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 Preferences 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.
	E-mail		Configure your email accounts.
	FileTypes		Add, remove and configure filetypes.
	Fonts		Set your system fonts.
	Keyboard		Configure repeat delay and rate.
	Keymap		Set the mapping of your keyboard.
	Media		Audio and video settings like in/output devices and the system's audio mixer.
	Mouse		Configure your mouse.
	Network		Configure your network.
	Printers		Add, remove and configure printers.
	Screen		Configure resolution, depth and refresh rate.
	ScreenSaver		Add, remove and configure a screen saver.
	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.