Pasma or Not kubuntu ver 14.04

[anonprivate]

People often refer to the Plasma desktop.

I have looked in Tools under System Settings: About System, and there is no mention of Plasma. Am I using Plasma?

Thank you

[acheron]

Unless you have switched to another desktop shell etc, then yes, you should be.

The process 'plasma-desktop' should be running, and 'plasma-desptop -v" should tell you the version

[vinnywright]

Unless you have switched to another desktop shell etc, then yes, you should be.

The process 'plasma-desktop' should be running, and 'plasma-desptop -v" should tell you the version

@hear it's

plasmashell -v

to get the version ...but I'm on 16.04 Neon

VINNY

[acheron]

@hear it's

plasmashell -v

to get the version ...but I'm on 16.04 Neon

Yes, but anonprivate's thread title and sig says they are on 14.04, where the plasma process/executable was 'plasma-desktop'

[anonprivate]

Unless you have switched to another desktop shell etc, then yes, you should be.

The process 'plasma-desktop' should be running, and 'plasma-desptop -v" should tell you the version

It looks like I am using Plasma:

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ plasma-desktop -v
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE Development Platform: 4.13.3
Plasma Desktop Shell: 4.11.11
andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$

Can I clarify a point. That is, the difference between kde desktop and Plasma Desktop.

When I view my desktop am I looking at Plasma or kde?

Am I right in assuming that whatever operating system is being used if kde is installed then the desktop appearance, before any customisation, will be identical - i.e., kde?

How does Plasma fit in?

Thanks

[sithlord48]

Can I clarify a point. That is, the difference between kde desktop and Plasma Desktop.

plasma is the desktop workspace part of kde 4 +
more info here : https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmadesktop/

KDE is now KDESC the KDE Software Complation. KDE no longer referses to just the DE itself but all the projects under the kde umbrella . plasma, solid, dolphin, krita, etc.. you can see a more full list here on phabricator (kde build hub that all members use) https://phabricator.kde.org/project/query/all/.

if you would like to follow kde a bit more checkout http://www.planetkde.org sometime as this is where all dev blogs end up you can see what everyone is up to since when they make a blog post its posted here.

[dibl]

inxi is a very handy utility to see all kinds of information about your hardware and software -- highly recommended.

don@Hibiscus:~$ inxi -v3
System:    Host: Hibiscus Kernel: 4.9.4-towo.1-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
          Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.4 (Qt 5.7.1)
          Distro: siduction 13.2.1 December - kde - (201401272125)
Machine:   Device: desktop System: ASUS product: All Series
          Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z87-WS v: Rev 1.xx BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2004 date: 06/05/2014
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-4770 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
          flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 28020
          clock speeds: max: 3900 MHz 1: 2300 MHz 2: 3112 MHz 3: 3400 MHz 4: 2299 MHz 5: 2300 MHz
          6: 2299 MHz 7: 2307 MHz 8: 3400 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] bus-ID: 04:00.0
          Display Server: X.Org 1.19.1 driver: nvidia
          Resolution: 1920x1200@59.88hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz
          GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
          GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 375.26 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Intel I210 Gigabit Network Connection
          driver: igb v: 5.4.0-k port: c000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
          IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: xxxxxxxxxx
          Card-2: Intel I210 Gigabit Network Connection
          driver: igb v: 5.4.0-k port: 9000 bus-ID: 09:00.0
          IF: enp9s0 state: down mac: xxxxxxxxxxx
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 3182.8GB (29.7% used)
          ID-1: model: WDC_WD1001FALS
          ID-2: model: WDC_WD1000DHTZ
          ID-3: model: OCZ_VERTEX
          ID-4: model: WDC_WD1000DHTZ
          ID-5: model: Ultra_Fit
Info:      Processes: 270 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 2925.6/32119.5MB
          Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.51) inxi: 2.3.5

[anonprivate]

Interestingly, my system does not indicate Plasma:

System:    Host: andrew-Dell-DM061 Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.4) 
          Desktop: KDE 4.13.3 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

[dibl]

Interestingly, my system does not indicate Plasma:

Use the -v3 option on inxi.

inxi -v3

[anonprivate]

I did.

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ inxi -v 3
System: Host: andrew-Dell-DM061 Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: KDE 4.13.3 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

Or, without the space

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ inxi -v3
System: Host: andrew-Dell-DM061 Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: KDE 4.13.3 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

[dibl]

Or, without the space

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ inxi -v3
System: Host: andrew-Dell-DM061 Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: KDE 4.13.3 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

Hmmmm - that's odd. What version of inxi do you have?

Here, it is

root@hp-350g:/# apt-cache policy inxi
inxi:
Installed: 2.3.5-1
Candidate: 2.3.5-1

Also, make sure you have gawk installed -- inxi uses it.

[anonprivate]

Hmmmm - that's odd. What version of inxi do you have?

Here, it is

root@hp-350g:/# apt-cache policy inxi
inxi:
Installed: 2.3.5-1
Candidate: 2.3.5-1

Also, make sure you have gawk installed -- inxi uses it.

man gawk is available, so I assume that gawk is installed.

Not using sudo, I note two pieces of data:

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ inxi --version
inxi 1.9.17-00 (2013-12-02)

and:

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ apt-cache policy inxi
inxi:
Installed: 1.9.17-1
Candidate: 1.9.17-1