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![]() Plasma 6.0 | |
Developer(s) | KDE |
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Initial release | 11 January 2008[1] |
Stable release | 6.1.4[2] ![]() |
Preview release | n/a
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Written in | C++, QML |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Predecessor | KDesktop |
Type | Shell |
License | GPL 2.0 or later[3] |
Website | kde |
Plasma is a set of graphical shells developed by KDE for Unix-like operating systems. With the KDE brand repositioning in 2009, Plasma 4.4 succeeded KDE 4.3. Currently, it has four workspace variants: one for desktop PCs and laptops (Plasma Desktop)[a],[4][5][6] one for TVs (Plasma Bigscreen),[7] one for smartphones (Plasma Mobile),[8] and another for embedded and touch-enabled devices (Plasma Nano).[9] Plasma Desktop, in its default configuration, resembles KDesktop from K Desktop Environment 3 and Microsoft Windows XP; however, extensive configurability allows radical departures from the default layout.[4]
Its technology is a fundamental rewrite of several desktop interaction programs included in previous KDE desktop environments for Unix-like systems, focusing on eye candy and special graphical effects. Plasma replaces the previous KDesktop shell, Kicker taskbar and SuperKaramba widget engine used in the K Desktop Environment 3 series with a unified system of widgets that can be configured and replaced with alternative designs.
Since the split of the KDE Software Compilation into KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Frameworks and KDE Applications, each subproject can develop at its own pace.[10] Plasma 5 is on its own release schedule, with feature releases every four months, and bugfix releases in the intervening months.
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