<html><head><title>Chapter 1. Welcome to KDE</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="help:/common/kde-default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.48"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdebase, khelpcenter, kdehelp, help, help center, KDE help center"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Big5"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.13 using libxslt"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The KHelpcenter"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The KHelpcenter"><link rel="previous" href="index.html" title="The KHelpcenter"><link rel="next" href="help-system-user-manual.html" title="Chapter 2. KDE Help System User Manual"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="headline" style="position : absolute;                 height : 85px;                 z-index : 100;                 background : transparent;                 text-align : center;   text-transform: smallcaps;                 width : 100%;                 top : 0px;                 left : 0px;                 width : 100%;                 color : #000000;"><h1>Welcome to KDE</h1></div><div id="navbackground" style="position : absolute;   width : 100%;   height : 124px;   background-image : url('help:/common/doctop2.png');   z-index : 5;   left : 0px;   top : 0px;   padding : 0px;"><div id="bulb1" style="padding : 0px;   position : absolute;   z-index : 15;   width : 150px;   height : 85px;   top : 0px;   left : 0px;   background : url('help:/common/doctop1.png') repeat;"></div><div id="gradient" style="  position : absolute;   width : 275px;   height : 85px;   z-index : 19px;   top : 0px;   padding : 0px;   left : 150px;   background-image : url('help:/common/doctop1a.png');   background-repeat : no-repeat;   background-color : transparent;   visibility : visible;"></div><div id="bulb-bit" style="position : absolute;   width : 100%;   height : 25px;   top : 85px;   left : 0px;   background-image : url('help:/common/doctop1b.png');   background-repeat : no-repeat;   background-color : transparent;   z-index : 5;"><table width="100%" id="navtable"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a></td><td align="center" class="center">&#160;</td><td align="right" class="right"><a accesskey="n" href="help-system-user-manual.html">Next</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="welcome-to-kde"></a>Chapter 1. Welcome to KDE</h2></div><div>Revision <span class="releaseinfo">3.00.00<br></span></div></div><a name="welcome"></a><p> <span class="emphasis"><i>The KDE team welcomes you to user-friendly UNIX&#174;
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