KDE Plasma Desktop
KDE Plasma Desktop is a powerful, flexible, and highly customizable free and open-source desktop environment primarily for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It offers a modern graphical shell, providing a rich user experience with a focus on usability, aesthetic appeal, and…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2008
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- KDE Plasma Desktop was created to overcome the limitations of the monolithic and less flexible desktop shell of the previous KDE 3.x series, providing a modern, modular, and dynamic user interface. It aimed to deliver a more interactive desktop experience with a widget-based approach, better integration of web technologies, and a future-proof architecture for diverse form factors.
- Platforms
- Linux, Solaris (historically), OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD
Related technologies
Notable users
- Government bodies (e.g., specific municipalities in Europe and South America)
- Scientific research organizations
- Educational institutions
- Individuals using Linux distributions (e.g., Kubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora KDE Spin, Manjaro KDE)