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|[[Image:Applications-other.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/KDE3 to KDE SC 4|Where have these features gone?]]'''
|[[Image:Applications-other.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/KDE3 to KDE SC 4|'''Where have these features gone?''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Modify_KDE_Software_Defaults|Modify your system defaults]]'''
|[[Image:Configure.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Modify_KDE_Software_Defaults|'''Modify your system defaults''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Access_another_computer's_display|Access another computer's display]]'''
|[[Image:Network-receive.svg]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Access_another_computer's_display|'''Access another computer's display''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/08/13/some-kde-4-tips-you-should-know Some KDE SC 4 tips you should know]''' - an OpenSUSE page full of useful tips
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/08/13/some-kde-4-tips-you-should-know '''Some KDE SC 4 tips you should know'''] - an OpenSUSE page full of useful tips
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[http://maketecheasier.com/customize-kde-desktop-with-kde-look-org/2009/12/28 How to customize your KDE desktop with KDE-Look.org]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[http://maketecheasier.com/customize-kde-desktop-with-kde-look-org/2009/12/28 '''How to customize your KDE desktop with KDE-Look.org''']
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Common Tasks|Some common tasks explained]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Common Tasks|'''Some common tasks explained''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/ComposeKey|Entering 'special characters' ''' - characters that are not on your normal keyboard]]
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/ComposeKey|'''Entering "special characters"''' - characters that are not on your normal keyboard]]
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|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]|| ||'''[http://forum.kde.org/showthread.php?tid=6902 How to configure panels in KDE SC 4.1.2 ]'''(Link to kde forum entry) Equally applicable to later versions.
|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]||[http://forum.kde.org/showthread.php?tid=6902 '''How to configure panels in KDE SC 4.1.2''' ](Link to kde forum entry) Equally applicable to later versions.
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|[[Image:Plasma.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/TweakingPlasma]] Tweaking Plasma'''
|[[Image:Plasma.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/TweakingPlasma|'''Tweaking Plasma''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KWin#Using_with_small_screens_.28eg_Netbooks.29|Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks)]]''' Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KWin#Using_with_small_screens_.28eg_Netbooks.29|'''Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks)''']] Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Kimpanel|Kimpanel]]''' Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Kimpanel|'''Kimpanel''']] Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods
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|[[Image:System-file-manager.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/File Management#Discover Dolphin|Discover Dolphin]]'''
|[[Image:System-file-manager.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/File Management#Discover Dolphin|'''Discover Dolphin''']]
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|[[Image:Move.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/File_Management#File_System_Navigation|File System Navigation]]'''
|[[Image:Move.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/File_Management#File_System_Navigation|'''File System Navigation''']]
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|[[Image:CompressIcon.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/File_Management#Archive_Management_in_Dolphin|Archive Management in Dolphin]]'''
|[[Image:CompressIcon.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/File_Management#Archive_Management_in_Dolphin|'''Archive Management in Dolphin''']]
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|[[Image:System-switch-user.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/File_transfers|Transfer files from and to a server using ftp, sftp, webdav and the like]]'''
|[[Image:System-switch-user.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/File_transfers|'''Transfer files from and to a server''' using ftp, sftp, webdav and the like]]
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|[[Image:Kontact.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Kontact|How to send SMS using Kontact?]]'''
|[[Image:Kontact.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Kontact|'''How to send SMS using Kontact''']]
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|[[Image:Knode.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/KNode for mailing lists|Reading and writing to mailing lists with KNode]]'''
|[[Image:Knode.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/KNode for mailing lists|'''Reading and writing to mailing lists with KNode''']]
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|[[Image:Kjots.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Import KNowIt Into KJots|Import old KNowIt files into KJots]]'''
|[[Image:Kjots.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Import KNowIt Into KJots|'''Import old KNowIt files into KJots''']]
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|[[Image:Kjots.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Recover Deleted KJots Books|Recover deleted KJots books]]'''
|[[Image:Kjots.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Recover Deleted KJots Books|'''Recover deleted KJots books''']]
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|[[Image:KorganizerIcon.png|48px]]|| ||'''[http://mikearthur.co.uk/2008/09/kde-blog-from-korganizer-howto/ How to blog from KOrganizer]'''
|[[Image:KorganizerIcon.png|48px]]||[http://mikearthur.co.uk/2008/09/kde-blog-from-korganizer-howto/ '''How to blog from KOrganizer''']
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|[[Image:Pre_10.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Kontact_Palm_Pre_Sync|How to sync your Palm Pre with Kontact and Google Calendar]]'''
|[[Image:Pre_10.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Kontact_Palm_Pre_Sync|'''How to sync your Palm Pre with Kontact and Google Calendar''']]
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|[[Image:KorganizerIcon.png|48px]]|| ||'''[http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/178/26/ How to synchronize Google contacts and calendar with KAddressbook and KOrganizer]'''
|[[Image:KorganizerIcon.png|48px]]||[http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/178/26/ '''How to synchronize Google contacts and calendar with KAddressbook and KOrganizer''']
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|[[Image:KrunnerIcon.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KRunner|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
|[[Image:KrunnerIcon.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KRunner|'''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
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Krunner as a calculator|Using it as a calculator]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Krunner as a calculator|'''Using KRunner as a calculator''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Using it as an application launcher|Using it as an application launcher]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Using it as an application launcher|'''Using KRunner as an application launcher''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:/myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Running BASH commands|Running BASH commands in Krunner]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:/myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Running BASH commands|'''Running BASH commands in Krunner''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Navigating through options|Navigating through options]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#Navigating through options|'''Navigating through options''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#KRunner_as_a_unit_converter|Using the Unit conversion plugin]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Krunner#KRunner_as_a_unit_converter|'''Using the Unit conversion plugin''']]
