KDE Tips — nielsvm

KDE's 3D-powered desktop effects can add lots of candy to your desktop experience, which not necessaribly everybody prefers. However, among the many eye-candy effects several are...

KDE 4

Always start KDE empty

Upon fresh install KDE will restore the windows and applications that you had openend during the last session. The idea behind this is that it allows you to quickly continue...

KDE 4

Application shortcut keys

Binding a particular application to a key-combination can be hard to find out in KDE 4, as it is hidden away in KDEs menu editor. Therefore right-click on the K menu and click on...

KDE 4

Automatically setup Yakuake upon login

Yakuake is a tremendously useful terminal that hides itself outside of your sight until called with F12, and loved by many powerusers. It allows you...

KDE 4

Bind useful actions to screen corners and edges.

To increase your productivity you can assign actions to the corners and edges of your screen, which trigger when your mouse cursor touches them. KDE allows you to add at least 13...

KDE 4

Binding mouse buttons to keyboard shortcuts

You can use xbindkeys and xte to map custom mouse buttons to keyboard shortcuts, which KDE can pick up and leverage anywhere. Using this trick you can have Ctrl + C...

KDE 4