Icons on the KDE desktop

Creating an icon on the KDE desktop is really easy. Right-click on a blank section of the desktop. Select "link to application". A dialog box with three tabs will appear. Only the first and third are necessary. The first lets the user select an icon and enter a description. The third allows for a further description as well as the program name, location, and parameters passed to the program. Basically this is the section where the user enters the command needed to run the program. Often it will be the same command needed to start it from the shell.