### Description
**Goal:**
Ensure that most distributions choosing to deliver KDE Plasma do not modify its default settings, creating a unified experience provided by Plasma.
**What do you want to improve/change?**
Right now, various distributions add their own themes, alter panel layouts, and change icons, which leads to a fragmented user experience. For example, in Fedora, the Breeze Light theme used to be overwritten, so switching to it didn’t change the panel to white.
**Why does it need to be done?**
A consistent KDE Plasma experience across different distributions will provide a reliable and predictable user environment. This will enhance user satisfaction and ease of use.
**How does it connect to KDE's vision of "A world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy"?**
By maintaining a consistent default environment, users will have more control over their digital life, knowing that their experience will be the same regardless of the distribution they choose. This consistency also respects user freedom by allowing them to revert to a pure Plasma setup if they prefer it over the distribution’s customizations.
**How would it affect different parts of KDE?**
This change would primarily impact distribution maintainers and the KDE settings management. It might require additional documentation and tools for resetting to default settings. If most distributions use these default settings, they should be as user-friendly as possible. Additionally, we should strive to create a wide range of graphical configuration options to avoid the need for terminal use.
### What it will take
**What is your plan for making it happen? What do we need to do to make this reality? What kind of support do you need?**
1. Propose the idea to the KDE community and gather feedback.
2. Develop a "hard reset" button in the settings that restores KDE Plasma to its default state.
3. Collaborate with distribution maintainers to encourage them to adopt the default settings or provide an easy way for users to reset to them.
4. Ensure that the default settings are user-friendly and develop extensive graphical configuration options to minimize terminal usage.
Support needed:
- Technical guidance and mentorship on KDE technologies.
- Contributions from developers to implement the reset functionality.
- Cooperation from distribution maintainers.
### How we know we succeeded
**Will we have fluffy kittens? Anything we can measure? How will the world be better once we’re done with this?**
- A measurable decrease in the number of distributions that modify Plasma’s default settings.
- Positive feedback from users appreciating the consistency.
- An increase in user satisfaction and a smoother onboarding process for new users.
### Relevant links
- [KDE Plasma Documentation](https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma)
- [Fedora KDE Spin](https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/kde/)
- [Breeze Theme Information](https://community.kde.org/KDE_Visual_Design_Group/Breeze)
### Champions
**We want this year's goals to be driven by small teams. Who will be this goal's champions if selected? If you don't yet have a small team, please mention what you are looking for still so others can step up. We believe a goal generally needs someone who can carry the vision of the goal forward, someone who can technically steer it, and someone to promote it.**
The team is:
- Visionary: Kaea
- Technical Lead: [Looking for a volunteer]
- Promoter: [Looking for a volunteer]
### I am willing to put work into this
- Kaea
### I am interested
- Kaea