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Plasma Active

By Chris Duckett October 9, 2011, 4:00 PM PDT

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Plasma Active

ntKDE has annouced the first release of their Plasma Active project that provides an alternate interface for tablets.

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ntBased on Qt 4.7 and the Plasma framework seen in the KDE Platform, KDE says that it will run almost any software that is available for Linux platforms. On the hardware side, compatibility is a lot less.

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ntHere is the About screen for Plasma Active One, as seen in our instance running on top of MeeGo, recently abandoned by Intel and Nokia Linux-based operating system for mobile devices.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: User Interface

Plasma Active: User Interface

ntThe Plasma Active interface is designed around Activities that are intended to help users organise data. Old school users would probably recognise them as named desktops.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

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Plasma Active: Activity Scroll

Plasma Active: Activity Scroll

ntActivities have the ability to scroll endlessly in a vertical direction — the number of widgets that one can place on an Activity is not limited by physical screen size.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Peek

Plasma Active: Peek

ntPulling down on the bar at the top of the screen, much like an Android notification bar, reveals the currently running applications. Plasma Active calls this area Peek.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Peek Application Launcher

Plasma Active: Peek Application Launcher

ntPulling Peek down further reveals the application launcher.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Konsole

Plasma Active: Konsole

ntHere is the Konsole running and Plasma Active’s on-screen keyboard.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: KWrite

Plasma Active: KWrite

ntThe venerable KDE text editor: KWrite.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Settings

Plasma Active: Settings

ntThe settings panel, depending on the Activity configuration that could be very hard to read; hopefully the transparency issue is only due to running Plasma Active inside a virtual machine.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Web Browser

Plasma Active: Web Browser

ntThe Plasma Active web browser.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

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Plasma Active: Date and Time

Plasma Active: Date and Time

ntDate and time settings: a classic KDE settings screen.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Activity Background Selection

Plasma Active: Activity Background Selection

ntThe panel for selecting a new background image for the current Activity.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Kontact Touch event

Plasma Active: Kontact Touch event

ntCreating a new event for the email and calendaring application, Kontact Touch.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Kontact Touch email

Plasma Active: Kontact Touch email

ntKontact Touch in email mode.
ntPhoto by: KDE
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Activity Switcher

Plasma Active: Activity Switcher

ntThe Activity Switcher on the right-hand side.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: MeeGo Welcome

Plasma Active: MeeGo Welcome

ntThis is the screen that welcomes the user when installing Plasma Active with MeeGo.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Disk Format

Plasma Active: Disk Format

ntIn this screen: initialisation means format.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Installion End

Plasma Active: Installion End

ntAs the text says, the operating system expects to be installed with a USB thumb drive.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Introduction

Plasma Active: Introduction

ntIt’s a nice touch to have a clickable video to play that helps explain basic interactions with the interface.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Activity Description

Plasma Active: Activity Description

ntHow Plasma Active describes Activities.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

Plasma Active

Plasma Active: Shut Down

Plasma Active: Shut Down

ntA familiar KDE log-out dialog, shut down also provides the option to suspend to RAM or to suspend to disk.
ntPhoto by: Chris Duckett/TechRepublic
ntCaption by:Chris Duckett/TechRepublic

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