Tutorials

If you are a system administrator who is rolling out new or managing existing KDE deployments in their organization, you should definitely look at the KDE System Administration section.

Getting Started

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How to Install KDE neon

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How to install KDE software

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How to install Flatpaks

Trans.png Some common tasks explained
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The Jargon File explains some of the words that you may be unfamiliar with.

Preferences-desktop-keyboard.png Creating keyboard shortcuts
Utilities-terminal.png Open a console
Preferences-system-network.png Access another computer's display
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Change the color of the blue folder icon

Preferences-cursor.png Mouse pointer settings for large displays

Localization Settings

Preferences-desktop-locale.png Change the language and the numeric, currency and time formats used by Plasma
Preferences-desktop-keyboard.png Entering "special characters" - characters that are not on your normal keyboard
Applications-educations-languages.png Input Method Panel Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods


Plasma

Preferences-system.png Plasma Tips & Tricks
KrunnerIcon.png 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
Preferences-system.png Learn how to configure the Plasma panel
Preferences-desktop-theme.png Learn how to Create a look and feel package
NetbooksDevice.png Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks) Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium.
Preferences-desktop-color.png Enabling Color Management in KWin.
Preferences-desktop-keyboard.png How to configure keyboard actions for specific keys.
I3.png Learn how to Use Other Window Managers with Plasma.
PlasmaBlur.png How to manually enable Transparency And Blur.


File Management

System-file-manager.png Discover the various functionalities of the Dolphin file manager
CompressIcon.png How to manage compressed files in Dolphin using Ark for Archive Management
System-switch-user.png Transfer files from and to a server using ftp, sftp, webdav and the like
Document-new.png How to add an entry to the Create New menu

Web Browsers

Icon-Preferences-desktop-gestures-touch.png Create mouse gestures for use with any browser
FirefoxLogo.png Browser configuration for Firefox. Learn how to make Firefox use the standard Open and Save dialog.


Kontact

View-pim-mail.png Learn how to manage your e-mail with KMail
View-pim-calendar.png How to sync your information using KOrganizer
Akregator.png Here is how to set up your favorite RSS in one place with Akregator
Kontact.png How to use Office365.com with Kontact
Kontact.png How to use Kolab with Kontact
NextcloudLogo.png How to use Nextcloud with Kontact


KOffice

These tutorials are obsolete and need to be updated for calligra. If you know about how to use calligra, please help.

Kword.png 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.
Kword.png A Second Layout experiments with placing, grouping and moving images within a text area.
Kword.png A third Layout builds a page for a photo album.
Applications-office.png 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.png KWord Manual Tutorial on basic concepts of working in a frame-based environment, and detailed guides for all your WP needs.

Multimedia

Hi48-app-kmid2.png How to work with MIDI synthesizing on Linux
K3b.png How to burn an audio cd using K3b

Graphics

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Photo Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust This tutorial explains how to use Levels Adjust tool to quickly adjust brightness in your pictures using digiKam.

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Photo Tutorial 1-2: Curves adjust This tutorial explains how to use the Curves Adjust tool to quickly fix differences in brightness in your pictures using digiKam.

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Photo Tutorial 1-3: White Balance This tutorial explains how to use the White Balance tool to quickly fix levels of white in ambient lighting using digiKam.

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Photo Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness This tutorial explains how to adjust several aspects of your picture more thoroughly using digiKam.

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Photo KDE Tutorial 1-5: Perspective Adjustment This tutorial explains how to correct the position and perspective of your pictures using digiKam.

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An impressive amount of digiKam tutorials are hosted in userbase.


Klipper

Klipper.png How to search in phone books using Klipper

Marble

Marble.png Installing Marble on a Nokia N900
Marble.png Setting up Offline Routing on a Nokia N900
Marble.png Route Planning and Guidance Mode on a Nokia N900
Marble.png How to create GPS Tracks using a mobile or GPS-enabled device
Marble.png How to switch map themes and visualization
Marble.png Using Bookmarks to mark your favorite places
Marble.png Searching for places and points of interest

KDEConnect

Kdeconnect.png Compilation of useful commands for KDE Connect

Development

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Build your first KDE C++ Application with KDevelop on Kubuntu

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How to get php documentation up to date in Quanta

Advanced

Configure.png Modify your system defaults
Sql.png Using a single database for KDE programs
Configure.png Create your own mouse cursor theme

This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 06:54. Content is available under Creative Commons License SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.