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<title>Social Desktop Configuration</title>
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<author><personname><firstname>Frederik</firstname><surname>Gladhorn</surname></personname>
<email>gladhorn@kde.org</email>
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<date>2009-12-16</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.4</releaseinfo>

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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>Systemsettings</keyword>
<keyword>Social Desktop</keyword>
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<para>The Social Desktop (Open Collaboration Services) settings module lets you 
configure your user accounts for Open Collaboration Service Providers.</para>

<para>At the time of writing <ulink url="http://opendesktop.org/">openDesktop.org
</ulink> is the first provider that you can use.
You can use the web site or this settings dialog to register and manage your account.
</para> 

<para>The benefit is that you can do more things in <quote>Get Hot New Stuff</quote>: 
vote for items, become a fan of them and upload new content. A configured 
account also allows you to use the social Plasma widgets to their full extent.
</para>

<para>Using the &systemsettings; module:</para>

<para>You can select which provider to configure at the top.
Either enter your existing user name and password to let &kde; use them. 
You can verify that these work by using the <guibutton>Test Login</guibutton> button</para>

<para>If you do not have an account yet, use the <guilabel>Register</guilabel> tab.
Here you need to fill out all fields.
After clicking <guibutton>Register...</guibutton> you will receive an email from the 
server to activate your account.
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