The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 1. Introduction

Kicker is your KDE start button and much more.

Initially, the Kicker panel is grey, and is placed at the bottom of the screen. Later on, you will learn how Kicker can be moved, and how you can change it to your preference.

Use Kicker to do such basic things such as start your applications and switch between opened applications and documents.

However, Kicker can do more:

Additionally, Kicker has nine Basic Icons:

The Basic Kicker Icons

Now take a Five-minute fly-over course of Kicker, or delve into reference documentation!

1.1. Kicker Revision History