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I really don't get what KDE is...

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vivelasieste
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I really don't get what KDE is...

Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:23 pm
Hello everyone,

I need to be enlightened please because even though I read about KDE, I really don't understand what it is...
is it a collaborative workspace (like Slack or trello)? a software or an application? but who does what exactly?
Could I use it to manage my site for example?

thank you ^^

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https://userbase.kde.org/What_is_KDE

KDE, originally, was a desktop environment used on various unix-like operating systems, but eventually became a larger community, focusing on the Plasma desktop environment that KDE later became, but also including software that uses the core libraries and systems that the desktop is built with.


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KDE is a community. We make software. Are you asking about Plasma, or what?

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Could I have some concrete examples of what can be done with (or thanks to) KDE please?
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You may need to be more specific, as there are many things that people can do using KDE software.
But:

here is some info about Plasma Desktop
https://kde.org/plasma-desktop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avmZPU1OdNU

Here is a list of applications built using KDE's libraries/UI toolkit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_KDE_applications

highlights include:

Video Editor (kdenlive)
Digital painting (krita)
an office suite (Caligra)


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Re: I really don't get what KDE is...

Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:25 am
that's really nice of you @claydoh
I'm going to read all this quietly and I'll come back here if something doesn't seem clear to me :)


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