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(KDE/4.11)/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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    • location
    /KDE/kdebase/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.

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    • 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/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/analog-clock/
    

    Binary Clock

    • purpose

    Displays the current time using binary.

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    • location
    /KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/binary-clock
    

    Digital Clock

    • purpose

    A standard digital clock.

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    • location
    /KDE/kdebase/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
    

    Train Clock

    • purpose

    A train clock where the numbers flip. No longer available.

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    • location
    no longer available
    

    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.

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    • location
    /KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/fileWatcher
    

    Trash Can

    • purpose

    A trash can applet.

    • screenshot


    • location
    /playground/base/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.

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    • location
    /playground/base/plasma/applets/life
    

    Graphics

    aKademy Group Photo

    • purpose

    Display the conference group photo. No longer available.

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    • location
    no longer available
    

    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.

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    • 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.

    • screenshot


    • 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.

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    • 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
    

    Rot13

    • purpose

    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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    • location
    no longer available
    

    Mapping

    3D Earth Model

    • purpose

    Shows a 3D model of the earth. No longer available.

    • location
    no longer available
    

    Miscellaneous

    Calculator

    • purpose

    A basic but functional calculator.

    • screenshot


    • location
    /playground/base/plasma/applets/calculator
    

    KGet

    • purpose

    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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    • location
    /KDE/kdenetwork/kget/plasma/applet
    

    Moodbar

    • purpose

    Amarok moodbar applet. No longer available.

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    • location
    no longer available
    

    KMLDonkey

    • purpose

    Monitor down- and upload statistics of your MLDonkey core.

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    • location
    /extragear/network/kmldonkey/kmlplasma
    

    SuperKaramba

    • purpose

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

    • screenshot


    • location
    /KDE/kdeutils/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.

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    • location
    /KDE/kdeplasma-addons/applets/lancelot
    


    Online Services

    Commit Log

    • purpose

    Shows commit log for a project. Doesn't seem to be available anymore.

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    • location
    no longer available
    

    English Breakfast

    • purpose

    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]

    Doesn't seem to be available.

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    • location
    no longer available
    

    News

    • purpose

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

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    • location
    /playground/base/plasma/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/kdebase/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.

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    • location
    /playground/base/plasma/applets/system-monitor
    

    Hardware info

    • purpose

    Show hardware info.

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    • location
    /playground/base/plasma/applets/system-monitor
    

    Lock/Logout

    • purpose

    Lock the screen or log the current user out.

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    • location
    /KDE/kdebase/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/kdebase/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.

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    • location
    /playground/base/plasma/applets/system-monitor
    

    Windows And Tasks

    Pager

    • purpose

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

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    • location
    /KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/pager
    

    System Tray

    • purpose

    Displays your system tray.

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    • 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/kdebase/workspace/plasma/desktop/applets/taskmanager
    

    Window List

    • purpose

    The Window List shows a list of open windows.

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