KDE
Installation
Install the kde-plasma
package, and optionally, the kde-baseapps
package.
To use the "Networks" widget, install NetworkManager
and enable the dbus
and
NetworkManager
services. To use the "Volume" widget, set up
PipeWire or PulseAudio.
Installing the kde-plasma
package also installs the sddm
package, which
provides the sddm
service for the Simple Desktop Display Manager. This service
depends on the dbus
service being enabled; test the
service before enabling it. If you are
not intending to run SDDM via a remote X server, you will need to install either
the xorg-minimal
package or the xorg
package. By default, SDDM will start an
X-based Plasma session, but you can request a Wayland-based Plasma session
instead.
If you wish to start an X-based session from the console, use
startx to run startplasma-x11
. For a Wayland-based
session, run startplasma-wayland
directly.
Dolphin
Dolphin is the default file manager of the KDE desktop environment. It can be
installed on its own by installing the dolphin
package, or it can be installed
as part of the kde-baseapps
meta-package.
Thumbnail Previews
To enable thumbnail file previews, install the kdegraphics-thumbnailers
package. If you want video thumbnails, the ffmpegthumbs
package is also
necessary. Enable previews in "Control" -> "Configure Dolphin" -> "General" ->
"Previews" by checking the corresponding boxes. File previews will be shown for
the selected file types after clicking "Preview" in Dolphin's toolbar.