The Plasma desktop shell of KDE 4

Posted by solrac on Jun 16, 2009 1:21 AM EDT
IBM/developerWorks; By Martyn Honeyford
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See how to write simple Plasma applets that improves the KDE 4 Linux desktop. KDE 4 includes many exciting new technologies, including Plasma, a feature that forms the desktop shell of KDE 4. See how to write simple Plasma applets (known as plasmoids) to greatly improve the desktop experience and how to turn a plasmoid into a simple memory monitor.

KDE, the K Desktop Environment, is a free software project based on a desktop environment for UNIX®-like systems. Learn how to build small but extremely useful applets for Plasma -- the new shell for the K Desktop Environment -- starting with a handy memory monitor applet.

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