I have made with the progress of the KDE development team was impressed with version 4.5. Not only is the desktop environment light years ahead of where I expected it (after the abysmal version 4.0), it has become a desktop Linux user, that any proven benefit you. It is so stable and so respond, such as GNOME and so flexible as to any desktop.
But beyond the desktop KDE itself has a number of excellent tools. If you’ve never done it, you do not know what you’re missing. So I thought I would highlight some of these tools and perhaps your interest. These tools vary in topic and task, and should appeal to a broad range of user types.
1. KMail
KMail is important for all users migrating from Mac who was / is nice of Apple Mail. It has a similar look and feel of Apple Mail, and offers a nice feature list that you do at home with your e-mail client. The greatest fall of KMail, that on an Exchange server, the server must have connect IMAP enabled. KMail is also a part of groupware suite Kontact. Kontact can certainly stand toe to toe with other groupware suite with the exception of Exchange integration. But Kontact can with other groupware servers like Kolab, OpenXchange and GroupWise connect .
2. KRDC
KRDC is a powerful remote desktop client that can connect the user to both RDP and VNC servers. KRDC was overtaken be complete in the Google Summer of Code 2007 and included in the KDE version 4.0. It’s features include support a tabbed interface, full screen mode, Windows port, KDE Wallet, and a new configuration wizard. Connecting to a server is as simple should any level of the user is able to handle it.
3. Kexi
Kexi allows Linux users to use and reuse of Microsoft Access databases created. It can read, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. Kexi has a user-friendly GUI, the number of features, such as a full GUI provides for the creation of databases, tables and data and current sampling and parametric query support. Allows the user to kexi tables, queries, forms, reports, scripts, and all create a powerful graphical interface.
4. KPlato
KPlato another piece of groupware suite KOffice is really shines. The project management tool allows the user to moderately large projects, which include managing multiple resources. KPlato the creator of the project can use different types of relationships and time constraints, not estimates, and schedule tasks on the network and the availability of resources. This outstanding project management tool also has work, leave, cost breakdown structure, dependencies (both graph and list), Project / Task Performance Charts, Work Packaging View, Gantt charts, resource allocation, and much more. With KPlato, a project can be moved and will keep all his original plan. KPlato, each project should be happy.
5. Kate
Kate is one of the more powerful GUI-based text editors can be found. Kate is really in two parts: katepart (the underlying framework in a number of KDE applications that require a text editor) and Kate (MDI Text Editor). With Kate, you can open a window splittable, tabbed interface that you keep multiple documents at once. Other features include a spell checker, CR / CRLF / LF newline support support, encryption, encoding conversion, syntax highlighting, regular expression based search and replace, and block selection mode. Kate will be much more at home in newer Linux users hands (those who do not want people like vi, emacs, nano, or try).
6. Klipper
Clipper is one of the most powerful clipboards available to any operating system. It not only allows you instant access to a history of copied text, but it also allows you to actions that can be used specially formatted copied text (such as automatically opening a Web browser for copied text with “http:// begins to create. ”
7. Konqueror Webkit
If you see the GUI of Konqueror, but are not very happy with with KHTML rendering engine as the one you are happy to know that you are using the Konqueror Webkit engine took place. Although the average user might not appreciate this combination, the power users to create secure as the increased speed of the Webkit rendering engine. The speed increase is particularly noticeable when dealing with heavy JavaScript sites.
8. kbackup
Kbackup is one of the easiest to use backup utilities for the desktop, see. It has a large surface to create a user of almost any level of local and remote backups. Kbackup can do full and incremental backups, and very fast. Kbackup saves. Tar file format. His only downfall is that you are sure you must get a current version (as of this writing, 1.2.11) on scheduled backups.
9. KMyMoney
KMyMoney is a fine example of how Linux developers can create an application that addressed an important issue (Accounting) and it easily without losing the power to create and make functions. KMyMoney has three primary objectives: simplicity, accuracy and familiar, and it succeeds with them. While GNUCash focuses mainly on high-level accounting (but for home or business finances are also used), focuses on KMyMoney serves as a personal finance manager with the added bonus of using a double-entry style. KMyMoney also has an optional plug-in that allows online banking.
10. KSystemLog
KSystemLog for all Linux admins you out there who do not take the time to make a text-based editor, or use the less command to view your system log files. With this handy tool’s log, you can have all your system logs at your fingertips in a simple GUI front-end. With no more than a double click, you can create a system log message and know exactly what’s wrong with the system in question. With the click of a button you can display system logs to switch, kernel logs logs, authentication, logging daemon logs and X.org. If a category all its entries in the main window are populated. You can then double-clicking an individual entry to view the details. This tool is a must for any admin looking for a solid surface in the place of text-based log-record display.
Top 10 KDE tools you should try