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title: Blessing your Debian KDE laptop
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# Blessing your Debian KDE laptop
## Begin
Hello, today I will show you guys how to use Debian KDE laptop the best way possible with most laptop by setting up hotkey and notes for important hotkey and configuration. I will update this guide later if need any improvement.

This is my fastfetch right now, I really love it so I will shows it here. Highly recommend you to use Firefox browser, Kitty terminal, KDE Desktop, Debian OS and Wayland. With Debian you will have less headaches. Trust me.
![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Bkrcrv4DWg.png)

### Panel setting:
From left to right I have: Application Launcher, Pager, Netspeed Widget, Resources Monitor, Web Browser, Sticky Note, Icons-only Task Manager, System Tray, Weather Widget Plus, Digital Clock, Peek at Desktop.

Application Launcher: Set Debian Icon
Pager: Nothing
Netspeed Widget: Nothing
Resources Monitor: CPU, Memory, Others (Add as many as you want)
Web Browser: Set default page to google.com private browsing for quick (image) search, set hotkey to Alt+W
Stick Note: set hotkey to Alt+N
Icons-only Task Manager: Pin Firefox, Dolphin,... (quick open with Meta+1, Meta+2,... you can choose to pin whichever apps you want)
System Tray: Nothing
Weather Widget Plus: Add location of your choice, need additional packages when install
Digital Clock: Change datetime, format to your location, country
Peek at Desktop: Nothing

### Hotkey setting:
Additional Application (Required): Btop, [spectacle-ocr-screenshot](https://github.com/KienHoSD/spectacle-ocr-screenshot), [Kitty](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/), [input-remapper](https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper), [fcitx5](https://github.com/fcitx)

Download the [kienhosd_kde_hotkey.kksrc](https://github.com/KienHoSD/my_KDE_hotkey/blob/main/kienhosd_kde_hotkey.kksrc) file and import to Shortcuts
![Screenshot_20260207_143751](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S1v7hw4PWl.png)

Here are some important hotkeys:
#### Terminal
Btop terminal: Ctrl+Alt+b
Kitty terminal: Ctrl+Alt+t
#### Apps
Firefox: Meta+x (Or Meta+1)
Dolphin: Meta+e (Or Meta+2)
#### OCR
You need to install Japanese and Vietnamese Tesseract packages for these hotkeys to function (change to any language you want at Commands section of Shortcuts)
OCR English: Alt+1
OCR Japanese: Alt+2
OCR Vietnamese: Alt+3
#### Kwin
Specialize for 4 Virtual Desktops
Switch to 1st Desktop: Ctrl+F1
Switch to 2nd Desktop: Ctrl+F2
Switch to 3rd Desktop: Ctrl+F3
Switch to 4rd Desktop: Ctrl+F4
Switch to left Desktop: Ctrl+Meta+Left, Ctrl+Meta+Num+Left
Switch to right Desktop: Ctrl+Meta+Right, Ctrl+Meta+Num+Right
Switch to below Desktop: Ctrl+Meta+Down, Ctrl+Meta+Num+Down
Switch to above Desktop: Ctrl+Meta+Up, Ctrl+Meta+Num+Up
Minimize All: Meta+d, Meta+Shift+d
Toggle Grid View: Meta+Tab, Meta+g 
Switch Windows: Alt+Tab
#### KRunner
Krunner is a versatile application launcher and search utility in the KDE Plasma desktop environment. It allows users to quickly launch applications, find files, open websites, perform calculations, and access various plugins for additional functionality.
Open KRunner: Alt+F2, Alt+Space
#### Plasmashell
Active Application Launcher: Meta, Alt+F1
Sticky Note: Alt+n
Clipboard history: Meta+v
#### Media Controller
You can use these hotkeys to control music player, youtube videos and any media that is currently playing
Play/Pause Media: Alt+Num+Enter
Media playback next: Alt+Num+Right
Media playback previous: Alt+Num+Left
Media volume up: Alt+Num+Up
Media volume down: Alt+Num+Down
#### Fcitx (Virtual Keyboard)
Fcitx (fcitx5) is a cross-platform input method framework. This framework will help you typing different languages on Linux (both X11/Wayland), you need to install each language based on your need (Example: mozc for Japanese, hangul for Korean, bamboo for Vietnamese,etc...)
Switch language: Ctrl+Space
#### Function keys (Fn)
Depends on the laptop or keyboard you have, you will be able to quickly do some cool stuff with the Fn key combine with F1,...,F12 key
Examples: 
Volume up/down
Touchpad on/off
Mute
Airplane mode on/off
Sleep
...
#### Session Management
Lock Session: Meta+L
Show Logout Screen: Ctrl+Alt+Del
#### Input Remapper (Emulate mouse click)
Make a preset on the laptop keyboard numpad to emulate mouse clicking behavior for your right hand. I use Right Ctrl key (press by right hand thumb) 
My setting is as below:
Left click: Ctrl+Num+Home (BTN_LEFT)
Right click: Ctrl+Num+PgUp (BTN_RIGHT)
Middle click: Ctrl+Num+Clear (BTN_MIDDLE)
![Screenshot_20260207_214341](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SyxRk04D-l.png)
Now you move the mouse with your left hand on the touchpad and clicking with your right hand on the numpad.
![white-numpad-160139410](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BkRom_4wWe.jpg)
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#### Firefox
My favorite hotkeys that I usually use for Firefox, I learn how to use the numpad for efficiently currently. Maybe all of us should use the laptop numpad more! Dont need to use an external mouse anymore if you master the numpad and touchpad!

Go forward one page: Alt+Right
Go back one page: Alt+Left
Scroll 1 page up: Num+PgUp
Scroll 1 page down: Num+PgDown
Scroll to the top: Num+Home
Scroll to the end: Num+End
Scroll up: Num+Up
Scroll down: Num+Down
Bookmark current page: Ctrl+d
Select search bar: Ctrl+L
Download list: Ctrl+Shift+y
History: Ctrl+h
Bookmarks: Ctrl+b
Chatbot: Ctrl+Alt+x
Switch Tab: Ctrl+Tab

Here are some cool tips for using Firefox:
1. If you using duckduckgo search engine as default, you can better search with [syntaxs](https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax)
2. Extensions are cool! here are some of mine recommendations: Bitwarden, uBlock Origin, CanvasBlocker, Yomitan (Shift key to search dictionaries for selected texts), TWP-Translate Web Pages (Double Ctrl key for translate selected texts), Plasma Integration,...
3. Firefox settings/configs sync! create an account and start to sync all settings/configs across computers and operating-systems for conviniences
4. Hide firefox search suggestion and use bookmarks instead! using the symbol * on the search bar will help you search for all the bookmarks you had saved. This will improve privacy

## EnD
Thats probably all of it! If there is any application in Shortcuts that you dont have, you can remove it. Hopee you can enjoy the best laptop experience that I have just given you. Your laptop is now blessed.

Also.
Set lockscreen wallpaper to your beloved
![kato_lockscreen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HkVFdY4Pbl.jpg)
