simple-kickoff-for-plasma's Introduction

Simple Kickoff

A simplified fork of KDE Plasma's default Kickoff Application Launcher

This is a simplified fork of Kickoff which is KDE Plasma Desktop's default Application launcher. The design is minimalized without compromising on power and important features.

Powerful Plasma Search

The search bar uses Plasma Search, which is the same search provider used in the default Kickoff, Krunner and the Overview effect which supports powerful plugins.

NOTE: The initial codebase was copied from Kickoff which can be found in `/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickoff/`, on every Linux system that has KDE Plasma installed.

Prerequisites:

Linux based Operating System
KDE Plasma Desktop Environment

Get it from

Install it directly from any of the above mentioned sources

If you have download the file, extract it, open a terminal in the directory containing the `metadata.desktop` file and execute the following command:

kpackagetool5 -t Plasma/Applet --install

Changes made over default Kickoff:

Removed the Places tab and page
Removed the Configure button (This feature can still be accessed by right clicking the widget icon and Configure Simple Application Launcher..)
Unified design: Removed the header and footer, and every component now shares the same background