Introducing the KDE Desktop 74 Getting Started Guide • Desktop icons: These icons are included by default when you start KDE. They include a personal Trash bin to throw away (delete) files and others to automatically start programs when you launch KDE (this is described in Chapter 6). • The Panel: This is a collection of applications that are commonly used in KDE, such as the configuration Control Center and a Text Editor. You can click on any Panel icon to start the corresponding application. • Main menu: (Clicking on the main menu is used to access a wide range of KDE applications and functions. The following section provides more detail about some of the main menu items. • The Taskbar: Whenever you start an application, a task bar button appears at the top of the screen with the name of the application on it. (This is sim- ilar in function to the taskbar in Microsoft Windows.) Click on a Taskbar button to switch to that window. FIGURE 38.  The KDE Desktop includes a main menu, Desktop icons and a Panel to start applications. The Main Menu You use the main menu of your Desktop to access all of the functionality of the Desktop and other applications that are included with OpenLinux. This section describes the contents of the main menu and its submenus. NOTE: Many additional applications are included with OpenLinux but are not accessible via the main menu. Some of these are specialized tools that may duplicate the functions