KDE Plasma 4

KDE Plasma 4
Developer(s)KDE
Initial release11 January 2008; 16 years ago (2008-01-11)[1]
Repository
Written inC++, QML
Operating systemUnix-like
PredecessorK Desktop Environment 3
SuccessorKDE Plasma 5
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseLGPLv2.1+
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20150319161319/https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmadesktop/ Edit this on Wikidata

KDE Plasma 4 is the fourth generation of the KDE workspace environments. It consists of three workspaces, each targeting a certain platform: Plasma Desktop for traditional desktop PCs and notebooks, Plasma Netbook for netbooks,[2] and Plasma Active for tablet PCs and similar devices.[3][4]

KDE Plasma 4 was released as part of KDE Software Compilation 4 and replaced Kicker, KDesktop, and SuperKaramba, which formed the Desktop in earlier KDE releases. They are bundled as the default environment with a number of free software operating systems, such as Chakra,[5] Kubuntu,[6] Mageia (DVD version),[7] openSUSE,[8] or TrueOS.[9][10]

With the release of KDE SC 4.11 on 14 August 2013, KDE Plasma 4 was placed into a feature freeze and turned into a long-term stable package until August 2015. On 15 July 2014 KDE Plasma 4's successor, KDE Plasma 5, was released.[11]

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  4. ^ Stuart Jarvis (Jun 12, 2012). "Plasma Active - a New Approach to Tablet Computing". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  5. ^ "Chakra Project". Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
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  9. ^ "About | Ideal for desktop or server". PC-BSD. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  10. ^ Sean Michael Kerner (2014-01-31). "FreeBSD Open-Source OS Comes to the PC-BSD Desktop". Eweek.com. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  11. ^ "New Plasma brings a cleaner interface on top of a new graphics stack". kde.org. KDE. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.