The KDE desktop using the system to draw Plasma display items. This revolutionary desktop file system bases its operation on the plasmoids, small applications that make up everything we see on the desktop: the panel, icons, gadgets, buttons ... By unifying all these components into a single group manages to give the desk of a homogeneous, simplifies the management of these elements and facilitates their development. In this article we will see how to manage these plasmoids with simple examples of configurations, you can mix and match the settings you please and that you like.
- Install and add plasmoids
The Plasma desktop series gives us a lot of plasmoids we can show on screen, but we can also easily access a wealth of new plasmoids directly installable from the same menu. To access this menu the most direct way is to right-click the desktop and choose Add widgets
Add widgets
We find the plasmoids by name or category, to activate one will simply double-click. And if they do not have enough you can press the button Get new widgets and access a menu with many more plasmoids online:
Get new widgets
can search by name, number downloads, rating or release date. To install a new plasmoid simply by clicking the Install button .
- Theme plasma
System settings - Workspace Appearance - Desktop Theme
In this window we choose one of the themes already installed, install new themes to Get New Themes button or modify the properties of the subject we like Details tab.
- System Tray
This boom I used the following plasmoids:
System Monitor showing CPU consumption, space used on my partitions, network traffic, use of RAM and processor temperature.
PyWifi plasmoid to the wireless signal.
Monitor IP Address IP address.
Battery monitor for the battery status.
gmail-plasmoid for Gmail messages.
The issue is Air
- Bar calendar
this bar I used to plasmoids: Calendar (installed by default)
Gmail-plasmoid ( http://code.google.com/p/gmail-plasmoid/ )
Digital Clock (installed by default )
PyWeather Plasma ( http://hardikmehta.wordpress.com )
Other interesting options might include:
Google calendar, a calendar sync with Google Calendar ( http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=104182 )
Remember the milk, a list of tasks to track progress online (http:// / blog.chatonka.com )
Analog Clock, analog clock (Installed by default)
Maildir box, a simple count of unread messages ( http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=138051 )
The issue is Arezzo
Barra
- social
This boom plasmoids I used the following: Facebook (installed by default)
RSS Now, a feed reader ( installed by default)
PidginPlasmoid to see and communicate with our contacts ( http://jmdsdf.yi.org/blog/index.php/2009/10/24/ writing-a-kde4-plasmoid-pidgin )
Gmail-plasmoid ( http://code.google.com/p/gmail-plasmoid/ )
Other interesting options might include:
Microblogging with Twitter and Identi.ca support among others (installed by default)
Messenger to communicate with our contacts on the MSN network ( http://plasma. kde.org / )
News, a feed reader less aesthetic but more complete (installed by default)
The issue of plasma Oxygen is
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