Projects/Plasma/Plasmoids
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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/KDE/kdebase/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.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet
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.
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/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.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/luna
Date and Time
Analog Clock
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A simple analog clock.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/analog-clock/
Binary Clock
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Displays the current time using binary.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/binary-clock
Digital Clock
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A standard digital clock.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/digital-clock/
Fuzzy Clock
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This "fuzzy" clock displays time in an approximate, textual form.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/fuzzy-clock
Train Clock
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A train clock where the numbers flip. No longer available.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/train-clock
Environment and Weather
Customizable Weather Plasmoid (CWP)
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Customizable+Weather+Plasmoid+%28CWP%29?content=98925
yaWP (Yet Another Weather Plasmoid)
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/yaWP+%28Yet+Another+Weather+Plasmoid%29?content=94106
plasma_pyweather
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/plasma_pyweather?content=110137
Simple Weather Forecast
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/simple+weather+forecast?content=92149
Weather Plasmoid
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Weather+Plasmoid?content=84251
File System
File Watcher
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Watches and displays the content of a file on the desk. In this screenshot, the bash history is being watched.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/fileWatcher
Trash Can
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A trash can applet.
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/playground/base/plasma/desktop/applets/trash
Games
Fifteen Puzzle
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You can play the game fifteen puzzle, including selecting your own custom picture that you are trying to put back together.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/fifteenPuzzle
Life
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This is the Conway's game of life. For more information on the simulation, see the Wikipedia article.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/life
Graphics
aKademy Group Photo
- purpose
Display the conference group photo. No longer available.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/groupphoto
Color Picker
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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.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/kolourpicker
Comic Strip
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Show webcomics on your desktop. This currently supports a wide variety of web comics which can be installed through KNewStuff.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/comic
Picture Frame
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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.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/frame
Language
Dictionary
- purpose
Allows you to look up the definitions of a word.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/dict
Rot13
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A applet to flip your text using Rot13. (more info on rot13). This should be NEVER used for encryption as it is not secure at all.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/rot13
Mapping
3D Earth Model
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Shows a 3D model of the earth. No longer available.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/bluemarble
Miscellaneous
Calculator
- purpose
A basic but functional calculator.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/calculator
KGet
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Monitor your downloads. This applet can show a bar chart, a pie chart and a speed graph. No longer functional on latest versions of KDE without significant fiddling.
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/KDE/kdenetwork/kget/plasma/applet
Moodbar
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Amarok moodbar applet. No longer available.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/moodbar
KMLDonkey
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Monitor down- and upload statistics of your MLDonkey core.
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/extragear/network/kmldonkey/kmlplasma
SuperKaramba
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Integrate the tons of existing Karamba Themes as good as possible into the KDE4 plasma desktop.
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/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/plasma
Lancelot Part
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Lancelot Part makes it possible to add parts of the Lancelot menu directly onto the desktop or panel.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/lancelot
Online Services
Commit Log
- purpose
Shows commit log for a project
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/cia.vc
English Breakfast
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This week in KDEThe English Breakfast Network (EBN) is dedicated to the contemplation of tea, KDE API Documentation Validation, User Documentation Validation, Source Code Checking, omphaloskepsis, and star-gazing. [1]
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/ebn
News
- purpose
Shows news from various sources
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/news
News Ticker
- purpose
Scrolling feed applet.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/TODO
Twitter Microblog
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An applet to follow people microblogs and microblog yourself using twitter.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/twitter
System Information
Battery Monitor
- purpose
Show the current state of the battery. On hover show percentage of current battery left.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/battery
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.
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http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Battery+NG?content=117820
Hard Disk Monitor
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A hard disk usage monitor.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/system-monitor
Hardware info
- purpose
Show hardware info.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/system-monitor
Lock/Logout
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Lock the screen or log the current user out.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/lock_logout
New Device Notifier
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Shows the recently plugged in devices and notifies the user if a new device is plugged in.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/devicenotifier
System Monitor
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System monitor applet.
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/playground/base/plasma/applets/system-monitor
Windows And Tasks
Pager
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A pager applet that shows the virtual desktops.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/pager
System Tray
- purpose
A system tray applet.
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/KDE/kdeplasma-addons/generic/applets/systemtray
Task Manager
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Shows the open applications.
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/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/tasks
Window List
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Shows the open applications.
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/KDE/kde-workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/window-list