I just finished a 42.1 install in VirtualBox v5.0.8.
(No desktop unless using iceWM or disabling 3D accel, just get a green splash - but that’s
a separate issue…).
My question is:
What is the difference between the login options “Plasma 5” and
“KDE Plasma Workspace”?? They both seem to be the same.
I have also installed kde4 along with plasma5 (using this repo:
which amends the leap plasma5 installation to allow the both to be installed) and the ‘kde plasma workstation’ entry boots into kde4.
I don’t wish to install kDE4.
Why does the login panel show both “Plasma 5” and
“KDE Plasma Workspace” in the DE drop down list if the two are really the same
environment? Is there a subtle difference between the two? Which entry should I
select, “Plasma 5” or “KDE Plasma Workspace”?
I’d like to know the same thing myself. What I do know is that my desktop is apparently more stable using “KDE Plasma Workspace”.
Jon
They are both using /usr/bin/startkde so they seem to me to be the same. You can examine the contents of ‘/usr/share/xsessions/kde-plasma.desktop’:
[Desktop Entry]
X-SuSE-translate=true
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=/usr/bin/startkde
TryExec=/usr/bin/startkde
Name=KDE Plasma Workspace
Comment=Plasma by KDE
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=5.4.2
and ‘/usr/share/xsession/plasma5.desktop’:
[Desktop Entry]
X-SuSE-translate=true
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=/usr/bin/startkde
TryExec=/usr/bin/startkde
DesktopNames=KDE
Name=Plasma 5
Comment=Plasma by KDE
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=5.4.2
The only difference is the name. Apparently KDE developers been doing a lot of drinking at lunch time.
kInfoCenter shows KDE v5.4.2
That has not been done at all by the KDE developers.
The kde-plasma.desktop file is added by openSUSE, and it is there for a reason.
Otherwise people who upgrade from KDE4 would only get twm by default.
But yes, both are exactly the same, it doesn’t matter which one you choose.
Thank you all.
I’ll stick with “Plasma 5”, as that seems to be the default selected
when new users are created.