgroup>
|
|
<author>
|
|
&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf;
|
|
&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;
|
|
</author>
|
|
<author>
|
|
<firstname>Javier</firstname>
|
|
<surname>Martín Diez</surname>
|
|
</author>
|
|
<othercredit role="reviewer">
|
|
<personname><firstname>Rocco</firstname> <surname>Stanzione</surname>
|
|
</personname>
|
|
</othercredit>
|
|
</authorgroup>
|
|
</sect1info>
|
|
<title>Security & Privacy</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>This section is where you can configure options related to
|
|
security and privacy such as the use of cryptography, enabling the KDE
|
|
wallet, setting your identity and managing caches.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Crypto</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure SSl for use with most
|
|
KDE applications, as well as manage your personal certificates
|
|
and the known certificate authorities.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>KDE Wallet</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
Here you can change your KDE Wallet Manager settings.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>KDE Wallet aims to provide secure storage for passwords and web form data.
|
|
You can group different passwords in different wallets, and each one will only
|
|
be opened with a master password (which you should never forget!). The
|
|
default wallet is named "kdewallet", and you can either create a new wallet
|
|
for your local passwords or accept the default wallet for all data in
|
|
the "Automatic Wallet Selection" section.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>KDE programs like Konqueror, Kmail and Kopete are fully compatible with
|
|
the KDE Wallet Manager. All of them will ask at least once for permission to
|
|
access to actual wallet. You can give different access levels, such as "always
|
|
allow", "allow once", etc. If you want to change that access level, you can do
|
|
it from the "Access Control" tab by deleting the program entry and selecting a
|
|
new preference the next time that application requests access to the
|
|
wallet.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Wallet Preferences</guilabel></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>To enable the KDE wallet subsystem, check the <guilabel>
|
|
Enable the KDE wallet subsystem</guilabel> box.
|
|
Unchecking this box will disable the KDE Wallet on your system.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>By default, KDE Wallet Manager is kept opened until the
|
|
user session is closed, but you can change that in the <guilabel>Close
|
|
Wallet</guilabel> section to close it when unused for a time, when a screen
|
|
saver starts or when the last application stops using it.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>As you can have several wallets, <guilabel>Automatic Wallet
|
|
Selection</guilabel> allows you start KDE with a given wallet.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>KDE Wallet will appear in your system tray by default, but you can hide
|
|
it. Uncheck <guilabel>Show manager in the system tray</guilabel> to keep it
|
|
always hidden, or check <guilabel>Hide system tray icon when last wallet
|
|
closes</guilabel> to hide it only when all wallets are closed. These items are
|
|
in the <guilabel>Wallet Manager</guilabel> section.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
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|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Access Control</guilabel></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem><para>You can set here what policy you want for your
|
|
KDE applications, regarding to the wallet use.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
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|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Password & User Account</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>You can change here your personal information
|
|
which will be used in mail programs and word processors. You
|
|
can change your login password by clicking the <guibutton>Change
|
|
Password...</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Privacy</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This module allows you to erase traces which
|
|
KDE leaves on your system such as command histories or
|
|
browser caches.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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&J.Hall;
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&J.Hall.mail;
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<title>System Administration</title>
|
|
<para>This module allows you to configure aspects of your system such as
|
|
the bootloader, the kernel and helps you perform essential system tasks. Most of these
|
|
sections will require the root or Administrator password to effect changes.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Boot Manager (LILO)</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>If you use the popular bootloader
|
|
<acronym>LILO</acronym> this section will allow you to configure it.
|
|
You can configure the location to install the bootloader to, set the timeout
|
|
on the <acronym>LILO</acronym> boot screen as well as add or modify
|
|
kernel images for the boot list.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Date & Time</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This configuration module allows you to configure the system date and time
|
|
settings. You can set the date, time, and also the current time zone. These settings will be applied system-wide.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Here is where you would configure both personal and system-wide fonts.
|
|
This dialog allows you to install new fonts, delete old ones and preview the fonts you
|
|
have installed. By default, it displays personal fonts. To modify system-wide fonts click the <guibutton>Administrator Mode</guibutton> button.</para> </listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>IBM Thinkpad Laptop</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This configuration module allows you to configure the special keys on an IBM thinkpad
|
|
laptop. You will need the <quote>nvram</quote> module to use these features.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Linux Kernel</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>If you run &kde; on &Linux; there is a &kcontrol; module to create or modify
|
|
configuration files for a &Linux; kernel. This configurator is compatible with kernels previous to 2.5.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Login Manager</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the &kde; login manager, &kdm;. &kdm; is
|
|
a powerful login manager with a large range of options. It supports user switching, remote graphical logins and has a fully customizable appearance. For more information, see the &kdm; handbook. </para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Paths</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This dialog allows you to configure the default locations where certain
|
|
important files are kept. The <guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> directory contains all the files on your desktop. The <guilabel>Autostart</guilabel> directory contains files or links to files that you want run when &kde; starts, and the <guilabel>Documents</guilabel> directory is the default location &kde; applications will open or save documents to.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Sony Vaio Laptop</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This configuration module allows you to configure features specific to
|
|
Sony Vaio laptops. If you have a Sony Vaio, you will have to install the <quote>sonypi</quote>
|
|
driver to use this section.</para></listitem>
|
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|
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