It’s always been just KDE to me. In the past year or so, I’ve noticed people calling Plasma KDE or even just Plasma. What happened? Why do people insist on making the name longer? Why the word Plasma? What is Plasma referring to? And, are they trying to move away from the KDE name to just Plasma?

Answer: Plasma is the desktop environment. KDE is the community that makes Plasma and many other related software.

  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Kids these days and their “Plasma”. BACK IN MY DAY it was just KDE!

    I’m not sure why this feels new to me. Perhaps it’s because I spent a lot of time on other DEs after 2009.

    But also, from that link:

    We will use “KDE” exclusively in two meanings:

    • KDE, the community, which creates free software for end users
    • As an umbrella brand for the technology created by the KDE community

    So I don’t feel like it’s wrong to just call it KDE, just imprecise.