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[https://www.tecmint.com/install-kde-plasma-5-in-linux/](https://www.tecmint.com/install-kde-plasma-5-in-linux/)
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**KDE** is a well-known desktop environment for Unix-like systems designed for users who wants to have a nice desktop environment for their machines, It is one of the most used desktop interfaces out there.
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**[ You might also like:** [**10 Best and Most Popular Linux Desktop Environments of All Time**](https://www.tecmint.com/top-best-linux-lightweight-desktop-environments/) **]**
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In the past few years, a lot of work has been geared towards improving the KDE desktop, with the latest stable release **KDE Plasma 5** desktop series comes with some amazing features and bringing many improvements to the original task-manager, KRunner, including Wayland support which came around in **Plasma 5** and activities as well, plus a more refined look and feel.
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### KDE Plasma 5 Features
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There is a lot of new features in KDE Plasma 5, here’s a list of the most important new features.
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1. KDE 5 applications were rewritten using Qt 5; the next generation of the famous Qt library to design graphical interfaces, which means that KDE 5 apps will be faster than KDE 4 besides a better usage of GPU from KDE 5 applications.
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2. Completely new look for KDE 5 Plasma, with the new **slicker plasma theme**, KDE 5 Plasma is much more beautiful than KDE 4.x with the new flat design, besides the nice look, the "slicker" theme is lighter than the default theme for KDE.
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3. The Start menu for KDE 5 Plasma has been redesigned and the notifications area has also been redesigned, with fewer popup windows providing a better user experience to access the notifications.
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4. The lock screen window is also redesigned with a better login interface.
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5. Smoother performance, KDE 5 Plasma applications are rendered upon the top of the OpenGL scenegraph which means that KDE 5 programs have the priority when being rendered beside other processes.
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6. Hardware-acceleration migration is now complete, this means that Plasma 5 rendering will be faster now because of the fully-usage of the GPU.
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7. A nice set of new wallpapers will look perfect on the default theme.
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8. Many other features that you will explore on your own.
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On **27 July 2021**, the makers of KDE released yet another Plasma feature update, **Plasma 5.22.4**. It ships in with several exciting new features and improvements, bringing a classic feel to your desktop. For more details, see the [release notes](https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.22.0/).
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### Installation of KDE Plasma in Linux
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To install **KDE Plasma** on **Ubuntu 20.04** and **Linux Mint 20**, you have to use the default repository using the following [apt commands](https://www.tecmint.com/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu/).
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### Install KDE Plasma On Ubuntu 20.04
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```
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$ sudo apt update
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$ sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop
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```
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Install KDE Plasma Desktop in Ubuntu 20.04
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![[Install-KDE-Plasma-Desktop-in-Ubuntu-1.png]]
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Please note during installation, it will ask you to configure the **sddm** login manager, click OK, and select the **‘sddm’** login manager as default.
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Choose SDDM Login Manager
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![[Choose-SDDM.png]]
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Once the installation process is completed, make sure to restart your system and select **Plasma Desktop** and enter the password to login to the **KDE Plasma** desktop environment.
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Choose KDE Plasma Desktop in Ubuntu
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![[Choose-KDE-Plasma-Desktop-in-Ubuntu.png]]
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Running KDE Plasma Desktop in Ubuntu
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![[Running-KDE-Plasma-Desktop-in-Ubuntu.png]]
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### Install KDE Plasma On Linux Mint 20
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The **KDE Plasma** desktop packages are already in the official repository of Linux Mint and you can install them using the following commands.
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$ sudo apt update
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$ sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop
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```
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Install KDE Plasma Desktop in Linux Mint
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Choose **sddm** login manager.
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Choose SDDM in Linux Mint
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After installation finishes, choose **Plasma** desktop from login.
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Choose Plasma in Linux Mint
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Running KDE Plasma in Linux Mint
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![[Running-KDE-Plasma-Desktop-in-Linux-Mint.png]]
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### Install KDE Plasma on Debian 11/10
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$ sudo apt install tasksel
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$ sudo tasksel install kde-desktop
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$ sudo tasksel
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```
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Install KDE Plasma in Debian10
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![[Install-KDE-Plasma-in-Debian.png]]
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### Install KDE Plasma On OpenSUSE
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For **OpenSUSE**, the latest version of KDE Plasma is available from the default repository for your system and you can install it using the [zypper command](https://www.tecmint.com/zypper-commands-to-manage-suse-linux-package-management/) as root.
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$ sudo zypper in -t pattern kde kde_plasma
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### Install KDE Plasma On Fedora 34
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For **Fedora** systems, new KDE plasma updates are available from the default repositories, make sure to keep your Fedora installation up-to-date, in order to install the most recent version of KDE Plasma using the following [dnf commands](https://www.tecmint.com/dnf-commands-for-fedora-rpm-package-management/).
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$ sudo dnf update
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$ sudo dnf install @kde-desktop
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### Install KDE Plasma On RHEL/CentOS and Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux
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# yum groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces"
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For **Arch Linux**, packages are available to download from the official extra repository, activate it, and enjoy it.
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### KDE Plasma 5.22 Screenshot Tour
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KDE Plasma Desktop View
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![[KDE-Plasma-Desktop-View.png]]
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KDE Plasma System Settings
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![[KDE-Plasma-System-Settings.png]]
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KDE Plasma Notifications Window
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![[KDE-Plasma-Notifications-Window-1.png]]
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KDE Plasma System Monitor Window
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![[KDE-Plasma-System-Monitor-Window-1.png]]
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I hope that everything has worked fine, you can now enjoy **KDE Plasma** on your desktop.
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In case of any queries or additional information you want to provide to us, you can use the comment section below to give us feedback. Have you tested KDE Plasma 5 on your Linux system? How did you find it?. Please post your thoughts about the KDE desktop using our comment section below.
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