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How I Customized my KDE Plasma Desktop - With Video

Gaurav BhardwajGaurav Bhardwaj
UPDATED 29 January 2023
How I Customized my KDE Plasma Desktop - With Video

Recently I've posted a screenshot of how I customized my KDE Plasma Desktop on Reddit, receiving many upvotes and comments. I already made a promise to publish a guide after receiving positive feedback. So I am keeping my promise by adding a video guide so that it can be easily customized even by a Linux novice.

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Pre-requisites:

1. Installing Latte Dock:

If you already have latte dock installed in your system please skip this step. Otherwise, you can install it according to your distribution, visiting official KDE Github link.

https://github.com/KDE/latte-dock

2. Downloading Wallpaper:

You can download No Man's Sky Wallpaper visiting the below link:

http://i.imgur.com/VKXmwtk.jpg.webp

3. Installing San Francisco Pro Font:

You can download San Francisco Pro font using the below link:

https://github.com/sahibjotsaggu/San-Francisco-Pro-Fonts/blob/master/SF-Pro-Display-Regular.otf

That's all about prerequisites, now you can execute the steps by watching the below video.

 

 

**Optional Step: Setting up super key to invoke Top Panel's Application Menu

Edit File ~/.config/kwinrc and add content below

[ModifierOnlyShortcuts] Meta=org.kde.lattedock,/Latte,org.kde.LatteDock,activateLauncherMenu

Reload KWin

qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure

Ever, wonder to customize your Linux Desktop like Mac OS. Follow this post.

 

If you still have any question or suggestion. Please feel free to drop a comment below. Will be happy to help you :).

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