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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/desktop/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/desktop/_index.adoc
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/desktop/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/desktop/_index.adoc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
|===
| Name | License | Package
-| KDE Plasma
+| Plasma
| GPL 2.0 or later
| package:x11/kde[]
@@ -100,17 +100,17 @@
|===
[[kde-environment]]
-=== KDE Plasma
+=== Plasma
-KDE Plasma is an easy-to-use desktop environment.
+Plasma is an easy-to-use desktop environment made by the KDE community.
This desktop provides a suite of applications with a consistent look and feel, a standardized menu and toolbars, keybindings, color-schemes, internationalization, and a centralized, dialog-driven desktop configuration.
-More information on KDE can be found at the link:https://kde.org/[KDE homepage].
+More information on Plasma can be found at the link:https://kde.org/plasma-desktop[Plasma homepage].
For FreeBSD-specific information, consult the link:https://freebsd.kde.org/[FreeBSD homepage at KDE].
[[kde-meta-install]]
-==== Install KDE Plasma meta package
+==== Install Plasma meta package
-To install the KDE Plasma meta package with KDE Frameworks, Plasma Desktop and Applications execute:
+To install the Plasma meta package with KDE Frameworks, Plasma Desktop and KDE Applications execute:
[source,shell]
....
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@
....
[[kde-minimal-install]]
-==== Minimal KDE Plasma installation
+==== Minimal Plasma installation
-To install a minimal KDE Plasma execute:
+To install a minimal Plasma desktop, execute:
[source,shell]
....
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
[TIP]
====
This installation is *really* minimal.
-Konsole must be installed separately executing:
+The Konsole terminal emulator must be installed separately executing:
[source,shell]
....
@@ -139,39 +139,22 @@
====
[[kde-configuration]]
-==== Configure KDE Plasma
+==== Configure Plasma
-KDE Plasma uses man:dbus-daemon[1] for a message bus and hardware abstraction.
-This application is automatically installed as a dependency of KDE Plasma.
+Plasma uses man:dbus-daemon[1] for a message bus and hardware abstraction.
+This application is automatically installed as a dependency of Plasma.
-Enable D-BUS service in `/etc/rc.conf` to start at system boot:
+Enable the D-Bus service in man:rc.conf[5] to start at system boot:
[source,shell]
....
-# sysrc dbus_enable="YES"
-....
-
-KDE Plasma requires larger message sizes for optimal performance.
-
-Add the following lines to man:sysctl.conf[5]:
-
-[.programlisting]
-....
-sysctl net.local.stream.recvspace=65536
-sysctl net.local.stream.sendspace=65536
-....
-
-To apply the change, either run the following command as root or simply reboot the system:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# sysctl -f /etc/sysctl.conf
+# service dbus enable
....
[[kde-start]]
-==== Start KDE Plasma
+==== Start Plasma
-The preferred KDE Plasma display manager is package:x11/sddm[].
+The preferred way to start Plasma is automatically via the package:x11/sddm[] display manager.
To install package:x11/sddm[], execute:
[source,shell]
@@ -179,11 +162,11 @@
# pkg install sddm
....
-Enable SDDM service in `/etc/rc.conf` to start at system boot:
+Enable the SDDM service in man:rc.conf[5] to start at system boot:
[source,shell]
....
-# sysrc sddm_enable="YES"
+# service sddm enable
....
The keyboard language can be set in SDDM by running the following command (for Spanish, for example):
@@ -193,7 +176,7 @@
# sysrc sddm_lang="es_ES"
....
-A second method to start KDE Plasma is by manually invoking man:startx[1].
+Alternatively, start Plasma is by manually invoking man:startx[1].
For this to work, the following line is needed in ~/.xinitrc:
[source,shell]
@@ -201,6 +184,13 @@
% echo "exec dbus-launch --exit-with-x11 ck-launch-session startplasma-x11" > ~/.xinitrc
....
+Experimentally, start Plasma manually in a Wayland session by executing the following command:
+
+[source,shell]
+....
+% exec dbus-launch ck-launch-session startplasma-wayland
+....
+
[[gnome-environment]]
=== GNOME

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