Bug 388870 - Show KDE version in About KDE dialog
Summary: Show KDE version in About KDE dialog
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 371710
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2018-01-12 15:47 UTC by DrSlony
Modified: 2018-01-12 20:52 UTC (History)
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Description DrSlony 2018-01-12 15:47:04 UTC 
I was asked which version of KDE am I running, so I fired up a KDE app, KWrite, Help > About KDE, and found no version info. Next I tried System Settings, but nothing there. It's odd that "About KDE" does not show the version.
Comment 1 Rog131 2018-01-12 16:12:52 UTC 
(In reply to DrSlony from comment #0)
> I was asked which version of KDE am I running, so I fired up a KDE app,
> KWrite, Help > About KDE, and found no version info. Next I tried System
> Settings, but nothing there. It's odd that "About KDE" does not show the
> version.

Kwrite > Help > About Kwrite will tell the KWrite version.

Same kind as: Bug 364085 - Kinfocenter should also show KDE Applications version under About System  - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364085
Comment 2 DrSlony 2018-01-12 16:19:46 UTC 
I'm not interested in the KWrite version but in the KDE version. This issue isn't about finding a workaround, but about something which a user things as intuitive not showing the expected info. "About Windows" will show you the version of Windows. About GIMP show the version of GIMP. About Inkscape, About RawTherapee, About LibreOffice, etc. all show the version. "About KDE" shows a bunch of TL;DR but no version.
Comment 3 Rog131 2018-01-12 16:27:42 UTC 
(In reply to DrSlony from comment #2)
> I'm not interested in the KWrite version but in the KDE version. This issue
> isn't about finding a workaround, but about something which a user things as
> intuitive not showing the expected info. "About Windows" will show you the
> version of Windows. About GIMP show the version of GIMP. About Inkscape,
> About RawTherapee, About LibreOffice, etc. all show the version. "About KDE"
> shows a bunch of TL;DR but no version.

There is no KDE version !

There are:

KDE Frameworks 5 version.
Plasma 5 version.
KDE Application version.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2018-01-12 20:41:56 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 371710 ***
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2018-01-12 20:52:46 UTC 
"About KDE" explains what KDE is. If you expect to find a version there, you maybe should read the explanation.

Whoever asks you what KDE version you are running did ask the wrong question. It's like asking "What version of Microsoft are you using" if someone has a problem with MS Office.

The version information of Plasma (including used Frameworks and Qt) is available in KInfoCenter. The version information for the applications (including used Frameworks and Qt) is available in the About dialog for that application.

See also bug 387106 comment #1.