The General tab offers users the ability to change the most common settings. Settings here typically don't require a mass amount of system knowledge and also allow the user to configure their system to look anyway that they like.
This section contains settings that allow the user to configure the way their system looks and feels. Some settings are color schemes, fonts, icons, widget style and behavior, window decorations, GTK styles and if installed the KDM Theme Manager.
This section allows the user to customize how their system appears. One can change items such as the widget style, colors, fonts and emoticons.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change their desktop behavior. It is possible to configure things such as background or wallpaper, screen saver, desktop behavior, and multiple desktops.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change the KDE splash screen that is seen when logging into the system.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change the window behavior as well as window-specific settings.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change system notifications, the system bell, as well as storage media notifications.
This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information such as password, name, email, as well as the ability to change the storage location of important files (i.e., Desktop, Autostart, and Documents).
This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information such as regional settings (i.e., language, numeric and time), spell checker, as well as keyboard layout.
This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information such as bell, modifier keys, keyboard filters, activation gestures, as well as keyboard hot keys all providing improved accessibility features for challenged users.
This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information such as default email client, text editor, instant messenger, terminal emulator, and web browser.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change the local timezone, their time as well as the date.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change keyboard settings, keyboard shortcuts, mouse settings, joystick settings, and touchpad settings.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change size, orientation, positioning, color and gamma, hardware settings, as well as power saving options.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change network sound, skip prevention, auto-suspend, enable/disable sound system, and hardware settings.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change printer and printing options, add/remove printers, as well as the ability to share a printer across a network.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change user and group options, add/remove users, and add/remove groups.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change and configure network connections, proxy, connection preferences, and zeroconf service discovery.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change file sharing options, enable/disable file sharing, and local network browsing.
This section contains settings that allow the user to change and manage Bluetooth® services and devices.
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