Installing Linux
Overview
Starting
out
Preliminaries
Collecting
information about your system
Installation
options
Single
boot
Dual
boot
Booting from
CD/floppy
Booting
from your hard disk
A partitionless
install
A dedicated
Linux partition
Emulators
VMware
WINE
Installing Linux
Installer
software
Linux
partitioning
Typical partitions
User
accounts
LILO
The
window manager
KDE
Desktop help
Applications
The KDE Control
Center
File
access and the command prompt
Summary
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KDE
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is an easy-to-use contemporary
desktop environment for the UNIX operating system. The major
advantage of KDE over something like Microsoft Windows is that it
is completely free. KDE is also open source; this means that the
development of the desktop has not been restricted to one
individual or one company. The result is well supported and
professional and benefits from a wide range of applications,
upgrades of which can be downloaded directly from the Internet.
When you run KDE on your computer you are presented with a
default desktop configuration that contains the following:
- A panel at the bottom of the screen that is
used to start applications and switch between desktops. This
default panel is customisable.
- The taskbar at the bottom of the screen that
is used to manage currently running applications.
- The desktop of files and folders. This desktop
represents only a quarter of the total desktop work area. You can
move between the desktop areas by selecting the numbered buttons
found in the KDE panel.
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