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Preferences
While a key philosophy of Haiku is to cut down on options and have sensible defaults instead, there are some things that have to be configured or can be set to individual preference. You find all panels in Deskbar's
menu.Appearance | Configure certain aspects of the graphical interface. | ||
Backgrounds | Set a color or image as background of the Desktop or any other folder. | ||
DataTranslations | Settings for all supported file formats. | ||
Deskbar | Configure the Deskbar. | ||
Configure your email accounts. | |||
FileTypes | Add, remove and configure filetypes. | ||
Keymap | Set the mapping of your keyboard. | ||
Input | Configure input devices like keyboard, mouse, touchpad etc. | ||
Locale | Set your system language and formatting. | ||
Media | Audio and video settings for in/output devices and the system's audio mixer. | ||
Network | Configure your network. | ||
Printers | Add, remove and configure printers. [still missing] | ||
Repositories | Manage software repositories. | ||
Screen | Configure resolution, depth, refresh rate and number of used Workspaces. | ||
ScreenSaver | Add, remove and configure a screen saver. | ||
Shortcuts | Create your own shortcuts, e.g. to launch an application with a key combination. [still missing] | ||
Sounds | Assign sounds to different system events. | ||
Time | Set time, date and timezone. | ||
Tracker | Configure Haiku's file manager. | ||
VirtualMemory | Set the amount of swap space. |