Since KDE version 4 they have split the desktop environment into a few
chunks.
They have the KDE SC, Software Compilation which is the applications
that ship with the DE. Basically all the things that windows has by
default - a calculator, basic web browser, Kwrite (instead of notepate)
etc. This 'SC' is cross platform and can even be installed on Windows,
essentially replacing apps like Notepad, IE and even Minesweeper with
the kde versions ;)
In this new design, Plasma is the desktop. On Linux, if you run KDE you
will also be running Plasma. But you could theoretically be using a
different desktop ( or different OS entirely ) and still run the apps
that are part of KDE SC.
So 'KDE' is an umbrella project for both Plasma, and the Software
Compilation.The KDE project has even gone the the next step and built an
official "KDE Distro" called KDE Neon.
So Here is Neon, a version of Ubuntu.... with the Plasma desktop....
running the KDE Software Compilation. Took me a while to wrap my head
around this change.
https://neon.kde.org/
On 05/10/2018 02:45 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
I use KDE for decades at this point, together with Gnome and other xDEs du
jour. I have never noticed this Plasma monicker.
Is Plasma Compiz equivalent for KDE?
Thanks, T
On Thu, May 10, 2018, 4:45 AM elcaseti <elcas...@gmail.com> wrote:
Jason, That is useful info. I will be trying Kubuntu 18.04 to see if it's
up to the task of replacing Mint KDE for myself, friends, & family. Mint
has abandoned KDE Plasma, unfortunately.
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Jason Barnett <jason.barnet...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I can vouch for Kubuntu 18.04 (upgraded from 17.10, Xorg) that the
included
VLC 3.0.1 does NOT have any issues with the screensaver.
Not sure if this information is of any use to you, but now you know.
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 7:37 PM Tomas Kuchta <
tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com>
wrote:
While I might not know what is Compiz, I certainly can recognize
familiar
smell of major trouble coming - when I hear about upgrading U-buntu for
the
last 12 releases AND not practicing regular clean installs.
Just a word of caution,
T
On Wed, May 9, 2018, 6:38 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2018 00:20:13 +0000
Tim Garton <garton....@gmail.com> dijo:
What did you dist upgrade from? If it was Ubuntu 17.10 you are
probably
running Wayland, which is most likely the problem. They reverted
back
to Xorg with 18.04, but if you upgraded from 17.10 it may have
carried
Wayland as the default from that. Wayland breaks many things, not
the
least of which is the screensaver API.
What you said is possible.
I have three computers:
1. desktop built 2 mos ago, started with Xubuntu 17.10 and just
upgraded to 18.04.
2. Lenovo T61 laptop, had 12.04 when it was retired; recently
revived and dist-upgraded to 14.04 > 16.04 > 18.04
3. System76 laptop, still running Xubuntu 14.04.5. Has VLC 2.2.5
which inhibits the screensaver as it should.
Both 1 and 2 have VLC 3.0.1 (from the dist-upgrades), which fails to
inhibit the screensaver.
I wonder what pieces of Wayland are still on 1 and 2, and what kind
of
exorcism is needed to get rid of them.
While VLC 3.0.1 is the current version in the 18.04 repositories,
version 3.0.2 has been released. I've looked everywhere for a
change-log
to see if it addresses this issue, but can't find one.
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