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KDE is a "free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon." (read more at kde.org and at wikipedia.org).

The projects developed by the community include a well-known graphical user environment (desktop view/files, virtual desktops, dashboard-like panel) called Plasma, a set of libraries called Frameworks which extend Qt, and various applications which covers various use cases (file manager, messaging, calendar, address book, web browsing, graphics), all available in the Fedora Linux distribution.

Plasma Desktop

KDE Plasma provides a modern and customizable environment for running your favourite applications and accessing your information wherever it may be. It is available in Fedora as a spin and as an alternative to the default desktop offering (GNOME) or other desktop environments and window managers.

Download

Get the KDE Plasma Desktop spin here. Alternatively, Fedora Kinoite is also available as the atomic equivalent of Fedora KDE.

The KDE spin and Kinoite are the only recommended ways to use KDE Plasma on Fedora.

Otherwise, if you have an existing installation of Fedora Workstation, any other Fedora spin, or a non-Kinoite variant of Fedora Atomic Desktop and wish to keep that installation, follow the instructions below in #Installing KDE Plasma on non-KDE variants of Fedora.

Installing KDE Plasma on non-KDE variants of Fedora

On regular Fedora

To install Plasma using the command line with dnf, execute the following with sudo or as root:

dnf install @kde-desktop-environment

Or to install the full package set with the groupinstall command:

dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"

On Fedora Atomic

You can rebase any existing Fedora Atomic Desktop (Silverblue, Atomic Sway, etc) installation to Kinoite with rpm-ostree by simply running

rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/VersionNumber/x86_64/kinoite

Replace VersionNumber with the number of the current Fedora release you're running. (For example, if you're on Fedora Silverblue 40, you would run rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/40/x86_64/kinoite.)

Rebasing to Kinoite gives you a complete setup, with SDDM pre-configured and all. All you need to do is simply reboot after rebasing.

Logging into KDE Plasma

After installing the packages, either log out or reboot back to your login screen.

If you're using GDM (GNOME's Display Manager), click on the gear at the bottom right of the screen, and select the option listed as Plasma.

If you're using LightDM (default on the Fedora Cinnamon, Budgie, XFCE, LXDE and MATE-Compiz spins), select the button next to your username and select Plasma.

Switching the display manager to SDDM

You may want to switch your existing display manager (also known as a login manager) to SDDM, recommended by the Plasma team (but not developed by the KDE community). This has little impact on the end-user experience and isn't necessary in order to use Plasma.

To enable SDDM / replace your existing display manager, run the systemctl enable --force sddm.service command.

Communicate

Fedora KDE users and developers are primarily available on the Fedora KDE Matrix channel and #fedora-kde IRC channel at Libera for real-time conversations. We also have a Fedora KDE mailing list at

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.

Links

https://www.kde.org/ - Home of the KDE community
https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop/ - The Plasma Desktop
https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials - KDE-related tutorials
https://community.kde.org/Main_Page - KDE Community Wiki

