KDE Plasma widgets let you put useful controls and status information where you work, on a panel or the desktop. I checked the current KDE Store listings and Plasma 6 documentation while refreshing this list, so the picks below favor built-in applets and add-ons with current Plasma 6 evidence rather than old Plasma 5-only recommendations. […]
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Install Xorg when you need an X11 session or an application that depends on one, not as a substitute for your distribution’s default desktop session. Use the package names for your distribution, then start X through your display manager or xinit rather than launching the server by hand. Choose the Xorg package for your distribution
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Install MarkText on Linux with the current AppImage, Debian package, RPM, or Flatpak command, then verify the download before you run it.
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The login screen comes from a LightDM greeter, so changing the desktop wallpaper does not necessarily change what appears before sign-in. For the LightDM GTK greeter, the supported configuration names the background file and GTK theme inside its greeter section. I checked the maintained greeter configuration template and the Debian package metadata for the commands
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Use the OpenSSH SFTP client to move files through an SSH connection without setting up FTP or a separate transfer service. It provides sftp on many Linux distributions, along with the familiar SSH account and key options. Use the OpenSSH SFTP client first The SSH File Transfer Protocol uses the same host, port, account, and
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Ksnip is a Qt screenshot tool with annotation controls, but the best installation path depends on how your distribution delivers desktop apps. Use your distribution repository when it has Ksnip, then choose Flatpak, Snap, or the upstream AppImage when you need a different packaging route. Choose the Ksnip package that fits your system Package route
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youtube-dl is no longer the practical starting point for Linux downloads. Install yt-dlp instead: it keeps the familiar command-line workflow, receives current extractor fixes, and works with FFmpeg when a site serves video and audio as separate streams. Install yt-dlp on Debian or Ubuntu For a distro-managed installation, install yt-dlp and FFmpeg from your package
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LM Studio gives you a desktop interface for downloading and running language models on your Linux computer, while its separate llmster daemon suits servers and automated workloads. Choose the desktop app or the headless daemon Use the desktop app when you want to discover models, load one into memory, chat, and use the local API
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Install draw.io Desktop when you need to open and edit diagrams without depending on a browser session. On Ubuntu and most Linux desktops, Flatpak is the clearest route because Flathub publishes the current stable application as com.jgraph.drawio.desktop. Choose an installation method draw.io Desktop is the offline desktop editor from diagrams.net. It stores diagrams where you
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GUIscrcpy is a graphical front end for scrcpy, but its upstream repository is archived and its Flathub listing marks the app and its KDE runtime end of life. If you need to mirror and control an Android phone from Linux, use the maintained scrcpy release instead. It gives you the same USB or network connection
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