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notes $ cat ~/.xinitrc

/usr/local/kde1/bin/startkde
There are two ways to install these files:
1. Copy the above samples to the related lines manually, for example

$ echo /usr/local/kde1/bin/startkde >~/.xinitrc
2. Install the kdemisc-1.1.2 package, which will install these files in /home/administrator by
default. After that you can move/copy the files to your home directory. Before installing
this package make sure that you backup your previous files.
Once you have created the two files you can start KDE on the base prompt with: startx &.

kDe Basics

KDE can be viewed either as a user desktop or as a development platform for applications. Here
we’ll quickly describe the major features of both.

the k Desktop environment as user Desktop

Konqueror Browser

Konqueror is KDE’s next-generation web browser, file manager and document viewer. Widely
heralded as a technological break-through for the GNU/Linux desktop, the standards-compliant
Konqueror has a component-based architecture which combines the features and functionality
of Internet Explorer/Netscape Communicator and Windows Explorer. Konqueror supports the
full gamut of current Internet technologies, including JavaScript, Java, HTML 4.0, CSS-1 and -2
(Cascading Style Sheets), SSL (Secure Socket Layer for secure communications) and Netscape
Communicator plug-ins (for playing Flash, RealAudio, RealVideo and similar technologies).

KOffice Office Suite

KDE also ships with the highly anticipated release of the KOffice suite. The integrated suite
consists of a spreadsheet application (KSpread), a vector drawing application (Karbon), a frame-
based word-processing application (KWord), a presentation program (KPresenter), and a chart
and diagram application (KChart). Native file formats are XML-based, and work on filters for
proprietary binary file formats is progressing. Combined with a powerful scripting language
and the ability to embed individuals components within each other using KDE’s component
technology (KParts), the free KOffice suite provides all the necessary functionality to all but the
most demanding power users.

KIO Network Transparency

In addition, KIO’s network transparency offers seamless support for accessing or browsing
files on GNU/Linux, NFS shares, MS Windows SMB shares, HTTP pages, FTP directories and
LDAP directories. The modular, plug-in nature of KDE’s file architecture makes it simple to
add additional protocols (such as IPX or WebDAV) to KDE, which would then automatically be
available to all KDE applications.

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