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Joined October 07, 2022

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Nate Graham's first-hand, blow-by-blow account on what went down: https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/23/kde-and-ai-and-you-and-me/ Not to do the click-baitey thing, but some of the details my clarify some of the points. Please read through the whole thing carefully to better understand the situation and why what was done was done.

KDE and AI, and you, and me

Adventures in Linux and KDE

KDE and AI, and you, and me

So I accidentally triggered an online shitstorm in the process of trying to craft a set of more restrictive LLM usage guidelines for KDE. Sorry about that. :/ I’m going to leave the comments …

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 4d ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Konqi plushie available for pre-order at 45 USD + free shipping, up to 10 at a time. We heard your feedback and worked with Fourthwall to get the #Konqi #plushie down to 45 USD with free shipping worldwide. Pre-orders last until October 17! https://merch.kde.org/en-eur/products/konqi-plushie

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

KDE's goodies 🧸 shop opens its doors! https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/wNSDG2dYZFALMoX79dVpU4 Check out what will soon be your one-stop location for all KDE-themed merch. https://merch.kde.org Our first item, the adorable Konqi soft toy is already available for pre-ordering (if you solved the riddle, congrats! You already know this, but for everybody else...): https://merch.kde.org/products/konqi-plushie #merch #toys #plushies #konqi #FreeSoftware

The Konqi Plushy is here!

The Konqi Plushy is here!

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@purplerabbit@goo.dgirl.gay @Kiriko@awful.systems Yes. FTR we have now banned this person. We needed to verify the allegations regarding their past activity on social media. We have now done so and concluded that their views are incompatible with our values and ethos. Our bans are usually made based on violations of KDE's CoC on our own platforms. https://kde.org/code-of-conduct/ But in this case, as mentioned above, the incompatibilities were too blatant to ignore.

KDE Community Code of Conduct

KDE Community Code of Conduct

Preamble In the KDE community, participants from all over the world come together to create Free Software for the desktop. This is made possible by the support, hard work and enthusiasm of thousands of people, including those who create and use KDE software.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1w ago

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[< Continued]

There is no plan within KDE to inject or force the support of AI within Plasma. What third parties do is up to them.
We neither have nor want a relationship with Omarchy.

If you believed otherwise, our apologies for not communicating more clearly to begin with.

[Continues >]

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

The new KDE Goals for the 2026-2028 cycle have been announced at Akademy. • KDE for Enterprise and Deployments - championed by: David Edmundson, Neal Gompa, and Kai Uwe Broulik • Better documentation - championed by: Nate Graham, Thiago Masato Costa Sueto, and Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss • Next Generation Styling for KDE - Arjen Hiemstra, Akseli Lahtinen, and Andy Betts More info: https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/boards#/ @kde@lemmy.kde.social

Issue Boards · Submissions · Boards · Teams / KDE Goals / Goal Setting / 2026 · GitLab

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1w ago

The @gcompris@mastodon.social team has released version 26.2. KDE's suite of #educational activities for #children is now available in 28 languages, and partially translated to 19 more. GCompris comes with more than 100 activities and games that cover a wide range of subjects. GCompris works on Linux, Windows, macOS and Android. https://gcompris.net/news/2026-09-23-en.html #education #fun #apps #games #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

News - GCompris

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1w ago

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[< Continued] If you believe that KDE is on the wrong path, the beauty of F/LOSS is that there are other projects available. We cordially invite you to try them out and support them. If you feel that way, you should also save your donations to KDE for worthier causes. [EOF]

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Design us a 3D #Konqi You have the #Blender skills, we have the reference! https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#design-a-3d-konqi Send us designs we can use in graphics, #animations, #3Dprinted figurines, action figures and trophies for Akademy Awards and forever be revered by the KDE Community! Want to collaborate with other 3D artists? Share your work on this active thread: https://discuss.kde.org/t/design-us-a-3d-konqi/49862 --- Keep KDE funded💲! Become a Supporter! Adopt an App! All at once!: https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/?mtm_campaign=SupportingMemberDrive&mtm_kwd=m#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world #b3d #blender3d

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3w ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Are you the Systems Administrator we need? Apply for the post of Software Infrastructure and Continuous Delivery Engineer at KDE: https://ev.kde.org/2026/09/14/2026-09-14-jobad-sysadmin/ Check out the requirements here: https://ev.kde.org/resources/jobad-sysadmin2026/ -- Keep KDE funded💲! Become a Supporter! Adopt an App! All at once!: https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/?mtm_campaign=SupportingMemberDriveM&mtm_kwd=m#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world #job #sysadmin #parttime #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