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-= KDE Plasma Workspaces =
+'''KDE'''  is a "free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon." (read more at [https://kde.org kde.org] and at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE wikipedia.org]).
-[https://www.kde.org/workspaces/ KDE Plasma Workspaces] provide a modern and customizable environment for running your favourite applications and accessing your information wherever it may be. [https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmadesktop/ Plasma Desktop], a home/workstation desktop targeting workspace, is a default one but [https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmanetbook/ 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.
+The projects developed by the community include a well-known graphical user environment (desktop view/files, virtual desktops, dashboard-like panel) called Plasma, a set of libraries called Frameworks which extend Qt, and various applications which covers various use cases (file manager, messaging, calendar, address book, web browsing, graphics), all available in the Fedora Linux distribution.
-[[Image:Fedora14-KDE-Screenshot.png|800px]]
+__TOC__
-== Getting Fedora KDE Plasma Workspaces Edition ==
+== Plasma Desktop ==
-Get it at the [https://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/ KDE (Plasma desktop) spin] page.
+[https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop/ KDE Plasma] provides a modern and customizable environment for running your favourite applications and accessing your information wherever it may be. It is available in Fedora as a [https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde/ spin] and as an alternative to the default desktop offering (GNOME) or other desktop environments and window managers.
-You can also download default Fedora and then follow the instructions under [[#Installing KDE Plasma Workspaces]].
+[[File:Kde-plasma-screenshot.png|800px|center]]
-== Installing KDE Plasma Workspaces ==
+=== Download ===
-You will have the option of installing KDE Plasma Workspaces during the Fedora installation process.
+Get the KDE Plasma Desktop spin [https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde/ here]. Alternatively, [https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/ Fedora Kinoite] is also available as the atomic equivalent of Fedora KDE.
-You can also install KDE Plasma Workspaces packages after installation using the command line or the package manager of your choice.
+{{Admon/tip| The KDE spin and Kinoite are the only recommended ways to use KDE Plasma on Fedora.}}
-To install KDE Plasma Workspaces using the command line with [[dnf]], execute the following as root:
+Otherwise, if you have an existing installation of Fedora Workstation, any other Fedora spin, or a non-Kinoite variant of Fedora Atomic Desktop and wish to keep that installation, follow the instructions below in [[#Installing KDE Plasma on non-KDE variants of Fedora]].
- dnf install @kde-desktop
+=== Installing KDE Plasma on non-KDE variants of Fedora ===
-== Using KDE Plasma Desktop ==
+===== On regular Fedora =====
-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.
+To install Plasma using the command line with [[dnf]], execute the following with <code>sudo</code> or as root:
-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.
+ dnf install @kde-desktop-environment
-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.
+Or to install the full package set with the <code>groupinstall</code> command:
-=== Graphical interface===
+ dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
-Use your favourite package management tool (yum, dnf, kpackagekit) to install <code>sudo yum|dnf install switchdesk-gui</code>, run the <code>switchdesk</code> command and select KDE.
+===== On Fedora Atomic =====
-To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, dnf, kpackagekit) to install <code>system-switch-displaymanager-gnome</code>, run the <code>system-switch-displaymanager</code> command and select KDM.
+You can rebase any existing Fedora Atomic Desktop (Silverblue, Atomic Sway, etc) installation to Kinoite with rpm-ostree by simply running
-=== Command line ===
+ rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/VersionNumber/x86_64/kinoite
-Use your favourite package management tool (yum, dnf, kpackagekit) to install <code>sudo yum|dnf install switchdesk</code> and run the <code>switchdesk kde</code> command.
+Replace VersionNumber with the number of the current Fedora release you're running. (For example, if you're on Fedora Silverblue 40, you would run <code>rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/40/x86_64/kinoite</code>.)
-To make KDM the default display manager, use your favourite package management tool (yum, dnf, kpackagekit) to install <code>sudo yum|dnf install system-switch-displaymanager</code> and run the <code>system-switch-displaymanager kdm</code> command.
+{{Admon/tip| Rebasing to Kinoite gives you a complete setup, with SDDM pre-configured and all. All you need to do is simply reboot after rebasing.}}
-=== Manual way ===
+==== Logging into KDE Plasma ====
-Add the following line to <code>/etc/sysconfig/desktop</code>:
+After installing the packages, either log out or reboot back to your login screen.
-<pre>
+If you're using GDM (GNOME's Display Manager), click on the gear at the bottom right of the screen, and select the option listed as Plasma.
-DESKTOP="KDE"
-</pre>
-{{Admon/tip|If this file already contains a <code>DESKTOP</code> entry, you must replace that entry.}}
+If you're using LightDM (default on the Fedora Cinnamon, Budgie, XFCE, LXDE and MATE-Compiz spins), select the button next to your username and select Plasma.
-To make KDM the default display manager, add the following line to <code>/etc/sysconfig/desktop</code>:
+==== Switching the display manager to SDDM ====
-<pre>
+You may want to switch your existing display manager (also known as a login manager) to SDDM, recommended by the Plasma team (but not developed by the KDE community). This has little impact on the end-user experience and isn't necessary in order to use Plasma.
-DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
-</pre>
-{{Admon/tip|If this file already contains a <code>DISPLAYMANAGER</code> entry, you must replace that entry.}}
+To enable SDDM / replace your existing display manager, run the <code>systemctl enable --force sddm.service</code> command.
 == 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
+Fedora KDE users and developers are primarily available on the [https://matrix.to/#/%23kde:fedoraproject.org Fedora KDE Matrix channel] and [https://web.libera.chat/?nick=Guest?#fedora-kde #fedora-kde IRC channel] at [https://libera.chat/ Libera] for real-time conversations.  We also have a Fedora KDE mailing list at
-https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde
+* listinfo: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde.lists.fedoraproject.org/
+* archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kde@lists.fedoraproject.org/
 == Fedora's KDE SIG ==
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 == See Also ==
-* [[LiveUpdates]] talks problems in updating KDE
+* [[KDE/Postinstall]]
+* [[KDE/Debugging]]
+* [[KDE/Baloo]] KDE Desktop search service
+* [[LiveUpdates]] talks problems in updating KDE
 * [[KDE/NFS]]
-* [[KDE/Baloo]] KDE search service
+* [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/switching-desktop-environments Fedora Docs/Switching Desktop Environments] covers using switchdesk to make KDE Plasma the default desktop system-wide or for individual users (though not necessary or required at all to use the KDE Plasma desktop)
-* [[KDE/Debugging]]
 == Links ==
-* http://www.kde.org/ - Home of the KDE community
+* https://www.kde.org/ - Home of the KDE community
-* https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmadesktop/ - The Plasma Desktop workspace
+* https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop/ - The Plasma Desktop
-* [[/Using nm applet instead of knetworkmanager]] - How to enable nm-applet by default
+* https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials - KDE-related tutorials
-* [[/How to reduce fullscreen flicker]] - How to reduce fullscreen flicker
+* https://community.kde.org/Main_Page - KDE Community Wiki
 [[Category:KDE]]

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