This section details some tips for using and customizing the desktop.
The easiest way to run programs automatically when KDE starts is to use the Session Management feature of KDE. You can setup KDE exactly the way you'd like it to start every time you login.
Choose ->->-> from the Advanced tab on the top and then under Advanced User Settings section. Click the button on the right. Ensure that the checkbox is enabled.
Launch all the applications you want running everytime you log in. Once you have everything set to your satisfaction, click choose ->. Every time you start KDE, you will return to this configuration.
Another method to do this is to copy the desktop entry of the application you
want to autostart from /usr/share/applications
to the
~/.kde/Autostart
directory.
It is possible to login a user automatically when the computer boots. This is not recommended for most computers, as it is not secure and may allow other users access to your information.
Go to System Settings by going to ->->. Under the Advanced tab select the Login Manager.
Click on the and enter your user password to gain administrator privileges.
Select the tab. Check the Enable Autologin and select the user to autologin from the drop down menu and select an appropriate time delay.
Procedure 3. Restart KDE via keyboard
Ensure that your system has the ability to restart KDE via the keyboard.
Open System Settings by going to ->->.
Select the icon.
Select the checkbox that is labeled "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restarts the xserver".
Press the button and close out of System Settings.
Save and close all open applications.
Press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
Sometimes it can be useful to start a program manually, for example when the program does not have an entry in the menu. This is easy to do with the KRunner application.
Open KRunner application by pressing Alt-F2
Enter the name of the program you wish to run, and press the Enter key.
Open System Settings by going to ->->. In the System Settings window select the Keyboard & Mouse option.
Under the Keyboard section, locate the subsection titled NumLock on KDE Startup, enable the checkbox. Click on to save your settings.
The change will take effect the next time you log in to KDE. If you want to test it right away, turn off NumLock and restart KDE (see the section called “Restart KDE without rebooting the computer”).
Firefox is not installed by default so in order for this to work you will have had to previously installed Firefox. Please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for more information on installing applications.
Konqueror is able to handle help:/ URLs by default. Firefox is also able to handle these the same way however it requires you to manually edit the configuration of Firefox to do so. The following procedure will aide you in such configuration.
Start Firefox by choosing left ->->->.
In the address bar type about:config
and press the
Enter key.
->. Type network.protocol-handler.external.help
as the
Preference Name and true
as the
Value. Press the button when
complete.
->. Type
network.protocol-handler.app.help
as the
Preference Name and khelpcenter
as
the Value. Press the button when
complete.
Kubuntu comes with the KDE Menu Editor, so you can customize your menus and add entries for applications that don't automatically appear after they are installed. To add, remove, or modify an entry, refer to the following procedure.
Open KDE Menu Editor by
clicking on Kickoff Application Launcher icon (the KDE Menu) and choosing . If you have locked your
Kicker, you can also open KDE Menu
Editor by pressing Alt-F2 and typing
kmenuedit
followed by pressing the Enter key.
In KDE Menu Editor's left-hand pane, choose the submenu the new entry should appear in.
Choose -> or press the
button. In the New Item window, choose a
Name. Then add the Description,
Comment, and Command. Select the icon
by clicking on Icon. The Command will
usually be the package name, Name is what will appear on
the menu, and the Comment will appear in the tooltip that
appears near the menu entry. Icons are chosen from
/usr/share/icons/icon_theme
directory by default, or can be
chosen from anywhere in your files.
To change the order of menu entries, click and drag the entry in the KDE Menu Editor window.
This section describes how to install extra fonts from the Kubuntu archives.
For international fonts, install the following packages (please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for help on installing extra applications):
xfonts-intl-arabic
xfonts-intl-asian
xfonts-intl-chinese
xfonts-intl-chinese-big
xfonts-intl-european
xfonts-intl-japanese
xfonts-intl-japanese-big
xfonts-intl-phonetic
For Microsoft TrueType core fonts, install the msttcorefonts package (please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for help on installing extra applications).
For Ghostscript fonts, install the gsfonts-x11 package (please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for help on installing extra applications).
If you prefer to download individual fonts by hand, you can install them easily
by opening Konqueror and typing
fonts:/
into the location bar. Then you can install the
font, either system-wide or for personal use by dragging and dropping into the
respective folders.
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