KDE社区抛弃了使用了很长时间的名字K Desktop Environment(Kool Desktop Environment) ，并引入了KDE Plasma Desktop，以避免混淆。KDE新闻稿称：
仍会使用KDE简写，但不再用全名K Desktop Environment；
KDE代表两重含义：创造软件的社区和KDE社区创造的技术品牌；
KDE Workspaces将分成两个不同的品牌：KDE Plasma Desktop（Workspaces中的窗口管理器、面板和配置工具））和KDE Plasma Netbook（在Workspaces中使用的应用程序）；
用来开发应用程序的KDE技术被称为KDE Platform；
KDE应用程序仍然叫“KDE Applications”；
不久前发布的KDE 4.3实际上包含了Workspaces，Platform和Applications，因此下一个版本的正式名称叫“KDE Software Compilation 4.4”。
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shenhao0129 于 2009-11-27 19:47:16发表:
基本上没有用过KDE
linwhwylb 于 2009-11-27 18:45:19发表:
Plasma, part of KDE 4, is a fundamental rewrite of several desktop interaction technologies included in the KDE desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like systems, focusing on eyecandy and special graphical effects. It most notably replaces the previous KDesktop shell, Kicker taskbar and SuperKaramba widget engine used in the KDE 3 series with a unified workspace for KDE 4. Plasma also provides a resolution-independent interface for KDE, making the desktop look identical almost regardless of screen size or resolution. Plasma's applets are collectively called plasmoids, but range from informative widgets to mini-applications like calculators and dictionaries. An important feature of Plasma is that there is no longer a distinction between panels (like the taskbar), desktop icons, and widgets; they are created the same way.
Plasma separates components into "data engines" and their visualization counterparts. This is intended to reduce the total programming effort when there are multiple possible visualizations of given data; and to make it easier for the data engine and its visualizations to be written independently. The planned replacement for KMenu in later versions of KDE 4, called Raptor, will make extensive use of this.
alick 于 2009-11-27 17:32:45发表:
这个plasma是什么意思？
查词典plasma是血浆、等离子体等意思。。。
Segim 于 2009-11-27 09:23:55发表:
写全名太浪费时间了，简写不变对于我们更不更一个样