Tips/Enable fun desktop effects on KDE Plasma

Introduction

Did you know KDE Plasma offers a bunch of built-in effects? We'll see some examples and how you can apply them.

Add some eye candy to your KDE Plasma Desktop

There are many effects to choose from, ranging from ones that enhance functionality to ones that are simply meant to look really cool!

To apply effects, go to System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Desktop Effects select the effect you want and hit Apply

You can enable desktop effects in this window

We’ll showcase our top three eye-candy effects below.

Wobbly Windows

Wobbly Windows is a classic. If you haven’t experienced it yet, now it’s your chance.

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It makes your windows look like jello when you move them. After you enable it, you won’t be able to stop moving windows around all day long!

Magic Lamp

If you liked the wobbly windows effect, you might be interested in stretching your windows when minimizing them as well. Just enable the Magic Lamp effect and enjoy.

File:Magic lamp effect kde plasma.webm

Fall Apart

We get it, sometimes it’s fun to make things explode. You can do exactly that by enabling the Fall Apart effect.

File:Fall apart explode effect kde plasma.webm

There’s a lot of stuff you can enable on the Desktop Effects page. We only showed a tiny fraction of all the effects available, so explore the Effects page a little and you’ll see a lot of cool things the KDE Plasma Desktop is capable of. You can also customize the settings of some of the built-in effects for an even more personalized experience.

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