Projects/Plasma/Plasmoids

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    Known plasmoids

    Application Launchers

    Kickoff

    • purpose

    Standard application launcher since KDE 4.0. Features include search, recently used applications and files and favorites.

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    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/
    

    Application Launcher Menu

    • purpose

    Classic application launcher menu, similar to the one in KDE 3. The same dataset is shared with Kickoff.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/
    

    Lancelot Launcher

    • purpose

    Lancelot is an application launcher menu designed to provide a place from which all your jobs begin. It provides quick access to applications, places, documents, contacts and system information.

    For more info visit the blog of the author Ivan Čukić or Lancelot's home page. You could also be interested in Lancelot feature in commit-digest.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/lancelot/
    

    Astronomy

    Luna

    • purpose

    Widget which displays the current moon phase. Access the settings to set it for northern / southern hemisphere.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/luna/
    

    Date and Time

    Analog Clock

    • purpose

    A simple analog clock.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/analog-clock/
    

    Binary Clock

    • purpose

    Displays the current time using binary.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/binary-clock/
    

    Digital Clock

    • purpose

    A standard digital clock.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/digital-clock/
    

    Fuzzy Clock

    • purpose

    This "fuzzy" clock displays time in an approximate, textual form.

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    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/fuzzy-clock/
    

    Environment and Weather

    Weather Forecast

    • purpose

    Displays the weather forecast in the area you specify. Data is provided by wetter.com

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    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/weather/
    




    File System

    File Watcher

    • purpose

    Watches and displays the content of a file on the desk. In this screenshot, the bash history is being watched.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/fileWatcher/
    

    Trash Can

    • purpose

    A trash can applet.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/trash
    

    Games

    Fifteen Puzzle

    • purpose

    You can play the game fifteen puzzle, including selecting your own custom picture that you are trying to put back together.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/fifteenPuzzle/
    

    Life

    • purpose

    This is the Conway's game of life. For more information on the simulation, see the Wikipedia article.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/life/
    

    Graphics

    Color Picker

    • purpose

    Get the color value of any position on the desktop. You can click on the color to view the RGB code, as well as the history.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/kolourpicker/
    

    Comic Strip

    • purpose

    Show webcomics on your desktop. This currently supports a wide variety of web comics which can be installed through KNewStuff.

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    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/comic/
    

    Picture Frame

    • purpose

    A picture frame. It can show a single picture or a slideshow of pictures. You can drop an image to show an image, or drop a folder to start a slideshow of the images in the folder.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/frame/
    

    Language

    Dictionary

    • purpose

    Allows you to look up the definitions of a word.

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    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/dict/
    

    Miscellaneous

    Calculator

    • purpose

    A basic but functional calculator.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/calculator/
    

    KGet

    • purpose

    Monitor your downloads. This applet can show a bar chart, a pie chart and a speed graph.

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    • location
    kde:kget/plasma/applet/
    

    SuperKaramba

    • purpose

    Integrate the tons of existing Karamba Themes as good as possible into the KDE4 plasma desktop.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:superkaramba/plasma/
    

    Lancelot Parts

    • purpose

    You can drag and drop one part of Lancelot and the specific part will appear as it's own widget.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/lancelot/
    


    News

    • purpose

    Shows news from various sources. The widget reads RSS feeds and displays them.

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    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/news/
    

    Microblog

    • purpose

    An applet to follow people's microblogs. Supports a variety of APIs, including Identica and Twitter.

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    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/applets/microblog/
    

    System Information

    Battery Monitor

    • purpose

    Show the current state of the battery. You can click on the battery to see more information such as the estimated discharge time, or modify the display brightness.

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    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/batterymonitor/
    

    Battery Time Remaining

    • purpose

    This is a modification of the original battery plasmoid of plasma desktop. It displays the remaining battery time.

    • location

    http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Battery+Time+Remaining?content=123767

    Battery NG

    • puropse

    This is a modification of the original battery plasmoid of plasma desktop. It allows interpolation between battery states which effectivly provides a continuous bar instead of only 6 fill states.

    • location

    http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Battery+NG?content=117820

    Hard Disk IO Monitor

    • purpose

    A hard disk usage monitor. You can observe how much disk IO is being made with the graph.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/system-monitor/
    

    Hardware info

    • purpose

    Show hardware info.

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    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/system-monitor/
    

    Lock/Logout

    • purpose

    Lock the screen or log the current user out.

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    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/lock_logout/
    
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    Device Notifier

    • purpose

    Shows the recently plugged in devices and notifies the user if a new device is plugged in. You can choose to show storage devices too.

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    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/devicenotifier/
    

    System Monitor

    • purpose

    System monitor applet. There are multiple tabs which you can enable, including CPU, network IO and disk IO graphs, temperature, hardware info, etc.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/generic/applets/system-monitor/
    

    Windows And Tasks

    Pager

    • purpose

    A pager applet that shows the virtual desktops. Click to switch.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/pager/
    

    System Tray

    • purpose

    Displays your system tray.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kdeplasma-addons/generic/applets/systemtray/
    

    Task Manager

    • purpose

    Shows your open applications. Can be resized to show icons and text, or only icons.

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    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/taskmanager/
    

    Window List

    • purpose

    The Window List shows a list of open windows.

    • screenshot


    • location
    kde:kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/window-list/