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KDE Plasma Desktop (sometimes known as KDE, the organization that publishes it) is a Linux-based desktop and application platform.

The current generation of the graphical workspaces environment created by KDE. Its default theme, known as "Breeze", has increased convergence across different devices.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop

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KDEConnect: Duplicate Text Notifications

What does it mean when you get a text on your phone, and instead of getting one notification on your desktop about it, you get dozens of identical ones that cover the screen? I've checked out the KDEConnect troubleshooting sections, Googled and…
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What does the X-MultipleArgs in the Desktop Entry file mean?

All of the sample Desktop files have X-MultipleArgs=False --- but what does this mean? The X- means it's an extension so it's not defined in the FreeDesktop specification. But I can't seem to find a place where it is defined. Google searches…
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How to access to parent widget on qt?

I have an inherited QTreeWidget (called PackList) class and its parent is a KXmlGuiWindow. How can I access to the parent's slots? I've tried getParent()->mySlot() from the QTreeWidget class but I've got error: no matching function for call to…
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Qt - how to detect whether the application is running on GNOME or KDE?

I was wondering how I could do something like this (source) using Qt. I looked through the documentation but couldn't find any method to check if an external process is running. if [ "$(pidof ksmserver)" ]; then echo "KDE running." #…
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How can I find the selected item in a QTreeWidget?

I have a class that inherits QTreeWidget. How can I find the currently selected row? Usually I connect signals to slots this way: connect(myButton, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), this, SLOT(myClick())); However, I can't find anything similar for…
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QDialog - How to remove the minimize button

Qt 4.8 based, application - Issue with QDialog, minimize button Windows and Gnome (linux) The modal dialog appears with the close button on the right top, and the minimize button is nonexistent. The minimize option are grayed out in every…
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Strange vertical line at side of emacs window, while it maximized

Image will say all: When I maximize emacs in GNOME, KDE or other DE, I has this strange line at side of emacs window. How I could remove that line? PS. In windowed mode all ok with any emacs window size.
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How to detect if Linux OS uses KDE or Gnome environment

I need to programatically determine which window manager is running, on Linux. Pseudocode for how it would be used: if(WindowManagerOfOS.isKDE()){ do.anyThing(); } How can I do this? Is it even possible?
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Run a script at unlock?

Hey, I'd like to get a shell script to run everytime I unlock my computer, on KDE 4. I learned that I could run one by overwriting /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/krunner_lock with a shell script doing its thing, then the original krunner_lock binary, and I'd…
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Manjaro update error: failed to update core (unable to lock database)

I am a noob on an i5 desktop. I could not update my system. Terminal reads as follows, after I type and enter "sudo pacman -Syu" [sudo] password for user-name: ******** :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to update core (unable to…
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Qt place new window correctly on screen, center over mouse, move into screen

After many months of trying, searching, reviewing code, etc. I'm unable to find a solution to properly positioning a new window in QT. In my most basic case I simply want to get the final size of the window and center it under the mouse. It will be…
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How can one put the output of a command into a konsole title bar?

Through the clever use of some escape characters, I used to put the output of arbitrary commands (e.g. "dirs") into my xterm title bar. Can I do the same thing in konsole? If so, how?
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How to set up headers and libraries for Linux development

I recently set up, for a learning exercise, an Ubuntu desktop PC with KDE 4.2, installed Eclipse and started to look for information on how to develop for KDE. I know there's KDevelop and will probably have a look at that at some time in the future.…
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How does the *NIX GUI work?

I would like to know more about what makes the GUI on *NIX systems work, but not quite sure where to begin the research. From my understanding, the X server is what makes all the visuals possible, and atop that there are the various UI environments…
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Window placement: WinSplit Revolution -like application for Linux (KDE)?

What is the WinSplit Revolution -like application for Linux (KDE)? Or maybe there is a functionality in KDE I am missing?
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