Hi: is there anything like that? I mean, a primer or introductory book for the person who is to use KDE for the first time.

There are likely YouTube videos available but, trust me, you won't remember much unless you have a problem and then search for the solution. THEN you will never forget it

You may go to the KDE Userbase. Hope this helps.

first try to avoid any type of comparison videos, they are generally not worth your time, unless you are really bored...

Try this:
https://lmddgtfy.net/?q=KDE%20tips%20and%20tricks

I'd just sit down, start up 'System Settings', and go through each item one by one to set up KDE to suit your own particular needs. We all have different work flows so you should focus on what you find useful or frivolous.

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Your link correctly redirects me to duckgogo. Only once there, my system can connect to no one of the links present at that page. What a pity.

Did you allow duckducks javascript? If so, the link I sent should work and autotype the query.

How do I know I am allowing him Javascript?

You could try a web search -- "is javascript enabled?"

But we seem to be going round and round in circles here. My opinion is that the shortest route is just to use KDE. There's not much more to a desktop environment than a launcher, a panel, a system tray, a file manager and wallpaper. You can pick up the more complicated elements like Activities and the Dashboard as you go along, if you need them.

You've been using Xfce, I take it, for some years and you'll find KDE is not that much different as far as the basics of a desktop environment are concerned. Indeed, it's not all that different a paradigm than Windows 95.

Alright. I had been of that opinion myself a long time ago. But tell me. Mine is a portable computer and, as such, it has the mouse built into the machine itself (touchpad). To avoid accidentally touching it while I type, I came up with these commands:
And all was fine. But lo and behold: under KDE these comands have no effect. What shall I do? I think I'm better off with Xfce.

Just so. There are some interesting things that KDE provides which Xfce does not. You may not find those things useful to you (they weren't useful to me, if you must know), but maybe they are.

NOTE: For those of you wondering what I'm talking about, http://www.datamation.com/open-sourc...ivities-1.html should provide a clue. http://www.datamation.com/open-sourc...ctivities.html provides more information.

Please read post #10. Did you already do it?

Dunno. I don't run KDE on a laptop. I'd suspect that "System Settings" -> "Input Devices" -> "Mouse" might have something that would apply.

(Don't yell at me. I logged out of Xfce on my desktop and logging in to KDE to tell you the above.)

Are you replying to me?

I have to admit that Firefox fonts look a lot better in KDE than under Xfce.

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