Special Edition Using Linux®, Sixth Edition

KDE Capabilities

As stated previously, KDE provides much more than just a graphical window manager or launch environment. It provides many integrated features that are designed to make it easier to work in a graphical environment.

First and foremost, KDE provides an object-oriented environment in which to work. Instead of composing and typing commands at a shell prompt, you manipulate the objects on your system using the desktop or file manager windows. In KDE, you treat things as objects that can be accessed, manipulated, or combined by directly touching or moving them (clicking or dragging them). For example, to work on a document, click the document and it opens the correct application. To print a document, drag the document and drop it onto ...