Tutorials
General System
Workspace
How to configure panels in KDE SC 4.1.2 (Link to kde forum entry) Equally applicable to later versions. | |
Tweaking Plasma | |
Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks) Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium | |
Kimpanel Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods | |
Color Management Enabling color management | |
Keyboard actions Configuring keyboard actions |
File Management
Discover Dolphin | |
File System Navigation | |
Archive Management in Dolphin | |
Transfer files from and to a server using ftp, sftp, webdav and the like | |
Adding an entry to the Create New menu of file browsers |
Kontact
KRunner
KRunner is an amazingly useful utility, launched either by Alt + F2, or by a right-click on the desktop, and selecting 'Run Command'. Now learn some of its uses | |
Using KRunner as a calculator | |
Using KRunner as an application launcher | |
Running BASH commands in KRunner | |
Navigating through options | |
Using the Unit conversion plugin |
KOffice
Basic Layout is a tutorial that creates a leaflet with various images and explaining text using KWord's frames technology. Several text frames and image frames will be created and positioned on the page. | |
A Second Layout experiments with placing, grouping and moving images within a text area. | |
A third Layout builds a page for a photo album. | |
Using the Artistic Text Shape is a tutorial that shows how to get started with the artistic text shape that all KOffice applications provide. | |
KWord Manual Tutorial on basic concepts of working in a frame-based environment, and detailed guides for all your WP needs. |
Mail Systems
Spam filtering with KMail |
Web Browsers
Make Opera look like a KDE SC 4 application | |
Mousegestures for all Browsers |
Multimedia
MIDI in Linux | |
Burn an Audio Cd with K3b |
Graphics
We now have a host of additional tutorials that will improve your productivity in digiKam or showFoto. They are listed on the Photography category page. The digiKam Tutorials page gives brief descriptions of them. Enjoy the power!
Klipper
How to search in phone books using Klipper |
Marble
Installing Marble on a Nokia N900 | |
Setting up Offline Routing on a Nokia N900 | |
Route Planning and Guidance Mode on a Nokia N900 | |
GPS Tracking | |
Map Theme Configuration | |
Using Bookmarks | |
Searching Places |
Development
How to create and build a simple kdevelop4 project | |
How to get php documentation up to date in Quanta |