<chapter id="welcome-to-kde"> <chapterinfo ><date >2002-01-18</date > <releaseinfo >3.00.00</releaseinfo > </chapterinfo> <title >Welcome to &kde;</title> <anchor id="welcome"/> <para > <emphasis >The &kde; team welcomes you to user-friendly &UNIX; computing.</emphasis > </para> <sect1 id="welcome-page"> <title >Welcome to the K Desktop Environment</title> <sect2 id="welcome-information-about-kde"> <title >Information about &kde;</title> <para >&kde; is a powerful graphical desktop environment for &UNIX; workstations. A &kde; desktop combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the &UNIX; operating system. </para> <para ><link linkend="what-is-kde" >What is the K Desktop Environment?</link ></para> <para ><link linkend="contact" >Contacting the &kde; Project</link ></para> <para ><link linkend="support" >Supporting the &kde; Project</link ></para> <para ><link linkend="links" >Useful links</link ></para> </sect2> <sect2 id="welcome-getting-the-most-out-of-kde"> <title >Getting the most out of &kde;</title> <sect3 id="welcome-general-documentation"> <title >General documentation</title> <para ><ulink url="help:/khelpcenter/quickstart" >A Quick Start Guide to the Desktop</ulink ></para> <para ><ulink url="help:/khelpcenter/userguide" >&kde; User's guide</ulink ></para> <para ><ulink url="help:/khelpcenter/faq" >Frequently asked questions</ulink ></para> </sect3> <sect3 id="welcome-basic-applications"> <title >Basic applications</title> <para ><ulink url="help:/kicker" >Desktop Panel</ulink ></para> <para ><ulink url="help:/kcontrol" >Control Centre</ulink ></para> <para ><ulink url="help:/konqueror" >File Manager</ulink ></para> </sect3> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter>