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Revision as of 12:18, 26 September 2008

Utilities & Tools

Utilitites
Utilitites

KDE also has a lot of 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 KDE 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.
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
KDE GUI for the Beagle desktop search.
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 command line utility to run a program on a remote host.
KDE Wallet Manager
A tool to manage all your passwords stored in the KDE Wallet.
KGpg
KDE manager for all your GPG keys.
Sweeper
A maintenance tool to clean unwanted traces from your system.

System

Guidance Power Manager
A KDE power manager, supporting screen brightness, laptop lid closing actions, and more.
Kate
An advanced text editor with many features including syntax highlighting .
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.
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 for 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 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.
SuperKaramba
A tool that allows you to easily create interactive widgets on your KDE desktop.



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