kde plasma is a free and open-source desktop environment for linux and other unix-like operating systems. a desktop environment is the graphical interface you interact with on a computer: the taskbar, application launcher, desktop wallpaper, system tray, settings menus, and window management tools. plasma is developed by the KDE community and is one of the most popular desktop environments in the linux world. plasma is known for being highly customizable. users can change almost every part of th