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1. About this preview

Welcome to the KDE User Guide! Although this book is not yet complete and much of the information will need to be rewritten for the final version of KDE, I hope this preview version will be useful in answering some of the questions that a new KDE user may have.

1.1 Status of this book

This book includes a complete introduction, a guide to KDE installation, a description of the user interface, three practical examples on how to use KDE for daily work, and a description on how to customize the KDE desktop. Also included is a table of shortcuts and some tips & tricks.

1.2 What is missing

The reference part containing detailed descriptions (not the introductions) to the base KDE software is outdated and will be rewritten from scratch. Also, the Tips & Tricks chapter needs more content.

1.3 What I urgently need

I would also appreciate it if someone could keep an eye on the consistency of the expressions used (e.g., telling me if I once again used X-Windows instead of The X Window System). If someone volunteers to write an unwritten chapter or to contribute changes/additional material, I would place his/her photo on my desktop with a golden border :-).

Although this book is nice for the beginner, we need more in-depth documentation for the specific KDE applications. If you would like to contribute, please contact me immediately.


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