# &kde; Fundamentals

&TC.Hollingsworth; &TC.Hollingsworth.mail;
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&TC.Hollingsworth;
2011
Alexey Subach
2011
Salma Sultana
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2016-11-28

This guide provides an introduction to the &plasma; workspace and applications and describes many common tasks that can be performed.

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## Introduction

Welcome to &kde;!

This guide will introduce you to the many features of the &plasma; workspace and applications and describe many common tasks you can perform.

For more information on &kde;, visit the KDE website.

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## Credits and License

The original idea for this guide was proposed by Chusslove Illich and brought to fruition with input from &Burkhard.Lueck;, Yuri Chornoivan, and &TC.Hollingsworth;

Much of it was written by participants of Google Code-In 2011. Thanks to Google for sponsoring their excellent work!

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