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<!ENTITY % cdo-C SYSTEM "../../../libs/cdo-C.ent">
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<article id="system-settings" status="complete">
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<title>Desktop Configuration</title>
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This section contains information about the System Settings application in
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<!-- SYSTEM SETTINGS -->
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<sect1 id="intro" status="complete">
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<title>Introduction to Kubuntu System Settings</title>
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Kubuntu's control panel is known as <application>System Settings</application>.
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<application>System Settings</application> allows the user to make
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configuration changes to items such as locality, accessibility, appearance,
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hardware, printing, networking, and much more. To access <application>System
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Settings</application> go to &menusysset;.
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<sect1 id="general" status="complete">
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<title>General System Settings</title>
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The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab offers users the ability to change the
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most common settings. Settings here typically don't require a mass amount of
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system knowledge and also allow the user to configure their system to look
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anyway that they like.
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<sect2 id="look-and-feel" status="complete">
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<title>Look & Feel</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Appearance</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to configure the way their
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system looks and feels. Some settings are color schemes, fonts, icons, widget
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style and behavior, window decorations, GTK styles and if installed the
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<application>KDM Theme Manager</application>.
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<varlistentry><term>Desktop</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change their desktop
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behavior. It is possible to configure things such as background or wallpaper,
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screen saver, desktop behavior, and multiple desktops.
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<varlistentry><term>Splash Screen</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change the KDE splash
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screen that is seen when logging into the system.
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<varlistentry><term>Window Behavior</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change the window
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behavior as well as window-specific settings.
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<varlistentry><term>Notifications</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change system
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notifications, the system bell, as well as storage media notifications.
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<sect2 id="personal" status="complete">
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<title>Personal</title>
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<varlistentry><term>About Me</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information such
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as password, name, email, as well as the ability to change the storage location
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of important files (i.e., Desktop, Autostart, and Documents).
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<varlistentry><term>Regional & Language</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information
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such as regional settings (i.e., language, numeric and time), spell checker, as
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well as keyboard layout.
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<varlistentry><term>Accessibility</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information
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such as bell, modifier keys, keyboard filters, activation gestures, as well as
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keyboard hot keys all providing improved accessibility features for challenged
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<varlistentry><term>Default Applications</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to configure information
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such as default email client, text editor, instant messenger, terminal
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emulator, and web browser.
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<sect2 id="comp-admin" status="complete">
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<title>Computer Administration</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Date & Time</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change the local
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timezone, their time as well as the date.
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<varlistentry><term>Keyboard & Mouse</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change keyboard settings,
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keyboard shortcuts, mouse settings, joystick settings, and touchpad settings.
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<varlistentry><term>Monitor & Display</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change size, orientation,
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positioning, color and gamma, hardware settings, as well as power saving
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<varlistentry><term>Sound System</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change network sound,
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skip prevention, auto-suspend, enable/disable sound system, and hardware
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<varlistentry><term>Printers</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change printer and
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printing options, add/remove printers, as well as the ability to share a
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printer across a network.
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<varlistentry><term>User Management</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change user and group
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options, add/remove users, and add/remove groups.
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<sect2 id="net-and-connect" status="complete">
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<title>Network & Connectivity</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Network Settings</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change and configure
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network connections, proxy, connection preferences, and zeroconf service
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<varlistentry><term>Sharing</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change file sharing
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options, enable/disable file sharing, and local network browsing.
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<varlistentry><term>Bluetooth</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change and manage
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<trademark class="registered">Bluetooth</trademark> services and devices.
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<sect1 id="advanced" status="complete">
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<title>Advanced System Settings</title>
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<sect2 id="sys-admin" status="complete">
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<title>System Administration</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Disk & Filesystems</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change disk options,
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filesystem options, as well as enable/disable system disks.
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<varlistentry><term>System Services</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change the way system
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services start, enable/disable system services, and run level settings.
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<varlistentry><term>Login Manager</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change the appearance,
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font, and background of the login window for KDE. Also included in this section
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is shutdown options, users specification for logging in, as well as
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convenience settings like auto-login and password-less logins.
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<varlistentry><term>Windows Applications</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change options related to
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<application>Wine</application>, the Windows application layer for Linux. This
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option is only available to users who have installed
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<application>Wine</application>.
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<sect2 id="adv-user-settings" status="complete">
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<title>Advanced User Settings</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Audio Encoding</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change options for
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encoding, file naming, device specification, and error correction.
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<varlistentry><term>KDE Resources</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to add, remove, and manage
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resources such as contacts, calendar, and notes.
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<varlistentry><term>Service Manager</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to monitor, start, and stop
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load-on-demand services as well as startup services.
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<varlistentry><term>Session Manager</term>
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This section contains settings that allow the user to change logout and
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shutdown options (confirm, enable and disable), how to react at login, and the
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default shutdown option.