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Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
Book Image

Linux Mint Essentials

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Adding Plasmoids to the desktop

One of the features that sets KDE apart from other desktop environments is the concept of Plasmoids. Plasmoids are a suite of applets that can be added to your desktop in order to show useful information, provide a service, or perhaps give you something neat to look at. For example, you can add a Plasmoid to control a media player, display a comic strip on the screen, weather information, statuses from social networking accounts, and the list goes on.

To add a new Plasmoid, right-click on an empty portion of the desktop and then click on Add widgets. Along the bottom of your screen, a horizontal list of available widgets will be displayed. To add one, drag it onto your desktop. To remove it, hover your mouse pointer over one and click on the x icon that appears in the pop-up menu. The following screenshot shows KDE's menu to add widgets:

Adding Plasmoids to the desktop

In fact, the entire desktop itself is a Plasmoid, known as a Layout. In Mint, KDE's layout is set as Folder, which...