Konqueror
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Introduction
Konqueror is the MEPIS graphic user interface or GUI that has a surprising number of powerful functions. It is the file manager for KDE (K Desktop Environment) and supports basic file management on MEPIS from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced remote and local network file browsing. Konqueror is also a very good web browser, and utilizes plugins (KIO slaves to extend its capabilities to support protocols such as HTTP and FTP. Finally, It can function as a universal viewer, displaying a wide variety of material such as text file, image, html file or OpenOffice.org document.
File manager
As the KDE File manager, Konq has a basic two-panel layout with a menu bar, a tool bar, address bar, and a location sidebar on the left.
Currently the sidebar shows that my home user folder is open, and in the tool bar I have chosen "tree view" which displays directories and subdirectories as folders branched out under the expanding +/- sign in the left panel. Here, I examine the contents of my /home/'my_username"'/Backups directory. Note that some directories in this left panel are shown in italics, indicating that they are symbolic links [like "shortcuts"] to other directories, which I can read and write to just as if that directory were here inside my home!
For more information see Konqueror Home Page
Location sidebar
With the functions of the location sidebar along the left margin of the Konqueror window, you can access other system locations quickly, without having to navigate through the tree structure of your filesystem directories. For example, if you want to switch quickly from your home directory to an overview of all the directories and files and disk partitions that are mounted in your current filesystem, click on the manila Root Folder near the bottom of the sidebar, just above the yellow star. The categories available in the location sidebar are:
Amarok — The default media player and media file organizer in KDE.
Bookmarks — Links to access files quickly in Konqueror --whether on your computer or on the Internet.
History — Places you've Konquer'd lately.
Home — Your /home/user directory.
Metabar — Links to several disk and file functions under the Action section at the top.
Network — Network and internet locations of importance to your system.
Root — Overview of all the partitions, directories, and files on your computer as they are arranged in your MEPIS Linux filesystem.
Services A link to the KDE configuration setting, your installed printer and a variety of other system locations.
For more information on how to use Konqueror as a File Manager, click Help --> Konqueror Handbook.
Web browser
Konqueror also functions as a web browser with HTML 4.01 compliance, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, as well as Netscape plugins (for example, Flash or RealVideo plugins).
Universal viewer
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