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|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Tutorials/BasicLayout|Basic Layout]]''' is a tutorial that creates a leaflet with various images and explaining text using KWords frames technology. Several text frames and image frames will be created and positioned on the page.
|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Tutorials/BasicLayout|'''Basic Layout''']] is a tutorial that creates a leaflet with various images and explaining text using KWords frames technology. Several text frames and image frames will be created and positioned on the page.
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|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Tutorials/SecondLayout|A Second Layout]]''' experiments with placing, grouping and moving images within a text area.
|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Tutorials/SecondLayout|'''A Second Layout''']] experiments with placing, grouping and moving images within a text area.
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|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Tutorials/ThirdLayout|A third Layout]]''' builds a page for a photo album.
|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Tutorials/ThirdLayout|'''A third Layout''']] builds a page for a photo album.
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|[[Image:Applications-office.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KOffice/Tutorials/Artistic Text Shape|Using the Artistic Text Shape]]''' is a tutorial that shows how to get started with the artistic text shape that all KOffice applications provide.
|[[Image:Applications-office.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KOffice/Tutorials/Artistic Text Shape|'''Using the Artistic Text Shape''']] is a tutorial that shows how to get started with the artistic text shape that all KOffice applications provide.
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|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Manual|KWord Manual]]''' Tutorial on basic concepts of working in a frame-based environment, and detailed guides for all your WP needs.
|[[Image:Kword.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/KWord/Manual|'''KWord Manual''']]' Tutorial on basic concepts of working in a frame-based environment, and detailed guides for all your WP needs.
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|[[Image:Internet-mail.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Mail#Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader|Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader]]'''
|[[Image:Internet-mail.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Mail#Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader|'''Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader''']]'''
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/16/spam-filtering-with-kmail/ Spam filtering with Kmail]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/16/spam-filtering-with-kmail/ '''Spam filtering with Kmail''']
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|[[Image:Applications-internet.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Opera|Make Opera look like a real KDE SC 4 app]]'''
|[[Image:Applications-internet.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Opera|'''Make Opera look like a KDE SC 4 application''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Mousegestures for all Browsers|Mousegestures for all Browsers]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Mousegestures for all Browsers|'''Mousegestures for all Browsers''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/MIDI on Linux|MIDI on Linux]]'''
|[[Image:Hi48-app-kmid2.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/MIDI on Linux|'''MIDI in Linux''']]
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|[[Image:K3b.png]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Burn an Audio Cd with K3b|Burn an Audio Cd with K3b]]'''
|[[Image:K3b.png]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/Burn an Audio Cd with K3b|'''Burn an Audio Cd with K3b''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]|| ||'''[http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3612 Photo Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust]'''
|[[Image:Logo-showfoto.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Levels_Adjust|'''Photo Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]|| ||'''[http://www.ugarro.com/blog/blog4.php/2008/09/06/photo-kde-tutorial-1-4-brightness-contra Photo Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness]'''
|[[Image:Logo-showfoto.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Curves_Adjust|'''Photo Tutorial 1-2: Curves adjust''']]
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|[[Image:Logo-showfoto.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/White_Balance|'''Photo Tutorial 1-3: White balance''']]
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|[[Image:Logo-showfoto.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Brightness|'''Photo Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness''']]
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|[[Image:Logo-showfoto.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Showfoto/Perspective|'''Photo KDE Tutorial 1-5: Perspective Adjustment''']]
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|[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Lens_Distortion|'''Correct Lens Distortion with digiKam''']]
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|[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Local_Contrast|'''Improve Photos with digiKam’s Local Contrast Tool''']]
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|[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Exposure_Blending|'''Exposure Blending with digiKam''']]
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|[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Renaming_Photos|'''Renaming Photos with digiKam''']]
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|[[Image:Digikam-logo.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Digikam/Watermark|'''Watermark Photos with digiKam''']]
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|[[Image:Klipper.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/How_to_search_in_phone_books_using_Klipper|How to search in phone books using Klipper]]'''
|[[Image:Klipper.png|48px]]||[[Special:myLanguage/Tutorials/How_to_search_in_phone_books_using_Klipper|'''How to search in phone books using Klipper''']]
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|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]|| ||'''[http://apaku.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/howto-create-build-and-run-a-simple-kdevelop4-project How to create and build a simple kdevelop4 project]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]||[http://apaku.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/howto-create-build-and-run-a-simple-kdevelop4-project '''How to create and build a simple kdevelop4 project''']
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|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]|| ||'''[[Quanta_RefreshDoc|How to get php documentation up to date in Quanta]]'''
|[[Image:Trans.png|48px]]||[[Quanta_RefreshDoc|'''How to get php documentation up to date in Quanta''']]
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Revision as of 11:20, 5 September 2010

