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Outils et utilitaires

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Utilitites

KDE also brings you utilities, tools, and accessories to ease your work. Do not underestimate these applications, as they can provide you with added functionality that you will not be able to live without. Ranging from file tools to system tools, these small utilities give that added "oomph" to your desktop.

File Management

	Ark A program that enables you to handle file archives in a lot of formats.
	Filelight Shows how the disk space is being used, drawing it as a set of concentric pie-charts.
	KDiff3 A viewer that can compare 2 or 3 files or directories.
	KDiskFree A tool for viewing disk usage and for mounting and unmounting partitions.
	Kerry A GUI for the Beagle desktop search.
	Krusader An advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager.
	KFind KDE's file find utility, featuring search using regular expressions and searching within files.
	KFloppy A floppy disk format tool. Supports 3.5" and 5.25" disks.
	KRename A batch rename application. See footnote
	KDirStat KDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility, very much like the Unix "du" command. See footnote

Security

	kdessh A graphical front-end to utilities that run a program on a remote host.
	KDE Wallet Manager A tool to manage all your passwords stored in the KDE Wallet.
	KGpg KDE's manager for all your GPG keys.
	Kleopatra KDE certificate manager and universal crypto GUI.
	Sweeper A maintenance tool to clean unwanted traces from your system.

System

	Guidance Power Manager A power manager supporting screen brightness, laptop lid closing actions, and more.
	Kate An advanced text editor with many features including syntax highlighting.
	KDELirc Infrared remote control.
	KHelpCenter A documentation viewer that allows you to read all KDE application handbooks from one convenient location.
	Klipper A powerful clipboard history manager.
	KPager A standalone desktop switching application for KDE workspaces.
	KWrite A simple text editor.
	Yakuake A drop-down terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology.

Various

	KAlarm A personal alarm message, command and email scheduler.
	KCalc A versatile desktop calculator offering basic as well scientific functions.
	KCharSelect A tool to select special characters from all installed fonts and copy them into the clipboard.
	KEuroCalc A universal currency converter and calculator.
	Krecipes A recipe book from KDE.
	KRuler An onscreen ruler that allows you to measure objects on the screen.
	KTimer A little tool that enables you to execute some program after a given time.
	Okteta An editor that allows you to look into any file and modify the bytes in it.
	Printer Configuration Applet A system tray utility that shows you the current print jobs and lets you configure new printers.
	RSIBreak A small utility which bothers you at certain intervals, reminding you to take breaks.
	Smb4K An advanced network neighborhood browser.
	SuperKaramba A tool that allows you to easily create interactive widgets on your KDE desktop.
	KSniffer Capture packets from Internet interfaces and devices. See footnote

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