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This section of the appendix lists of many of the programs that you have on your system but that are not listed in the Main menu within the GNOME environment. You can run any of these applications by simply typing the command in a Terminal window or by going to the Main menu, selecting Run Program, and then typing your command in the window that opens.
If you find that you take a real shine to any of these programs, you will probably want to create your own launcher for that program (as you learned to do in Chapter 3) to make things convenient for you in the future.
A KDE version of the Lines game, with squishy balls.
Command: klines
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/klines.png
A KDE version of the Klondike solitaire card game.
Command: kpat
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kpat.png
A KDE blackjack game.
Command: megami
Icon: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/megami.png
KDE’s mahjongg game.
Command: kmahjongg
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kmahjongg.png
A Monopoly-esque game for network play.
Command: atlantik
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/48x48/apps/atlantik.png
Kind of an inverse Tetris-like game in the Same Game genre.
Command: klickety
Icon: none
Note | As there is no specific icon for Klickety, you can make one of your own, download one, or use one from another application. |
A KDE version of Four in a Row that can be played against the computer or on a network.
Command: kwin4
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kwin4.png
A graphical interface for the Python programming language. You don’t have to use it to write programs in Python, but as some Python books make reference to it (or straight out tell you to use it), you might want to use it to follow along.
Command: python /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/idle/idle.py
Icon: /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/idle/Icons/python.gif
If you chose to install the Kdeedu package mentioned in Chapter 17, then the following applications will also be installed in your system but hidden in the Main menu in GNOME.
A flash card program that lets you create cards and then use them to quiz yourself.
Command: flashkard
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/48x48/apps/flashkard.png
The periodic table goes graphic — relive your chemistry class days.
Command: kalzium
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/apps/kalzium.png
A rather sophisticated flash card/interactive quiz application.
Command: keduca
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/keduca.png
Interactive geometry.
Command: kgeo
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/kgeo.png
As the name implies, a KDE version of Hangman.
Command: khangman
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/apps/khangman.png
Japanese-English, English-Japanese, Kanji dictionary and Kanji study tool.
Command: kiten
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/kiten.png
A very simple program for learning the sounds of the English, French, or Danish alphabets.
Command: klettres
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/klettres.png
Unscramble scrambled words with three levels of dictionary — kind of fun, actually.
Command: kmessedwords
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/kmessedwords.png
A mathematical function plotter.
Command: kmplot
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/apps/kmplot.png
Want to know how much distance your mouse actually travels? Yes, an odometer for your mouse, which shows both total and “trip” distances. Kind of dumb, but kind of fun.
Command: kodo
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kodo.png
Improve your skills in calculating percentages.
Command: kpercentage
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/apps/kpercentage.png
Very cool virtual star atlas, which lets you see the night sky from any point in the world — and even any time!
Command: kstars
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kstars.png
Touch-typing tutor — also allows you to practice with different keyboard layouts.
Command: ktouch
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/ktouch.png
Spanish verb trainer.
Command: kverbos
Icon: /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/kverbos.png
Another flash card program, specifically for foreign language study.
Command: kvoctrain
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kvoctrain.png
World clock that shows areas of night and day and local times in cities of your choice.
Command: kworldclock
Icon: /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kworldclock.png
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