How kill gui desktop?

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Hi how can I kill GUI desktop
I’m using KDE

Then how to restart?

I mean when I’m using VirtualBox I like to use only that

and maybe some other process that I don’t need at the moment to get the maximum performance with the virtual OS

pd: when I was using windows I just kill explorer.exe then no GUI
then restart explorer.exe

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If I’m getting this question right, then the easiest way to do this is just to log out of the desktop session and then log back in.

In Linux, a desktop environment runs on top of a display server (name it Xorg or Wayland).

If you log out, the display server session ends and then a desktop manager comes in. When you log in, the desktop manager starts the display server, which in turn starts the desktop environment.

Further reads:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE

PS. This was asked before and a simple search would give you an answer. See below:

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To restart KDE:

  • Open konsole

  • Execute:

    kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell

Done!

kill SomeOtherProcess
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