The requirements for the desktop environment of users in a large
network environment is often very different to a typical homeuser. The
number of applications that these users need to run is usually very
limited, and the users themselves are not very experienced in solving
computing related problems. The administrators of the network
therefore need to ensure that the required applications run reliably,
and can be started by the users with a minimum of hassle. For
security, stability, and also administrative reasons it is then
advisable to provide only the absolutely necessary applications and
functionality.
With the advent of modern desktop technology like KDE, this goal has become
harder to achieve. Interoperability between different desktop programs, ease
of configuration by configuration engines, etc. allow the user a great deal
of control over her/his desktop, which is great when needed. The above large
network scenario, however, is not addressable in standard KDE. This is where
the restricted mode tries to fill in the gap.
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Further information on this topic can be found at
http://www.brigadoon.de/peter/kde/.
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