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Plasma Desktop offers a familiar working environment with all the tools and features required to be productive immediately. Highly customizable, used in some of the largest Linux deployments in the world (Brazillian public school system, WETA Digital, the city of Münich, ..) and backed by a passionate global community that is committed to freedom in software and culture.
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Pros
Pro Integrated advanced search
Plasma Desktop comes with an integration search system that makes it easy to find local files, emails, contacts, events and more. The file manager supports tagging and rating files as well as full-content searching and the KRunner command window and the Milou desktop widget makes searching for files, emails, applications and other content by name, subject, category, tag, fulltext, etc. very simple. It does this with essentially no noticeable interference with day-to-day usage of the computer, thanks to the scheduling built into the backend system (Baloo).
Pro Has a file manager that provides a good balance between power and simplicity
Included file manager provides several icon, list and detail views to choose from along with features such as tabs, bookmarks, tagging, previews and metadata, network file access, bluetooth file transfers to/from devices and excellent removable storage integration while remaining fast and easy to use.
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Con Not a window manager
This is a complete desktop environment, not a standalone window manager
Con Not a window manager
This is a complete desktop environment, not a standalone window manager
Con Not a window manager
This is a complete desktop environment, not a standalone window manager
Con Not a window manager
This is a complete desktop environment, not a standalone window manager
Con Not a window manager
This is a complete desktop environment, not a standalone window manager