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and window border appearance. You can also customize mouse and keyboard events which makes
working with the desktop as efficient for your needs as possible.
Regional & Accessibility
This section allows you to set country and language options to your particular locale. For users
with sight or hearing impairments, you can also configure accessibility features such as audible
and visual cues and keyboard/mouse customization.
System Administration
This section is an advanced system configuration interface. You need your root password to
configure most of these options. This section allows you to install new fonts, configure login
management, set system paths, and more. It is strongly recommended that you leave these settings
at their default values unless you understand the consequences of changing them.
Web Browsing
This section allows you to configure the Konqueror Web browser. You can configure options
such as cache sizes, website cookies, plugins, proxy settings (if available), and enhanced brows-
ing using keyword shortcuts.
A.2. Introducing Konqueror
Konqueror is the file manager for KDE. It is equivalent to GNOME's Nautilus.
Konqueror provides a graphical display of your system and personal files. Like Nautilus, Konqueror
allows you to configure your desktop and your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system, access network
resources and more. Konqueror makes use of icons, the Panel, and Trash. Below are some of the
tools KDE provides; each is an example of Konqueror.
A.2.1. User's Home
KDE does not place a Home icon on the Desktop by default. It can be reached from the Main Menu,
however. This opens a Konqueror window with the contents of the user's home directory.
Tip
You can add a Home icon to your desktop by dragging the icon from the Main Menu to the desktop
and selecting Copy Here.
Konqueror behaves as a browser by default; it opens files and directories inside the large pane of the
current window rather than opening a new instance of Konqueror. You can open directories and files
in new tabs, just as in Firefox or other web browsers. To do so, right-click on the file or directory to
open and select Open in New Tab.
A.2.2. Trash
KDE includes a Trash icon similar to that of other operating systems; files inside the Trash are not
deleted until you choose to do so. The Trash bin can be opened by double-clicking on the desktop
icon. The Trash opens as a Konqueror window, which allows you to easily nove files in and out. To
empty the Trash, right-click on the desktop icon and select Empty Trash Bin.
Appendix A. KDE: The K Desktop Environment