KDE TIPS AND TRICKS

Here are some tips and tricks I found useful for using

TURN ON NUMLOCK BY DEFAULT UPON LOGGING INTO KDE

    System Settings > Input Devices > Keyboard > Hardware > NumLock on KDE Startup

ENABLE CTL+ALT+BACKSPACE TO KILL XORG

    System Settings > Hardware > Input Devices > Keyboard > Advanced > Key sequence to kill the X server

RESTART KWIN

    killall plasmashell #to stop it
    kstart plasmashell #to restart it

FIX CACHE ISSUES

fubar icons, fonts, etc

    rm -rf ~/.cache/*

DISABLE CAPS LOCK KEY ON LOGIN

• System settings -> Input Devices -> Keyboard -> Advanced -> Caps Lock Key Behavior -> Tick "Caps Lock is Disabled"

SET NUMLOCK ACTIVE ON LOGIN

• System settings -> Input Devices -> Keyboard -> Hardware -> "Numlock On Plasma Startup" section -> Tick "Turn On" radio button

REFERENCES

• http://support.system76.com/articles/desktop-environment/