KDE Global Menu?

Is there a good one for KDE? I have had a look but I can't seem to find anything useful to me. When I say "global menu" I mean having a plasmoid widget in the panel that shows application menu ("File, Edit, View....") like in Mac OS X. I know that Kubuntu has one that comes with it which is named "File/Menu" or something in the "Add Widget" list. If anyone knows of how to get this under Arch or something like this, I'd be really grateful for the information.... Cheers folks

Kubuntu is quite different from Arch, featuring:
- Automatic installation
- Ubuntu-specific kernel patches and tools
- A Non-KISS approach, and less control over the overall system (a downside of the automatic installer and package manager)
- A set release schedule, rather than a rolling-release plan (less up-to-date packages, but a greater emphasis on stability)
- No AUR, but dozens of Launchpad PPas instead (Of course, the pre-built binaries are nice and convenient).
The global menu is installed by default in the latest version of Kubuntu but, as has been mentioned, it's also available in the AUR for you to build yourself; I use it, and love it. Xbar is also available in the Ubuntu repositories. My own experience regarding Kubuntu is that, for some reason or another, KDE doesn't seem to jibe well with the Ubuntu base. It seemed less responsive to me. Also--and this isn't meant to be a flame, just a fact--Ubuntu focuses almost exclusively on GNOME; the Kubuntu project is contributed to at some degree by Canonical, but by and large is independently maintained and is much less popular. Most of the extra plasmoids and such are only available from kde-look.org/kde-apps.org, rather than the repositories. Hence, you'll likely end up building your own packages and doing most of your own research and maintenance, but without the simplicity and transparency offered by Arch. Feel free to try it out for yourself; it may end up being just what you're looking for, since this is just my experience. However, if you just want the global menu, and feel comfortable with Arch, I'd recommend just installing the AUR package rather than a complete system change. Cheers!

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