Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Switch to KDE 5 Desktop
Hello Xubuntu User! This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on How to Install KDE/Kubuntu Plasma 5 Desktop for Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 32/64-bit GNU+Linux.
The KDE Community is an international technology team dedicated to creating a free and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon.
Major Changes in New Plasma 5 include:
- An updated and modernized, cleaner visual and interactive user experience: The new Breeze theme is a high-contrast, flat theme for the workspace.
- Smoother graphics performance thanks to an updated graphics stack: Plasma’s user interfaces are rendered on top of an OpenGL or OpenGL ES scenegraph, offloading many of the computational-intensive rendering tasks.
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Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Installing KDE/Kubuntu Plasma 5 Desktop.
sudo su -c "apt-get install kubuntu-desktop"
When prompted hit “Tab” and Confirm the Default Display Manager
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Log-Out & Log-In into KDE Plasma 5.
Click on Top Right Gear on Login Screen and Switch to “Plasma”
Welcome to your Barely New KDE/Kubuntu Plasma 5 Desktop! :)