KDE Plasma

KDE Plasma (simply known as KDE and originally known as Kool Desktop Environment, K Desktop Environment or KDE Software Compilation) is a desktop environment created by the KDE community for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Unlike other desktop environments, themes, icons, login screen for it can be downloaded via its system settings.

Distributions that provide it as default GUI
Here provides a list of what distributions use it as a default/alternative desktop environment out of the box.


 * Kubuntu
 * KDE neon
 * Garuda Linux
 * Manjaro
 * Red Flag Linux
 * Arch Linux GUI
 * Feren OS
 * openSUSE
 * Debian
 * Fedora
 * ArcoLinux
 * Kali Linux
 * Q4OS
 * Redcore Linux
 * Linux Mint (formerly)
 * Linuxfx (modified)
 * Linspire (modified)

KDE neon
KDE neon is a Linux distribution based on the most recent Ubuntu LTS release, which was released in 2016. It uses KDE Plasma as its default desktop environment.

Software
Here provides a list of what KDE Plasma installs out of the box.
 * Konqueror (Web Browser and File Manager)
 * Ark (Archive Manager)
 * Baloo (File Indexer)
 * Dolphin (File Manager)
 * Kate (Text Editor)
 * Konsole (Terminal)
 * KWin (Window manager and compositor, formerly KWM)
 * KDE Connect
 * Gwenview (Image Viewer)
 * Amarok (Audio Player)
 * KFM (File Manager, only present in KDE 1.x)
 * Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser, Kubuntu and KDE neon only)
 * rekonq (Web Browser, not installed by default)
 * VLC media player (Media Player, Kubuntu and KDE neon only)
 * Microsoft Edge (Web Browser, Linuxfx and Linspire only)

Version history

 * K Desktop Environment 1
 * K Desktop Environment 2
 * K Desktop Environment 3.x
 * KDE Software Compilation 4
 * KDE Plasma 5