KDE Plasma
KDE Plasma is a free and open-source desktop environment developed by the KDE community, primarily for Linux and other Unix-like systems. It provides a customizable, modern, and feature-rich graphical interface that unifies various desktop components, offering a flexible and visually appealing…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2008
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- KDE Plasma was created to unify the various, often disparate, components of the KDE 3.x desktop environment (such as the panel 'Kicker', the desktop manager 'KDesktop', and the widget engine 'SuperKaramba') into a single, modular, and highly extensible user interface shell. This addressed the fragmentation and provided a more integrated, dynamic, and modern desktop experience.
- Platforms
- Windows (partial/experimental via live environments or WSL), Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris (historically), Android (via Plasma Mobile), FreeBSD, NetBSD
Related technologies
Notable users
- Manjaro KDE
- KDE neon
- Various educational institutions
- Kubuntu
- Fedora KDE
- Government agencies (e.g., within Germany, Brazil)
- openSUSE (KDE Plasma Edition)