Difference between revisions of "Install Desktop Environments"

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Added Plasma 5. Ultimate intention is to fully replace KDE4

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   yaourt -S kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement
+== KDE Plasma 5 ==
-{{note| kde5 is in the pipeline. you could use sudo pacman -S plasma5  to install the desktop, info the forum to do. also kdm
-is also replaced by SDDM!  be noted this kde install wiki wil change in time after kde5 is stable}}
+[[File: kdeDE.png|thumb|left|375px]]
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+'''[http://www.kde.org/ KDE]''' is a feature-rich and versatile desktop environment that provides several different styles of menu to access applications. It is also compatible with '''[[Compiz_and_Emerald|Compiz]]'''. An excellent built-in interface to easily access and install new themes, widgets, etc, from the internet is also worth mentioning. While very user-friendly and certainly  flashy, KDE is also quite resource heavy and noticeably slower to start and use than a desktop environment such as XFCE. A 64 bit installation of Manjaro running KDE uses about 550MB of memory. '''To install KDE Plasma 5, enter the command:'''
+  sudo pacman -S plasma-meta kde-applications-meta