plasmashell
KDE Plasma desktop shell and panels
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
plasmashell [--replace] [-h|--help] [--help-all]
DESCRIPTION
plasmashell is the KDE Plasma desktop shell, providing the desktop, panels, system tray, and widgets. It's the core visual component of the Plasma desktop environment.
The shell is normally started automatically by the Plasma session. Manual restart may be needed after crashes or to apply certain configuration changes.
PARAMETERS
--replace
Replace currently running plasmashell instance-h, --help
Display help information--help-all
Display help including Qt options
CAVEATS
Killing plasmashell removes desktop and panels. Use --replace for graceful restart. Systemd method preferred on modern systems. Background process should be disowned from terminal.
HISTORY
plasmashell is the successor to plasma-desktop from KDE 4. It was rewritten for KDE Plasma 5 using Qt 5 and the KDE Frameworks 5, providing improved performance and modern features.
SEE ALSO
kwin(1), startplasma-wayland(1), startplasma-x11(1)
