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Aram Paronikyan
Asked: 2019-09-03 23:58:42 +0800 CST

What is the difference between kubuntu-desktop, plasma-desktop and kde-plasma-desktop packages?

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I see they differ in size.

plasma-desktop is a dependency of kde-plasma-desktop and it seems that kubuntu-desktop and kde-plasma-desktop are independent of each other.

What are other differences between kubuntu-desktop, plasma-desktop and kde-plasma-desktop packages?

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    What is the difference between kubuntu-desktop, plasma-desktop and kde-plasma-desktop packages?

    Running apt show on each:

    • kubuntu-desktop

      • Description: Kubuntu Plasma Desktop/Netbook system

    • kde-plasma-desktop

      • Description: KDE Plasma Desktop and minimal set of applications

    • plasma-desktop

      • Description: Tools and widgets for the desktop

    Look at the depends for each in the output of each apt show command to know more.

    In brief, kubuntu-desktop provides a fuller KDE Plasma desktop experience relative to that obtained by installing kde-plasma-desktop.

    It's a bit like installing xubuntu-desktop versus xfce4.

    By the way, kubuntu-full provides even more packages than kubuntu-desktop.

    I don't know the basis for the question, but I prefer not mixing desktop environments. Other users seem to handle multiple desktop environments just fine.

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