Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 - KDE 21-06-2006 Manuale utente

SUSE Linux Enterprise

Desktop

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June21,2006 KDE User Guide

KDE User Guide

List of Authors: Jörg Arndt, Steve Bearnson, Stefan Behlert, Frank Bodammer, James Branam,

Volker Buzek, Klara Cihlarova, Catherine Craft, Olaf Dabrunz, Stefan Dirsch, Olaf Donjak, Roman

Drahtmüller, Thorsten Dubiel, Torsten Duwe, Thomas Fehr, Stefan Fent, Werner Fink, Jakub Friedl,

Kurt Garloff, Joachim Gleißner, Todd Grant, Carsten Groß, Andreas Grünbacher, Berthold Gunreben,

Franz Hassels, Andreas Jaeger, Jana Jaeger, Denise Jewkes, Klaus Kämpf, Andi Kleen, Hubert

Mantel, Lars Marowsky-Bree, Chris Mason, Johannes Meixner, Lars Müller, Matthias Nagorni, Anas

Nashif, Siegfried Olschner, Edith Parzefall, Peter Pöml, Thomas Renninger, Hannes Reinecke, Scott

Rhoades, Thomas Rölz, Heiko Rommel, Tanja Roth, Marcus Schäfer, Thomas Schraitle, Kay Sievers,

Klaus Singvogel, Frank Sundermeyer, Elisabeth Tobiasson, Hendrik Vogelsang, Klaus G. Wagner,

Rebecca Walter, Christian Zoz

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Contents

About This Guide ix

Part I KDE Desktop 13

1Getting Started with the KDE Desktop 15

1.1 Logging In and Selecting a Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.2 LoggingOut........................... 19

1.3 Desktop Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

1.4 Managing Folders and Files with Konqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

1.5 Accessing Network Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1.6 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . 40

1.7 Finding Data on your Computer or in the File System . . . . . . . . . . 41

1.8 Exploring the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

1.9 E-Mail and Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

1.10 Moving Text between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

1.11 Important Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

1.12 Managing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

1.13 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

2Customizing Your Settings 61

2.1 Changing Individual Desktop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

2.2 Conguring Your Desktop with the Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Part II Ofce and Collaboration 75

3The OpenOfce.org Ofce Suite 77

3.1 Understanding OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

3.2 Word Processing with Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

3.3 Using Spreadsheets with Calc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

3.4 Using Presentations with Impress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

3.5 Using Databases with Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

3.6 Creating Graphics with Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

3.7 Creating Mathematical Formulas with Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

3.8 Finding Help and Information About OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . 108

4Kontact: E-Mailing and Calendaring 111

4.1 KontactOverview........................ 111

4.2 Mail.............................. 114

4.3 Contacts............................ 118

4.4 Calendar............................ 121

4.5 Syncing Data with a Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

4.6 Kontact for GroupWise Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

4.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

5GroupWise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring 125

5.1 Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window . . . . . . . . 125

