Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - KDE 17-03-2009 Manuale utente
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop
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March17,2009 KDE User Guide
KDE User Guide
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Contents
About This Guide vii
Part I Introduction 1
1Getting Started with the KDE Desktop 3
1.1 LoggingIn............................ 3
1.2 Exploring the Desktop Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Leaving Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4 Switching Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2Working with Your Desktop 15
2.1 StartingPrograms......................... 15
2.2 Using Dolphin File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 Moving Text between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.4 Finding Data on your Computer or in the File System . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.5 Accessing Removable Media and External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.6 Using Virtual Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.7 Managing Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.8 Exploring the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.9 E-Mail and Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.10 InstantMessaging......................... 30
2.11 Managing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.12 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . 31
2.13 Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.14 Taking Screen Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.15 Displaying, Decompressing, and Creating Archives . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.16 Creating CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.17 Viewing and Managing Digital Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.18 Managing Your Music Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.19 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3Customizing Your Settings 37
3.1 The Personal Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.2 Conguring Desktop Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.3 Conguring the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.4 Conguring KDE Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.5 Conguring System and Security Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Part II Managing Files and Resources 57
4Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents with Okular 59
4.1 ViewingPDFFiles......................... 59
4.2 Annotating a PDF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.3 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5Accessing Network Resources 63
5.1 General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.2 Accessing Network Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.3 Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.4 Managing Windows Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6Searching with Kerry 73
6.1 Searching Using Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.2 ConguringKerry......................... 75
7Managing Print Jobs 77
7.1 Starting Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.2 Monitoring Print Jobs in KDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8Managing Passwords with KWallet Manager 81
8.1 StartingKWallet ......................... 81
8.2 Managing Your Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.3 Adjusting KWallet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.4 Copying Your Wallet to Another Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
9Controlling Your Desktop’s Power Management 87
9.1 Using the Battery Monitor Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9.2 Saving Power by Using Proles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
9.3 Conguring Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
9.4 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
About This Guide
This manual introduces the KDE 4 desktop of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop. It
helps you perform key tasks. It is intended mainly for end users who want to make ef-
cient use of KDE in everyday life.
Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources. This
includes additional documentation that is available on the system as well as documen-
tation available on the Internet.
For an overview of the documentation available for your product and the latest docu-
mentation updates, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation or to
the following section.
1 Available Documentation
We provide HTML and PDF versions of our books in different languages. The following
manuals for users and administrators are available on this product:
GNOME User Guide (↑GNOME User Guide)
Introduces the GNOME desktop of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. It guides you
through using and conguring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks. It is
intended mainly for end users who want to make efcient use of GNOME desktop
as their default desktop.
Application Guide (↑Application Guide)
Learn how to use and congure key desktop applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop. This guide introduces browsers and e-mail clients as well as ofce appli-
cations and collaboration tools. It also covers graphics and multimedia applications.
Deployment Guide (↑Deployment Guide)
Shows how to install single or multiple systems and how to exploit the product
inherent capabilities for a deployment infrastructure. Choose from various approach-
es, ranging from a local installation or a network installation server to a mass de-
ployment using a remote-controlled, highly-customized, and automated installation
technique.
Administration Guide (↑Administration Guide)
Covers system administration tasks like maintaining, monitoring and customizing
an initially installed system.
Security Guide (↑Security Guide)
Introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network se-
curity aspects. Shows how to make use of the product inherent security software
like Novell AppArmor (which lets you specify per program which les the program
may read, write, and execute) or the auditing system that reliably collects informa-
tion about any security-relevant events.
Virtualization with Xen (↑Virtualization with Xen)
Offers an introduction to virtualization technology of your product. It features an
overview of the various elds of application and installation types of each of the
platforms supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as well as a short description
of the installation procedure.
In addition to the comprehensive manuals, several quick start guides are available:
Installation Quick Start (↑Installation Quick Start)
Lists the system requirements and guides you step-by-step through the installation
of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from DVD, or from an ISO image.
Linux Audit Quick Start
Gives a short overview how to enable and congure the auditing system and how
to execute key tasks such as setting up audit rules, generating reports, and analyzing
the log les.
Novell AppArmor Quick Start
Helps you understand the main concepts behind Novell® AppArmor.
Find HTML versions of most SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop manuals in your installed
system under /usr/share/doc/manual or in the help centers of your desktop.
Find the latest documentation updates at http://www.novell.com/
viii KDE User Guide
documentation where you can download PDF or HTML versions of the manuals
for your product.
2 Feedback
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• To report bugs for a product component or to submit enhancements requests, please
use https://bugzilla.novell.com/. If you are new to Bugzilla, you
might nd the Bug Writing FAQs helpful, available from the Novell Bugzilla home
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• We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other
documentation 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.
3 Documentation Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:
•/etc/passwd: directory names and lenames
•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
•File,File >Save As: menu items, buttons
•Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a
chapter in another manual.
About This Guide ix
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