Information

Check out the list of KDE Community Websites for other articles, tips, and tutorials from online magazines, articles, and writers all over the world.


General System

Where have these features gone?
Modify your system defaults
File:Network-receive.svg Access another computer's display
Some KDE SC 4 tips you should know - an OpenSUSE page full of useful tips
How to customize your KDE desktop with KDE-Look.org
Some common tasks explained
Entering "special characters" - characters that are not on your normal keyboard

Workspace

How to configure panels in KDE SC 4.1.2 (Link to kde forum entry) Equally applicable to later versions.
Tweaking Plasma
Using with small screens (eg. Netbooks) Discusses several issues where screen space is at a premium
Kimpanel Build a plasmoid for controlling input methods

File Management

Discover Dolphin
File System Navigation
Archive Management in Dolphin
Transfer files from and to a server using ftp, sftp, webdav and the like

In Kontact

How to send SMS using Kontact
Reading and writing to mailing lists with KNode
Import old KNowIt files into KJots
Recover deleted KJots books
How to blog from KOrganizer
How to sync your Palm Pre with Kontact and Google Calendar
How to synchronize Google contacts and calendar with KAddressbook and KOrganizer

In Krunner

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
Using KRunner as a calculator
Using KRunner as an application launcher
Running BASH commands in Krunner
Navigating through options
Using the Unit conversion plugin

In KOffice

Basic Layout is a tutorial that creates a leaflet with various images and explaining text using KWords frames technology. Several text frames and image frames will be created and positioned on the page.
A Second Layout experiments with placing, grouping and moving images within a text area.
A third Layout builds a page for a photo album.
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 Manual' Tutorial on basic concepts of working in a frame-based environment, and detailed guides for all your WP needs.

In Mail Systems

Using Spamassassin with a Mail Reader
Spam filtering with Kmail

In Web Browsers

Make Opera look like a KDE SC 4 application
Mousegestures for all Browsers

In Multimedia

MIDI in Linux
Burn an Audio Cd with K3b

In Graphics

Photo Tutorial 1-1: Levels adjust
Photo Tutorial 1-2: Curves adjust
Photo Tutorial 1-3: White balance
Photo Tutorial 1-4: Brightness/Contrast/Gamma + Hue/Saturation/Lightness
Photo KDE Tutorial 1-5: Perspective Adjustment
Correct Lens Distortion with digiKam
Improve Photos with digiKam’s Local Contrast Tool
Exposure Blending with digiKam
Renaming Photos with digiKam
Watermark Photos with digiKam

Klipper

How to search in phone books using Klipper

Development

How to create and build a simple kdevelop4 project
How to get php documentation up to date in Quanta