{"id":217497,"date":"2026-02-25T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/want-your-linux-looking-more-like-windows-kde-plasma-makes-it-easy-heres-how\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:35:10","slug":"want-your-linux-looking-more-like-windows-kde-plasma-makes-it-easy-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/want-your-linux-looking-more-like-windows-kde-plasma-makes-it-easy-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Want your Linux looking more like Windows? KDE Plasma makes it easy &#8211; here&#8217;s how"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-kde-plasma-look-more-like-windows\/\">Want your Linux looking more like Windows? KDE Plasma makes it easy &#8211; here&#8217;s how<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-kde-plasma-look-more-like-windows\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-kde-plasma-look-more-like-windows\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-25 22:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I do love some transparency.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET:\u00a0<span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>KDE Plasma can be highly customized.<\/li>\n<li>If you want KDE Plasma to look like Windows 11, you can.<\/li>\n<li>It only takes the addition of a theme and a widget to make this work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KDE Plasma is a remarkably customizable desktop environment. On top of being highly flexible, it&#8217;s also fast and stable, so it would make perfect sense why you might want to migrate from Windows to a KDE Plasma-powered desktop distribution.<\/p>\n<p>But if you want to carry over the look and feel of Windows 11, how do you do that? With a bit of tweaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s not nearly as hard as you might think it is; you just have to know where to look, what to add, and how to set it up.<\/p>\n<h2>Changing the theme<\/h2>\n<p><strong>What you&#8217;ll need<\/strong>: I&#8217;ll demonstrate this via KDE Neon, which includes the most recent release of the KDE Plasma desktop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First, open System Settings and go to Colors &#038; Themes  Global Theme.<\/p>\n<p>        Show more<br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"KDE Plasma Global Theme.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"940.9005235602094\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find all kinds of themes that can be added to your instance of KDE Plasma.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>These two Linux desktops are the simplest picks for new users<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t find a theme you like in the preinstalled list, click Get new. In the resulting window, search for Win and see if you find a theme you like. There&#8217;s one called Windows Eleven Plasma 6 that&#8217;s quite nice. Once you find the theme you like, click it and then click Install.<\/p>\n<p>        Show more<br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"KDE Plasma Global Theme.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"934.8760330578513\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Install as many themes as you like.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span>   <\/p>\n<p>After the theme is installed, go back to Global Theme and select it. When prompted, click Apply.<\/p>\n<p>        Show more<\/p>\n<h2>Adding a Windows 11-like menu<\/h2>\n<p>The next thing we have to do is add a new menu to the mix. For this, we&#8217;re going to use Menu 11 Enhanced, which can be found in the KDE Store. Here&#8217;s how to install it.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Download the file<\/h2>\n<p>Download the Menu 11 Enhanced file and save it to your downloads directory.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Extract the file<\/h2>\n<p>Open your&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-to-make-kde-plasma-look-more-like-windows\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want your Linux looking more like Windows? 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