5.2 Using Different GroupWise Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

5.3 Understanding Your Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

5.4 UsingtheToolbar........................ 136

5.5 Using Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

5.6 LearningMore.......................... 140

6Synchronizing a Handheld Computer with KPilot 143

6.1 Conduits Used by KPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

6.2 Conguring the Handheld Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

6.3 Conguring the KAddressBook Conduit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

6.4 Managing To-Do Items and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

6.5 Working with KPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

7Instant Messaging with Kopete 151

7.1 Conguring Kopete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

7.2 AddingContacts......................... 152

7.3 AddingGroups......................... 152

7.4 UsingKopete.......................... 153

8Using Voice over IP 155

8.1 Conguring Linphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

8.2 TestingLinphone......................... 160

8.3 MakingaCall.......................... 161

8.4 AnsweringaCall......................... 162

8.5 Using the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

8.6 Troubleshooting......................... 163

8.7 Glossary............................ 164

8.8 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

9Accessing Network Resources 167

9.1 General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing . . . . . . . . . 168

9.2 Accessing Network Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

9.3 Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

9.4 Managing Windows Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

9.5 Conguring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer . . . . . . . . 176

9.6 Conguring Shortcuts to Network Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

9.7 Conguring and Using a Small Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

10 Encryption with KGpg 185

10.1 Generating a New Key Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

10.2 Exporting the Public Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

10.3 ImportingKeys......................... 188

10.4 The Key Server Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

10.5 Text and File Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

10.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

11 Searching with Kerry 195

11.1 Searching Using Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

11.2 Conguring Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

12 Managing Printers 199

12.1 Installing a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

12.2 Modifying Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

12.3 Deleting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

12.4 Starting Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

12.5 Monitoring Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Part III Internet 207

13 Browsing with Konqueror 209

13.1 TabbedBrowsing......................... 210

13.2 Automatic Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

13.3 Proles............................. 211

13.4 Saving Web Pages and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

13.5 Searching with Konqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

13.6 Bookmarks........................... 214

13.7 Java and JavaScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

13.8 Enabling Advertisment Blockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

13.9 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

14 Browsing with Firefox 217

14.1 Navigating Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

14.2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

14.3 Managing Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

14.4 Using the Download Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

14.5 Customizing Firefox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

14.6 Printing from Firefox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

14.7 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

15 Transferring Data from the Internet 227

15.1 Adding Transfers to the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

15.2 Timer-Controller Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

16 Reading News Feeds with Akregator 229

Part IV Multimedia 231

17 Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP 233

17.1 Graphics Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

17.2 StartingGIMP.......................... 234

17.3 Getting Started in GIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

17.4 SavingImages.......................... 237

17.5 PrintingImages......................... 239

17.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

18 Using Digital Cameras with Linux 241

18.1 Connecting to the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

18.2 Accessing the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

18.3 UsingDigikam.......................... 242

18.4 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

19 Playing Music and Movies 253

19.1 Mixers............................. 253

19.2 Playing Music Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

19.3 Handling Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

19.4 Playing Movie Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

20 Burning CDs and DVDs 267

20.1 Creating a Data CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

20.2 Creating an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

20.3 Copying a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

20.4 Writing ISO Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

20.5 Creating a Multisession CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

20.6 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

AFinding the Information You Need 275

A.1 Included Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

A.2 Additional Resources and More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

BMoving from Windows to Linux 281

B.1 Starting Applications from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

B.2 ManagingFiles ......................... 283

B.3 Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

B.4 Customizing Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

B.5 Setting Up Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

B.6 Switching between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

B.7 Accessing Network Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

CGetting to Know Linux Software 289

C.1 Ofce............................. 289

C.2 Network............................ 294

C.3 Multimedia........................... 298

C.4 Graphics............................ 302

C.5 System and File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

C.6 Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Index 313

About This Guide

This manual introduces the KDE desktop of your SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop

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 efcient use of KDE in everyday life.

The manual is subdivided into the following parts:

KDE Desktop

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.

Ofce and Collaboration

Use the ofce and collaboration software your SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

offers, such as the OpenOfce.org suite, several e-mailing and calendaring programs,

and applications for online conversations. Also nd vital information concerning

the management and exchange of data on your system: how to share les on the

network, how to effectively search and encrypt data, and how to manage printers.

Internet

Find out how to use the Internet applications included in your SUSE Linux Enter-

prise Desktop, such as Konqueror or the Firefox Web browser, a download manager,

or a news feed reader.

Multimedia

Find topics such as graphics applications, digital cameras, sound applications, and

CD and DVD writers.

1 Feedback

We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other doc-

umentation included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the

bottom of each page of the online documentation and enter your comments there.

2 Additional Documentation

There are other manuals available on this SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop product. If

you want to have a look at the other end user documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise

Desktop, the following manuals might be interesting:

Installation Quick Start

Lists the system requirements and guides you step-by-step through the installation

of your SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop.

GNOME User Guide

This manual introduces the GNOME desktop of your SUSE Linux Enterprise

Desktop 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 efcient

use of applications running on the GNOME desktop.

For an overview of all manuals shipped with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, refer to

http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/, where you can also

download the manuals. You can also access the information online in the Help Center

of your desktop.

3 Documentation Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

•/etc/passwd: lenames 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

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