multiple desktops with icons

[Daniel Hollocher]

Hi all,
So I'm brand new to kde.  I'm giving it a try because I want to have
different icon sets on different workspaces (ie, a task oriented setup).
 So, when I first started up, I looked for the setting here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1439279<kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
  but couldn't find it.

I also noticed that my icons on the desktop were missing.  BUT, then I
noticed there was a  window with my icons  in it.  I tried to drag it to
the corner, and make it bigger to take up the whole desktop, but then it
disappeared, and now my icons are missing.

I've noticed the Activities feature, which looks like what I might want,
but I can't figure out how to get icons on the desktop.

Am-I-doing-it-wrong?

Dan

PS - a few other issues:
I tried to change the default browser to chrome, but the menu still just
opens Rekonq
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