This manual introduces the KDE desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise® and a variety of applications you will encounter when working with the KDE desktop. It guides you through using these applications and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efficient use of KDE in everyday life.
The manual is subdivided into the following parts:
Get to know your KDE desktop and learn how to cope with basic and daily tasks, using the central KDE applications and some small utilities. Get an impression of the numerous possibilities KDE offers to modify and individualize your desktop according to your needs and wishes.
Use the office and collaboration software your SUSE Linux Enterprise offers, such as the LibreOffice suite, several e-mailing and calendaring programs, and applications for online conversations. Also find vital information concerning the management and exchange of data on your system: how to share files on the network, how to effectively search and encrypt data, and how to manage printers.
Learn how to use NetworkManager or KInternet to connect to the Internet. Explore the Internet applications included in your SUSE Linux Enterprise, such as Konqueror or the Firefox Web browser, a download manager, or a news feed reader.
Find topics such as graphics applications, digital cameras, sound applications, and CD and DVD writers.
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There are other manuals available on this product. If you want to have a look at the other end user documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise, the following manuals might be interesting:
Lists the system requirements and guides you step-by-step through the installation of your SUSE Linux Enterprise.
This manual introduces the GNOME desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise and a variety of applications you will encounter when working with the GNOME desktop. It guides you through using these applications and helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make efficient use of applications running on the GNOME desktop.
For an overview of all manuals for SUSE Linux Enterprise, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/, where you can also download the manuals, or access the information online in the help center of your desktop.
The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:
/etc/passwd: filenames and directory
names
placeholder: replace
placeholder with the actual value
PATH: the environment variable PATH
ls, --help: commands, options,
and parameters
user: users or
groups
Alt, Alt+F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as on a keyboard
, +: menu items, buttons
Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a chapter in another manual.