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KDE Plasma Workspaces

The KDE Plasma Workspaces provide a modern and customizable environment for running your favourite applications and accessing your information wherever it may be. Plasma Desktop, a home/workstation desktop targeting workspace, is a default one but Plasma Netbook is also provided. It is available in Fedora as an alternative to the default desktop offering (Gnome) and other desktop environments and window managers.

Getting Fedora KDE Plasma Workspaces Edition

Get it at the KDE Plasma Workspaces spin page.

You can also download default Fedora and follow Installing KDE Plasma Workspaces topic.

Installing KDE Plasma Workspaces

You will have the option of installing KDE Plasma Workspaces during the Fedora installation process.

You can also install KDE Plasma Workspaces packages after installation using the command line or the package manager of your choice.

To install KDE Plasma Workspaces using the command line, execute the following as root:


yum install @kde-desktop

Using KDE Plasma Desktop

During the default login process, you can use the "Session" menu to choose a KDE login instead of a GNOME login. You will be asked if you wish to make KDE Plasma Desktop your default desktop.

You can make KDE Plasma Desktop the system-wide default desktop. This is not necessary in order to use KDE Plasma Desktop, and may affect other users on the system. There are several ways to make KDE Plasma Desktop the default desktop - GUI and command line tools and manually editing system configuration file.

The default display manager on Fedora is GDM - The GNOME Display Manager. You can switch this to KDM - The KDE Display Manager. This has little impact on the end-user experience, and isn't necessary in order to use KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications.

Graphical interface

Use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install sudo yum install switchdesk-gui, run the switchdesk command and select KDE.

To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install system-switch-displaymanager-gnome, run the system-switch-displaymanager command and select KDM.

Command line

Use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install sudo yum install switchdesk and run the switchdesk kde command.

To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install sudo yum install system-switch-displaymanager and run the system-switch-displaymanager kdm command.

Manual way

Add the following line to /etc/sysconfig/desktop:

DESKTOP="KDE"

If this file already contains a DESKTOP entry, you must replace that entry.

To make KDM the default display manager, add the following line to /etc/sysconfig/desktop:

DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

If this file already contains a DISPLAYMANAGER entry, you must replace that entry.

Communicate

Fedora KDE users and developers are available in #fedora-kde irc channel in freenode for real-time conversations. We also have a Fedora KDE mailing list at

