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== User Glossary == | == User Glossary == | ||
* KDE – the community of contributors and users of KDE Software | * KDE or the KDE Community – the community of contributors and users of KDE Software | ||
* KDE software – the software created by the KDE community, including applications, workspaces, and development platform | * KDE software – the software created by the KDE community, including applications, workspaces, and development platform | ||
* KDE | * [https://apps.kde.org KDE Applications] – the applications built on the KDE on the platform | ||
* | * Widgets – add features and utilities to the Plasma desktop. Widgets is preferred, but they are also called also called addons, plasmoids, applets | ||
* KDE Gear - a set of apps and other software created and maintained by the KDE Community that release all new versions at the same time | |||
* Plasma – KDE's environments, can refer to just Plasma Desktop as well | |||
* | * Plasma Desktop / Plasma: desktop environment focused on PCs and laptops | ||
* Plasma – | * Plasma Mobile - Plasma customized for mobile devices | ||
* Plasma | * 🗑 Plasma Netbook – a KDE workspace customized for netbook devices | ||
* Plasma Mobile | |||
* Plasma Netbook – a KDE workspace customized for netbook | |||
* Planet KDE – a web site which aggregates the blog postings of all contributors to the KDE community | * Planet KDE – a web site which aggregates the blog postings of all contributors to the KDE community | ||
* Panel – an area within a Plasma workspace which is attached to an edge of your screen and which contains widgets | * Panel – an area within a Plasma workspace which is attached to an edge of your screen and which contains widgets | ||
* Cashew – see Desktop Toolbox | * 🗑 Cashew – see Desktop Toolbox | ||
* Desktop Toolbox – a tool for controlling to your Plasma workspace which grants access to configuration options and allows for adding widgets and panels | * 🗑 Desktop Toolbox – a tool for controlling to your Plasma workspace which grants access to configuration options and allows for adding widgets and panels | ||
* Sprint – a detailed, focused working meeting where members of a KDE team meet in person to address a defined agenda (andkjw you getj drunzdk) | * Sprint – a detailed, focused working meeting where members of a KDE team meet in person to address a defined agenda (andkjw you getj drunzdk) | ||
Get Hot New Stuff – a web service that allows users to easily download and manage new content for KDE software such wallpapers, themes, application add-ons, etc. | Get Hot New Stuff – a web service that allows users to easily download and manage new content for KDE software such wallpapers, themes, application add-ons, etc. | ||
* Krunner – a swiss army knife widget which allows quick access to a wide variety of functionality including application launching, searching, and calculations | * Krunner – a swiss army knife widget which allows quick access to a wide variety of functionality including application launching, searching, and calculations | ||
* Kmenu (see application launcher) | * 🗑 Kmenu (see application launcher) | ||
* K button (see application launcher) | * 🗑 K button (see application launcher) | ||
* Application Launcher – a widget which provides easy access to launching applications and the contents of your computer | * Application Launcher – a widget which provides easy access to launching applications and the contents of your computer | ||
* Akademy | * [[Akademy]]: KDE's annual conference | ||
* Camp KDE | * 🗑 Camp KDE | ||
* Desktop Summit | * 🗑 Desktop Summit | ||
== Contributor glossary == | == Contributor glossary == | ||
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* KDE development framework | * KDE development framework | ||
* KDE base | * KDE base | ||
* Oxygen | * 🗑 Oxygen | ||
* Akonadi | * Akonadi | ||
* Strigi | * 🗑 Strigi | ||
* Nepomuk | * 🗑 Nepomuk | ||
* Virtuoso | * 🗑 Virtuoso | ||
* Soprano | * 🗑 Soprano | ||
* Phonon (mention xine/vlc) | * Phonon (mention xine/vlc) | ||
* Plasmoid | * Plasmoid | ||
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* QML | * QML | ||
* Code of Conduct | * Code of Conduct | ||
* Gluon | * 🗑 Gluon | ||
* Extragear | * 🗑 Extragear | ||
* Playground | * 🗑 Playground | ||
* Blackhole (maybe something else now?) | * 🗑 Blackhole (maybe something else now?) | ||
* KDE review | * KDE review | ||
* Kgethotnewstuff | * Kgethotnewstuff | ||
* open collaboration services | * open collaboration services | ||
Latest revision as of 11:11, 27 October 2023
Warning
Some of these terms aren't used anymore. Marked these with (🗑
User Glossary
- KDE or the KDE Community – the community of contributors and users of KDE Software
- KDE software – the software created by the KDE community, including applications, workspaces, and development platform
- KDE Applications – the applications built on the KDE on the platform
- Widgets – add features and utilities to the Plasma desktop. Widgets is preferred, but they are also called also called addons, plasmoids, applets
- KDE Gear - a set of apps and other software created and maintained by the KDE Community that release all new versions at the same time
- Plasma – KDE's environments, can refer to just Plasma Desktop as well
- Plasma Desktop / Plasma: desktop environment focused on PCs and laptops
- Plasma Mobile - Plasma customized for mobile devices
- 🗑 Plasma Netbook – a KDE workspace customized for netbook devices
- Planet KDE – a web site which aggregates the blog postings of all contributors to the KDE community
- Panel – an area within a Plasma workspace which is attached to an edge of your screen and which contains widgets
- 🗑 Cashew – see Desktop Toolbox
- 🗑 Desktop Toolbox – a tool for controlling to your Plasma workspace which grants access to configuration options and allows for adding widgets and panels
- Sprint – a detailed, focused working meeting where members of a KDE team meet in person to address a defined agenda (andkjw you getj drunzdk)
Get Hot New Stuff – a web service that allows users to easily download and manage new content for KDE software such wallpapers, themes, application add-ons, etc.
- Krunner – a swiss army knife widget which allows quick access to a wide variety of functionality including application launching, searching, and calculations
- 🗑 Kmenu (see application launcher)
- 🗑 K button (see application launcher)
- Application Launcher – a widget which provides easy access to launching applications and the contents of your computer
- Akademy: KDE's annual conference
- 🗑 Camp KDE
- 🗑 Desktop Summit
Contributor glossary
- KDE libs
- KDE platform
- KDE development framework
- KDE base
- 🗑 Oxygen
- Akonadi
- 🗑 Strigi
- 🗑 Nepomuk
- 🗑 Virtuoso
- 🗑 Soprano
- Phonon (mention xine/vlc)
- Plasmoid
- Solid
- Kio
- Qt
- Qt Quick
- QML
- Code of Conduct
- 🗑 Gluon
- 🗑 Extragear
- 🗑 Playground
- 🗑 Blackhole (maybe something else now?)
- KDE review
- Kgethotnewstuff
- open collaboration services