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2. An Overview of KDE

This section is for users who prefer to learn by exploring and want only a brief orientation to get started. Later sections provide a more thorough introduction to the environment, with helpful hints and shortcuts. If you are impatient to get started, skim this section, go play for a bit, then come back and peruse the other sections of this guide as needed.

Note: KDE provides a highly configurable desktop environment. This overview assumes that you are using the default environment.

2.1 The KDE Desktop

A typical KDE desktop consists of three areas:

2.2 Ready, Set, Go!

Here are a few quick tips to get you up and running.


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