en:desktop:environments:kde [Your Digital Privacy DIY Solutions

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====== KDE ======

<code>
pacman -S plasma
</code>

<code>
systemctl enable --now sddm
</code>

That's actually it.

Check out all the [[https://archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/kde-applications/|KDE software]] and suggested packages below and install whatever you like.


====== Suggested software ======

Just add the packages to the above ''pacman'' command.

===== System =====

<code>
networkmanager-openvpn wireguard-tools keepassxc arch-audit konsole keditbookmarks gparted htop dolphin spectacle wget lm_sensors ark kleopatra kate kompare rsync
</code>

===== Audio =====

<code>
pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa
</code>

===== Multimedia/Graphics =====

<code>
vlc openshot gimp inkscape
</code>

===== Office =====

<code>
thunderbird thunderbird-i18n-en-us wqy-zenhei ttf-liberation libreoffice-fresh cups cups-pdf xsane system-config-printer kdeconnect firefox okular gwenview
</code>

If you install ''cups'' you also need to enable the service:
<code>
systemctl enable --now cups.service
</code>

===== Others =====

<code>
bash-completion cronie
</code>

Add for ''bash-complition'' the following to your ''.bashrc'':
<code>
echo "if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then          
. /etc/bash_completion
fi" >> ~/.bashrc
</code>

Enable service for ''cronie'':
<code>
systemctl enable --now cronie.service
</code>

Check also [[/en/desktop/services/crontab|crontab]].