Unless I’m missing something, Plasma is the KDE desktop, there isn’t a separate desktop environment just called KDE… In fact, it’s full name is KDE Plasma, it’s just frequently shortened to either KDE or Plasma
KDE separated out into Plasma and the utilities and apps separately at KDE 5. Previously it was all one package, so there is a bit of a confusing distinction.
Unless I’m missing something, Plasma is the KDE desktop, there isn’t a separate desktop environment just called KDE… In fact, it’s full name is KDE Plasma, it’s just frequently shortened to either KDE or Plasma
KDE separated out into Plasma and the utilities and apps separately at KDE 5. Previously it was all one package, so there is a bit of a confusing distinction.