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KDE @ Linux Guide:

More commonly known as KDE Plasma

  • Developer: KDE
  • State: In active Development
  • Languages:: C++, QML

KDE (The K desktop environment) for BSD & Linux Operating Systems. The KDE project was founded on the idea that it should be a "complete graphical environment," implying the creation and development of a fully featured Desktop Environment that can do most things that a GUI should do alongside more. KDE has not only delivered on that idea but expands on its vision. This has allowed KDE to become feature rich. With its list of features increasing. Website

KDE is merely a GUI or a DE. Its vast variety of built in apps have made it simply amazing.

  1. Dolphin (Its own file manager)
  2. Discover (Its own App Store for Flatpacks)
  3. Krita (A fully-featured suite for Artistry such as painting and even animation)
  4. Kdenlive (Its own video-editor)
  5. Ark (A file compression Tool)
  6. Kate (A Text Editor)
  7. Fielight (A storage management tool)

Plus more. Over 200 apps!!!!

KDE'S Edit Mode:

This mode is just too amazing to not mention so here. KDE has a cool mode which we believe should be in all Operating Systems that has "Widgets" called Edit Mode. Edit Mode basically allows you full access to configure your desktop's widgets and panels.

Desktop Effects

Another Cool feature KDE added after Plasma 5 dropped was Desktop Effects. Plasma 5 came with the deprecation of many widgets. Desktop Effects allows you to tweak and modify certain specific settings through your desktop.

  1. Accessibility
  2. Focus (Of the Windows)
  3. Tools (Debugging - Dev Related)
  4. Desktop Switching Animation (virtual)
  5. Window Management.
  6. Window Open & Close Animations