<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>