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde

Fedora's KDE SIG

The KDE SIG (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that maintain popular KDE packages, take care of KDE-related documentation, artwork and other KDE specific tasks.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-= KDE =
+= KDE Plasma Workspaces =
-The [http://www.kde.org/ K Desktop Environment]  (KDE) is a powerful desktop environment.  It is available in Fedora as an alternative to the  GNOME desktop and other window managers.
+The [http://www.kde.org/ KDE Plasma Workspaces] provide a modern and customizable environment for running your favourite applications and accessing your information wherever it may be. Plasma Desktop, a home/workstation desktop targeting workspace, is a default one but Plasma Netbook is also provided. It is available in Fedora as an alternative to the default desktop offering (Gnome) and other desktop environments and window managers.
-[[Image:fedora10-0day-banner-kde.png]]
+[[Image:Fedora14-KDE-Screenshot.png|800px]]
-== Getting Fedora KDE Desktop Edition ==
+== Getting Fedora KDE Plasma Workspaces Edition ==
-Fedora 10 KDE Desktop Edition is available at [http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-kde Get Fedora] section of the official home page.
-You can also download default Fedora 10 and follow Installing KDE topic.
+Get it at the [http://kde.fedoraproject.org/ KDE Plasma Workspaces spin] page.
-== Installing KDE ==
+You can also download default Fedora and follow Installing KDE Plasma Workspaces topic.
-You will have the option of installing KDE during the Fedora installation process.
+== Installing KDE Plasma Workspaces ==
-You can also install KDE packages after installation using the command line or the package manager of your choice.
+You will have the option of installing KDE Plasma Workspaces during the Fedora installation process.
-To install KDE using the command line, execute the following as root:
+You can also install KDE Plasma Workspaces packages after installation using the command line or the package manager of your choice.
+To install KDE Plasma Workspaces using the command line, execute the following as root:
 <pre>
-yum groupinstall KDE
+yum install @kde-desktop
 </pre>
-In Fedora 10 you might get an error that there is no group called KDE.  To install KDE in Fedora 10+, execute the following as root:
+== Using KDE Plasma Desktop ==
-<pre>
-yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
-</pre>
-== Using KDE ==
+During the default login process, you can use the "Session" menu to choose a KDE login instead of a GNOME login.  You will be asked if you wish to make KDE Plasma Desktop your default desktop.
-During the default login process, you can use the "Session" menu to choose a KDE login instead of a GNOME login.  You will be asked if you wish to make KDE your default desktop.
+You can make KDE Plasma Desktop the system-wide default desktop. This is not necessary in order to use KDE Plasma Desktop, and may affect other users on the system. There are several ways to make KDE Plasma Desktop the default desktop  - GUI and command line tools and manually editing system configuration file.
-You can make KDE the system-wide default desktop. This is not necessary in order to use KDE, and may affect other users on the system. There are several ways to make KDE the default desktop  - GUI and command line tools and manually editing system configuration file.
+The default display manager on Fedora is GDM - The GNOME Display Manager.  You can switch this to KDM - The KDE Display Manager.  This has little impact on the end-user experience, and isn't necessary in order to use KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications.
-The default display manager on Fedora is GDM - The GNOME Display Manager.  You can switch this to KDM - The KDE Display Manager.  This has little impact on the end-user experience, and isn't necessary in order to use KDE.
+=== Graphical interface===
-=== GUI===
+Use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install <code>sudo yum install switchdesk-gui</code>, run the <code>switchdesk</code> command and select KDE.
-Use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install <code>switchdesk-gui</code>, run the <code>switchdesk</code> command and select KDE.
 To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install <code>system-switch-displaymanager-gnome</code>, run the <code>system-switch-displaymanager</code> command and select KDM.
 === Command line ===
-To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install <code>system-switch-displaymanager</code> and run the <code>system-switch-displaymanager kdm</code> command.
+Use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install <code>sudo yum install switchdesk</code> and run the <code>switchdesk kde</code> command.
+To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, kpackagekit) to install <code>sudo yum install system-switch-displaymanager</code> and run the <code>system-switch-displaymanager kdm</code> command.
+=== Manual way ===
-=== Manual way (unsupported) ===
 Add the following line to <code>/etc/sysconfig/desktop</code>:
@@ Line 61: / Line 63: @@
 {{Admon/tip|If this file already contains a <code>DISPLAYMANAGER</code> entry, you must replace that entry.}}
-== Fedora's KDE SIG ==
+== Communicate ==
+Fedora KDE users and developers are available in #fedora-kde irc channel in freenode for real-time conversations.  We also have a Fedora KDE mailing list at
-The [[SIGs/KDE|  KDE SIG]]  (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that [[PackageMaintainers|  maintain]]  popular KDE packages.
+https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde
-== KDE Spin ==
+== Fedora's KDE SIG ==
-Fedora 7 has merged Core and Extras and the broader community now has better access to packages.  Fedora 7 and above includes a KDE spin.
+The [[SIGs/KDE|  KDE SIG]]  (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors that [[PackageMaintainers|  maintain]]  popular KDE packages, take care of KDE-related documentation, artwork and other KDE specific tasks.
 == Links ==
 * http://www.kde.org/ - Home of the K Desktop Environment
+* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/Using_nm_applet_instead_of_knetworkmanager - How to enable nm-applet by default
+* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/How_to_reduce_fullscreen_flicker - How to reduce fullscreen flicker

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