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+<chapter id="introduction">
+
+<title>Introduction</title>
+<indexterm><primary>Introduction</primary></indexterm>
+ <sect1 id="package-description">
+ <title>Package description</title>
+ <para>&krusader; is a simple, easy, powerful,
+ twin-panel file manager (commander-style) for &kde;
+ and other *nix desktops, similar to &mc; or
+ &tcmd;. It provides all the file management features
+ you could possibly want.</para>
+ <para>Krusader also includes extensive archive handling,
+ mounted file system support, &FTP;, advanced search
+ module, viewer/editor, directory synchronization, file content
+ comparisons, powerful batch renaming and much, much more.
+ &krusader; supports archive formats: ace, arj, bzip2, deb, gzip, iso, lha,
+ rar, rpm, tar, zip and 7-zip and handles other
+ &kioslaves1-url; such as smb:// or fish://.</para>
+ <para>&krusader; is almost completely customizable and therefore
+ very user-friendly.</para>
+ <para>Try &krusader;.</para>
+ <!-- OLD
+<screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>&krusader; screenshot</screeninfo>
+ <mediaobject id="krusader_screenshot">
+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="krusader1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="krusader1.png" format="EPS"/></imageobject>
+ <textobject><phrase>&krusader; screenshot</phrase></textobject>
+ <caption><para>&krusader; screenshot</para></caption>
+ </mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+-->
+ <figure id="screenshot-krusader" float="1">
+ <title>&krusader; screenshot</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="krusader1.png"></imagedata>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>&krusader; screen shot</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>More &kru-screenshots-url; can be viewed on
+ our website.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="welcome">
+ <title>Welcome to &krusader;!</title>
+ <para>Our aim is to give you a simple, intuitive tool that
+ easily handles the most important tasks you perform on your
+ computer each and every day: manage and process your files the
+ way you want.</para>
+ <para>Whether you are a &Linux; expert or a novice,
+ &krusader; makes routine file management tasks quick
+ and accurate, allowing you to focus on the big picture, not
+ command line syntax. This is especially helpful if you are new
+ to xxNIX operating systems. To do just that,
+ &krusader; uses a good-looking &GUI; and
+ supports drag and drop as well as mime types, making it easy to
+ use.</para>
+ <para>&krusader; has many useful features. It is fast, and
+ handles &archives-lnk; transparently. In addition,
+ &krusader; streamlines many complex file management
+ tasks, reducing fatigue, errors, and distraction. Basically,
+ &krusader; provides all the helpful features you have
+ come to expect from other quality file management tools like
+ &mc; and &tcmd;. &krusader; is
+ designed to integrate seamlessly with the &kde;
+ Desktop, the desktop of choice for many programmers, network
+ engineers, and other power users of &Linux;. With
+ &krusader; even novice users can quickly access the
+ power, convenience, and feature rich capabilities of the
+ &kde; Desktop. &krusader; is a free
+ open-source project, and it is released under the
+ &gpl-lnk;, although the developers still retain the
+ copyright for the project and its name, and manage the
+ project's continuing evolution.</para>
+ <para>The &krusader; Project mission is to create
+ an "all-in-one" file manager, which will do all the ordinary
+ things you would expect of it, and more. Since the principle
+ behind &krusader; is based on the
+ &ofm-url;, dual-pane filemanagers (&mc;,
+ &nc;, &etc;), it is certain that
+ &krusader; is able to handle all the standard Copy,
+ Move, Delete, &etc; file operations.</para>
+ <para>From the start, virtual file systems became the main
+ focus. &vfs-lnk; are an abstracted layer over all
+ kinds of archived information (ZIP files, &FTP;
+ servers, TAR archives, NFS filesystems, SAMBA shares, ISO
+ cd/dvd images, RPM catalogs, &etc;), which allow the
+ user to access all the information in these divergent types of
+ file systems transparently - just like entering an ordinary
+ sub-directory. Files can then be copied or moved around (except
+ ISO,rpm,tar.gz) between these data sources/containers
+ effortlessly. &krusader; currently supports VFSs for
+ all popular and some specialized types of archives (ace, arj,
+ bzip2, gzip, iso, lha, rar, tar, zip and 7-zip), configuration
+ packages (rpm, deb), and traditional remote file system types
+ (&FTP;, NFS, Samba, FISH, SFTP).</para>
+ <para>&krusader; also includes a built-in
+ Mount-Manager &mountman-lnk;, which enables you to
+ mount or unmount file systems of all types with a click of a
+ mouse. The user is able to obtain usage and other property
+ information easily, in a consistent and understandable format
+ in seconds. Ease and consistency is the goal.</para>
+ <para>A &bookmark-manager-lnk; for local
+ files/remote &URL;s and an
+ &advanced-search-module-lnk; is also included to
+ speed the locating of needed files. &krusader; also
+ allows the user to configure Toolbars in order to provide a
+ wide variety of additional functionality, such as File
+ Comparison (several user selectable methods available),
+ Multiple File Rename, and standard Terminal windows.</para>
+ <para>Advanced users benefit greatly from being able to carry
+ out clerical tasks effortlessly, without distraction from the
+ real task at hand. Convenient shortcut keys enable the user to
+ navigate directory trees with ease, create multiple tabbed
+ directory views simultaneously, and access fully functional
+ history lists. Due to efficient programming and low system
+ overhead, &krusader; is perhaps the most responsive
+ all around system management tool used to access the full
+ potential of a computer using &kde;, or any other
+ standards compliant X Windows window manager. Although designed
+ specifically for, and tightly integrated with,
+ &kde;; &krusader; works equally well with
+ Gnome, Enlightenment, WindowMaker, IceWM, BlackBox, Wiamea,
+ XFCE, etc.as soon as the KDE libraries are installed.</para>
+ <para>New extensibility is provided by the flexible
+ &useractions-lnk;, a &krusader;
+ innovation that allows unlimited additional custom
+ functionality to be added to suit the specific needs of users. We
+ are planning to develop more modules in the near future,
+ thereby enhancing &krusader;. Information on what is
+ proposed, approved, or remains to be completed can be found in
+ the &todoforum-url;.</para>
+ <para>No other program we know of, offers so many useful,
+ easily accessible features in such an intuitive and simple
+ format. Best of all, we listen, and implement good suggestions
+ that are consonant with the &krusader; Project's
+ goal: making &krusader; the very best File Manager
+ available.</para>
+ <para>We hope you'll enjoy it - we do!</para>
+ </sect1>
+</chapter>