Kubuntu/Software

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Short guide to the software which is included in your Kubuntu installation.

• Games

• Graphics

• Internet

• Multimedia

• Office

• System Settings

• Utilities

• Education

• Development

• Accessibility

Frameworks

The software in the KDE SC (Software Compilation) is amazing. These are some of the foundational pieces of software that make it all work:

• Plasma is the KDE workspace, and is a technology that can adapt to many types of devices. Currently there are three varieties of Plasma:
• the Plasma Desktop environment
• the Plasma Netbook environment
• the Plasma Active new, cool environment for pads and smartphones
• KWin is KDE's reliable and flexible window manager with hardware accelerated effects for added beauty and usability.
• Oxygen gives your desktop a refreshing and breath-taking visual appearance.
• Phonon brings the magic of sound and video to your desktop.
• Solid helps make your hardware just work.
• Nepomuk is about classification, organisation, and presentation of data.
• Akonadi is responsible for providing applications with a centralized database to store, index, and retrieve the user's personal information.