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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