your rough guide to plasma
So I've chosen to become Shane's Personal Plasma Steward. This in turn makes me much more aware of things, that I personally take for granted which aren't so natural (yet) to others. One of those things is "How does this thing work?" (for "plasma" as value of thing). Let me explain on a high level how you can use Plasma and make the most of it, starting with a default Plasma desktop.
plasmoids and containments
The essence of Plasma revolves around two basic concepts: Plasmoids and Containments. Plasmoids are Applets, small applications that live on the desktop. Containments are applets as well, they act as container for Plasmoids. That's it. Really. On a default desktop, there are two main elements: the Panel and the desktop itself. Both are containments in the Plasma sense.
the panel
The panel holds a couple of Plasmoids, starting from the left, there's the Kickoff application launcher. You can use it to start applications, open recently opened files and the usual logout/shutdown options. There's also a structure that allows you to browse through your applications. The layout has been optimized for the usecase that is most common: starting an application. The default tab is the "Favorites" tab that holds you most-used entries. In the beginning, you'll probably find yourself using the Applications tab more often. Once you have found out what your most frequently started applications are, right click on the items and add them to your favorites (or directly into the panel or on the desktop. Note that you need to "unlock" Plasma by means of right clicking on the desktop for any kind of modification). If you prefer KDE's traditional menu-style application launcher, change it to use that by right clicking on the menu button "Switch to Classic Menu Style"
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