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KDE system manager for hardware, software, and workspaces.</translate>
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'''System Settings''' has a search function to help in hunting down a setting. Simply type in a keyword in the Search field in the toolbar and System Settings will display modules that contain the keyword and hide those that don't.</translate>
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Configure your user information, password and paths. You can also configure your Social Desktop providers.</translate>
Customize your desktop theme, cursor theme, and splash theme all from here.</translate>
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Configure your applications style, colors, icons, fonts and emoticons.</translate>
Change your system color scheme here.</translate>
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Configure the notifications you want to receive from the system, and from applications</translate>
Customize the fonts used on your system here.</translate>
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Set default actions and icons for different types of files.</translate>
Change your system icon theme here.</translate>
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Language, numeric, and time setting for your particular region. Allows you to apply translation (locale) to whole KDE Desktop or change spellchecker parameters.</translate>
Customize your systems widget style (button themes), window decorations (how your titlebars look), and how GNOME (GTK) applications look..</translate>
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Configure the resources used to manage your address book, calendar, and notes</translate>
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Revision as of 01:34, 2 September 2015


KDE system manager for hardware, software, and workspaces.
Information
On some distributions like openSUSE, the System Settings is known as Personal Settings


Features

  • System manager for global KDE platform settings
  • Customize and manage your desktop in one convenient location
  • Search function helps narrow down probable settings
  • Pointing at an icon displays a tooltip with more information about it

Search

When the keyboard focus is in the icon window, you can type the first few letters of any module name to select it.

System Settings has a search function to help in hunting down a setting. Simply type in a keyword in the Search field in the toolbar and System Settings will display modules that contain the keyword and hide those that don't.

Searching for "key".

You can also search for and open System Settings modules in KRunner.

Categories

Appearance

Workspace Theme

Customize your desktop theme, cursor theme, and splash theme all from here.

Color

Change your system color scheme here.

Font

Customize the fonts used on your system here.

Icons

Change your system icon theme here.

Application Style

Customize your systems widget style (button themes), window decorations (how your titlebars look), and how GNOME (GTK) applications look..

Shortcuts and Gestures

Configure keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures.

Workspace

Desktop Effects

Configure desktop effects such as window animations, transparency, or the desktop cube.

Workspace Appearance

Configure the appearance of windows, cursors, and the desktop.

Accessibility

Settings to help users who have difficulty hearing audible cues, or who have difficulty using a keyboard.

Default Applications

Set the default applications for common tasks, such as browsing the web, writing email, or managing files.

Search Desktop

Settings for the desktop search engine.

Window Behaviour

Configure task switching, and how windows respond to mouse actions.

Workspace Behaviour

Settings for overall workspace behaviour and virtual desktops.

Network and Connectivity

Bluetooth

Use Bluedevil to set up connections to your Bluetooth devices.

Network Settings

Preferences for your network connections and proxy settings.

SSL Preferences

Manage SSL certificates.

Sharing

Settings for sharing files with Windows machines over a network.

Hardware

Device Actions

Configure which actions are available when a new device is connected to your machine.

Digital Camera

Settings for connecting to your digital cameras.

Display and Monitor

Configuration of your monitor(s) and screensaver settings.

Information Sources

Configuration of hardware for network, remote control, and modems.

Input Devices

Configure your keyboard, mouse and joystick.

Power Management

Global settings for the power manager.

Removable Devices

Configure automatic handling of removable storage media.

Multimedia

Configure the handling of audio CDs

System Administration

Date & Time

Settings for date and time.

Font Installer

Install, manage, and preview fonts.

Login Screen

Configure the login manager (KDM).

Startup and Shutdown

Configure your system behavior when starting up or shutting down.