Sams Teach Yourself KDE 1.1 in 24 Hours

By Jeff Koch and Nicholas D. Wells

A step-by-step guide to using and developing KDE applications on Linux/UNIX systems. Readers will learn the fundamentals of KDE including how to navigate the file manager and windows manager, and how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672316080
• ISBN13: 9780672316081
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Tells where to stick your files.

In the world of graphics, one does not want to be stuck with just a command line. Break out of the restraint with KDE. I have used CDE for many years. However, the opportunity came to use KDE, and it is easy to fall in love with. This book is like the 101 of KDE, telling all the little secrets of how it works and how to get started. It even comes with a CD of goodies to get you up and running in the 24 hours implied in the title. The subject of KDE is too large for an in-depth review, so I will just cover the 24 hours. Hour 1: Understanding the KDE Project Hour 2: Installing KDE from Scratch Hour 3: Starting and Exiting KDE Hour 4 Reviewing the KDE Setup Hour 5: Exploring the Desktop Hour 6: Managing the KDE Environment Hour 7: Configuring KDE Options Hour 8 Using KDE Themes Hour 9: Managing Files in KDE Hour 10 Learning More KGE File Management Hour 11 System Administration for KDE Hour 12 Using KDE Utilities Hour 13: Managing Network Connections in KDE Hour 14: Managing Printing in KDE Hour 15: Accessing the Internet from KDE Hour 16 Using the Command Line in KDE Hour 17 Using Graphics Utilities in KDE Hour 18 Using KDE Text Utilities Hour 19 Using KDE Business Tools Hour 20 Using KDE for Entertainment Hour 21: Finding and Installing Additional KDE Applications Hour 22: Integrating Non-KDE Applications into KDE Hour 23 Getting Started with KDE Development Hour 24: Developing for KDE Also, a good section comparing KDE to GNOME. All in all, this is a good starting place short of taking a formal course.

Great book for beginners using Linux 5.1 or higher

Love the book- clear, concise, good layout, graphics, and organized well enough that you can put it down and play, but still pick up where you left off. Being new at the OS to some degree, optimizing the GUI is the first thing I want to do, then work the underlying files later. This is the book to show you how to run and tweek the environment.

Excellent Basic Coverage of KDE

Just the right book at the right time. Takes some of the mystery out of KDE's layout and utilities. I learned a lot, and use it as my KDE reference. Recommended!!

Good basic teaching tool

This book is a good learning guide for people who have recently changed from MS products and enables a user to configure a Unix system to do the same things they did on a Windows box. There is not much advanced info for Admins as the program is all GUI anyway. My only critisism is that there is little mention of any OS other than Linux, I use this on FreeBSD and I know others using it on Solaris. Other than this small problem I an happy with the book and recomend it to both new users and admins who need to teach clients about this desktop.