In graphical computing, a desktop environment is a graphical user interface that links the end-user to the computer through a series of abstractions of the information processing units. We use the K Desktop Environment.

Preferences

What are yours? Here's a list of my favourite settings (in case I forget them myself, which is always the case when I upgrade and find the computer not obeying my thoughts anymore).

• Virtual desktops, with Ctrl+(Left, Right, Up, Down) control.

Window focus:

• Focus follows mouse: new windows get focus, otherwise given by the mouse pointer. Windows remain active if the mouse points nowhere.