Configuring your desktop
If you do not like something about the way the desktop looks or operates, you can probably change it. is very configurable and you can change almost every aspect of the appearance and the behavior of your desktop. Unlike many other desktop environments, you do not have to edit cryptic configuration files either (but you can if you really want to)! You use the , a special program for configuring your desktop.

Using the Control Center
Launch the from the Application Starter. A window with two panes appears, displaying a list of modules in the left pane.
Open a module by clicking its name; a list of submodules will appear. Then, click one of the submodule category names to edit its configuration in the right pane.
Changing the configuration is fairly straightforward. A help button is available on each configuration panel to explain settings that are not obvious. Each panel has buttons labeled Help, Use Defaults, Apply, and Reset, which work as follows:
Help 	 Displays a short help text in the left hand pane, including a link to a longer manual for the module in question.
Use Defaults 	 Sets all the options in the current module back to the default at the time was installed.
Apply 	 Applies the current settings in the currently open module.
Reset 	 Resets the options to the state they were in when you opened the module. If you have already used the Apply button, then this button will reset the options to the state they were in when you pressed Apply.
If you make changes on one configuration panel and move to a different module without clicking Ok or Apply first, will prompt you if your changes should be applied first.

Configuration Modules
Here is a brief overview of the major configuration modules categories:
File Browsing 	 Contains options that relate to how you view the contents of your local system.
Information 	 Contains modules that you normally can't use to change anything. They display useful information about your computer instead.
Look & Feel 	 Here you find the modules that have the most visible effect on your environment: Colors, styles, window decorations. Nearly everything you see can be customized to suit your tastes, and the few things that can't be, soon will.
Network 	 The place to configure how your computer sees the world outside, as well as how the world sees you. Among other things, you can set up central email identities that many applications can use, to save you having to enter the same information over and over, you can set up SOCKS firewall support, and you can configure (SMB) shares... and much more.
Peripherals 	 Contains settings for your keyboard and mouse, and for printers.
Personalization 	 Here you can set up things that make your life easier, from accessibility features to localization, so that applications know how you like to see numbers and dates formatted, for example.
Power Control 	 If your computer supports APM power saving features, or you are using a laptop, this is the place to configure them.
Sound 	 Configure the sound daemon () and other audio behavior.
System 	 Here you can set the remaining system features - how the and applications behave, set up printing, and set your system date. You might not be able to set some of these options unless you are logged in as root, but will let you know if this is the case.
Web Browsing 	 With the Internet, and especially the web being such an integral part of today's computer world, there are many options to be set to enhance your experience. You'll find them all here, from setting up custom style sheets, to proxies and caching.
Go ahead! Explore the configuration possibilities and discover the flexibility of .