System Settings provides you with a centralized and
convenient way to configure all your KDE settings. System
Settings is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate
program, but System Settings organizes all these programs
into a single integrated interface. The modules are arranged into the following
categories:
The Appearance module provides function that
enable you to adjust the Colors of your desktop, the Fonts displayed
in application interfaces, the Icons used to represent file and folder
types, the Style and behaviour of the widgets the make up dialog interfaces and the Windows Decorations that
adorn the applications.
Colors
The Colors widget enables you to select
from predefined color schemes. Using the color widget you can also
define your own color scheme and save it. If you have a color scheme
file you can also import it into the colors widget.
Fonts
The Fonts widget lets you specify which
fonts will be used to display description labels on general application
areas, the Toolbar, Menu, Windows title, taskbar and Desktop.
Icons
The Icons widget enables you to select and
install icon themes used to add graphic representation to items such as
files and folders.
Style
The Style widget provides a list of style
schemes that stylize the general look and feel of the user interface.
You can also enable special user interface effects and style the
toolbar.
Windows Decorations
The Windows Decorations widget enables you
to change the functions available on window title bars. Various options
of the window can be customized and buttons such as the maximize,
minimize, close and close buttons can change position or be removed from
the window or new buttons can be added.
Panel
The Panel widget provides tools with which to
customize the arrangement of the panel using the Panels features and to
configure the Taskbar.
The Panel widget also enables you to adjust how
applications provide Launch Feedback.
Panels
Using the Panels widget you can customize
the position of the Panel, define its length
and size. You can also customize hiding behaviours the menus displayed
on the panel and its general appearance.
Taskbar
The Taskbar widget to configure the panel
taskbar behaviour and customize the behaviour of mouse buttons.
Launch Feedback
Use the Launch Feedback widget to change
the busy cursor and taskbar notification styles that are displayed when
an application is started.
The Background widget is used to change
your desktop wallpaper. You can choose an image of your own wallpaper
image or you can install wallpaper from https://www.kde-look.org over the Internet using the Get
New Wallpapers button.
Screen Saver
The Screen Saver widget enables you to
select and configure your screen saver settings.
Behaviour
The Behaviour widget enables you to
configure how your desktop behaves to mouse actions, whether or not file
icons show previews of their content and which devices will be displayed
on the desktop.
Multiple Desktops
The Multiple Desktops widget allows you to
change the number of virtual desktops are available, define names for
each desktop and define whether or not you can use the mouse wheel to
switch between them.
Splash Screen
The splash screen is displayed when the Kubuntu desktop is started.
Use the Splash Screen widget to select from a
stock list of splash screens or add a new one.
Window Behaviour
The Window Behaviour widget enables you to
configure various aspects of general window behaviour and properties.
Window-Specific Settings
Using the Window-Specific Settings widget,
it is possible to over ride general settings for Window Behaviour for specific windows.
Security and Privacy
The Security and Privacy module enables you to
configure your wallet subsystem. This system provides a convenient and
secure way to manage all your passwords.
Sound and Multimedia
With the Sound and Multimedia module you can
configure your Sound System, System Notification, System Bell and set
various options related to how your system behaves when Audio CDs are inserted
into your CD-ROM.
Sound System
On computers with sound devices the Sound
System widget enables you to configure options and
preferences and test them.
System Notification
Using the System Notification widget you
can set notification options for virtually any application installed on
your system.
Audio CDs
The Audio CDs widget enables you to
configure your system behaviour when audio CD-ROMs are inserted into the
CD-ROM drive.
System Bell
The System Bell widget enables you to
enable or disable the system bell and tune its settings.
The Password and User Account widget
enables you to change general information about current user and the
account password.
Default Applications
Using the Default Applications widget you
can select the default application that will be used for services such
as email, text editing, instant messaging, terminal emulation and web
browsing.
Paths
The Paths widget allows you to change the
desktop, autostart and documents paths for the current user account.
Session Manager
Use the Session Manager to configure the
behaviour of the session manager on login and logout.
KDE Components
The KDE Components module allows you to specify
KDE Resources for contacts, calendar,
notes and the KitchenSync connector. You can also
view services using the Service Manager.
KDE Resources
Service Manager
Hardware
In the hardware category you will find modules with which to configure the
following peripheral devices that may be connected to your computer:
Use the Keyboard widget to adjust your keyboard
repeat rate and behavior of the status of the NumLock key
on loading of the desktop.
Mouse
Use the Mouse widget to configure everything
there is to configure about a mouse.
Joystick
Use the Joystick widget to configure everything
there is to configure with your joystick.
Printers
Use the Printers widget to setup, configure and
manage printer devices.
Display
The Display widget lets to adjust the size and
orientation, monitor gamma and power control settings of your display.
Power Control
If you installed Kubuntu on a laptop computer you will have the
Power Control module. This module provides
widgets that enable the configuration of your Laptop Battery. If you have an IBM Thinkpad Laptop or Sony Vaio Laptop you can configure the
special settings supported by these computer types.
IBM Thinkpad Laptop
Laptop Battery
If you are running Kubuntu in laptop mode, you can configure your
laptop battery settings here.