• Bro666@lemmy.kde.socialM
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    9 months ago

    Wrong. You can remove Akonadi no problem and it will not affect Plasma’s workings. Plasma does not depend on any PIM component to be fully functional.

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      9 months ago

      Yes, I know that or else Plasma wouldn’t work for most people. What I mean is that it’s so “far embedded” in the sense that it uses an outsized amount of resources to do what it does compared to the rest of Plasma when it is installed, mainly for the sake of integration with those other parts of Plasma. But as far as I’m aware, KMail and other Kontact programs depend on it so you can’t remove it and have them work. Which is Kontact’s big problem, IMO. Way too taxing on the system for too little functionality at the end of the day.

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        9 months ago

        Ok. You have ton understand that neither Kmail nor Kontact are part of the Plasma project in any shape or form. The same way as Krita, Kdenlive, KDE Connect, GCompris, etc. are not part of Plasma. Plasma does not need any of them to be fully functional and, conversely, none of them need Plasma. Hell, most of them don’t even need Linux, being able to work on Windows, macOS, Android, etc.

        Are KMail and Kontact dependant on Akonadi? Yes, but, again, Akonadi is not part of Plasma either. All are KDE, but they are all different projects, and none of them are Plasma.

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          9 months ago

          YES I UNDERSTAND THAT. I feel you’re not reading me right here. You’re getting hung up on the literal sense of the word “embedded” when I am just using it to relate it to the OP’s concerns.