How do I use KDE Activities?

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Hi,
I’ve been using KDE Plasma for more than half a year now, but I don’t really understand the concept of KDE Activities. Everything I found via Google didn’t really help me further.

I have tried to create an activity, distribute various programs to my virtual desktops, assign them to the activity, saved and then reopened the Activity, but I saw no effect. The programs were not automatically reopened as I would have expected.
Did I do something wrong, or misunderstand the concept?

Can someone explain to me how to use the KDE Activities in a meaningful way?
Is anybody using that feature?

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Maybe this will explain what it do and how to use:

https://blog.hanschen.org/2009/11/17/how-do-you-use-activities/

KDE Activities aren’t about reopening programs. These are about set up your desktop and plasmoids and panels on it. Think about it as virtual desktop but more separated.

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Thanks for the link…now I got it :wink:
A bit like plasmaconfigsaver but more practical.
So, if I don’t use plasmoids or put my folders on the desktop because I like it clean, it’s not necessarily useful for me.

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I’d also recommend Konsave over Plasmaconfigsaver.

Because every config you save with Plasmaconfigsaver is massive and includes way more than the config you actually want to save.

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Nice…thanks :wink:
I will give it a try.
I noticed too, that plasmaconfigsaver saves the complete theme including all files. It seams a huge amount of unneeded data. :slightly_frowning_face:

Edit: wow, that tool is fast… :wink:

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