KDE e.V. is looking for a Software Infrastructure and Continuous Delivery Engineer

KDE e.V. is looking for a Software Infrastructure and Continuous Delivery Engineer

KDE e.V., the non-profit organisation supporting the KDE community, is looking to hire a Software Infrastructure and Continuous Delivery Engineer to help improve our infrastructure that the KDE community relies on. Please see the call for proposals for more details about this contract opportunity. We are looking forward to your application.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1mo ago

Learn how KDE is becoming an essential piece in the #sovereign stack for companies, NGOs, public institutions and individuals by improving compatibility with other fundamental software solutions such as #Nextcloud , #Matrix and #LibreOffice.

https://kde.org/for/digital-sovereignty/

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3w ago

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run Please note that a random talk in Akademy does not in any way mean an endorsement from the community. Neither speaker have contributed to the project in many, many years, and it is ridiculous and even deceitful to imply that this is in any way an official strategy that KDE is going to pursue.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1mo ago

Your QtWidgets apps, such as Dolphin, KMail, Kate etc. can now use the Union CSS files as the source of their styling — first look.

https://akselmo.dev/posts/union-qtwidgets/

Disclaimer: Note that there are still visual bugs and oddities that @aks@social.akselmo.dev is already working on!

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1mo ago

A veritable smörgåsbord of new features lands in your favourite apps with KDE Gear ⚙️ 26.08!

Dolphin improves its integration with KDE Connect, Konsole revamps its drag'n'drop features, Kdenlive's titler gets more functionalities, and Okular's annotations more power.

And much more where that came from:

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/26.08.0/

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Keep KDE funded💲! Become a Supporter! Adopt an App! All at once!:

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/?mtm_campaign=SupportingMemberDrive&mtm_kwd=m#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#apps #desktop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #Haiku #BSD

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@Albi@furry.engineer @MaddieM4@raphus.social @arthsmn@organica.social We agree completely. Rest assured that all this (gestures vaguely around) is and will be taken into consideration—not that it was ignored before, by the way. It would be an act of of extreme hubris not to.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2mo ago

This Month in KDE Linux brings the news that... there's a new feature that allows you to download software for files that need it—currently works for Java and DOS apps; we integrated a next-gen QA system and it's already making users' lives better; we reduced CPU usage and improved boot times; and much more. https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/03/this-month-in-kde-linux-july-2026/ --- Keep KDE funded💲! Become a Supporter! Adopt an App! All at once!: https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/?mtm_campaign=SupportingMemberDrive&mtm_kwd=m#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world #kdelinux #operatingSystem #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1w ago

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@catsalad@infosec.exchange @orfanik@witter.cz https://floss.social/@kde/117325537492794402

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@kde@floss.social

We apologise if any of our messaging over the past days has created confusion. For the sake of clarity:

KDE is open, diverse and accepting and we have the track record to prove it. Please come join us and see for yourself.
KDE does not harbour "fascists" and we have the track record to prove it.
We are not writing a set of "pro-LLM" policies. Quite the contrary. The current draft actually restricts its use much more than currently codified.

[Continued >]

Open quoted post

KDE: "We apologise if any of our messaging over the pas…" - FLOSS.social

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@witchgirls@woof.tech They are not. We don't know if you remember when KDE stopped posting on Twitter, some feathers were ruffled because a contributor stated in no uncertain terms why we abandoned that platform. The internal consequences for said person were nil, despite the kerfuffle. And that is because it summarized what most of the community feels, even though most would've been a tad more tactful. That position still stands.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3w ago

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@LupinoArts@mstdn.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run There isn't one... yet. There is an ongoing discussion started here https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2026-September/124095.html If anything official comes about regarding LLM, it will come from there (or an offshoot of that discussion). Not from a talk at Akademy. Edit: This is regarding the use of LLMs in development. Nobody is even discussing inserting AI into the desktop. The talk listed is highly speculative, by two people who are not core community members—although they were back in the day.

How to deal with fully LLM-generated merge requests

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 1mo ago

KDE, @kubuntufocus@mastodon.social and Techpaladin introduce "Bullet Proof KDE", a KDE suite with three years of support.

Bullet Proof KDE is designed for companies, organizations and users who need maintained and regularly patched software, but also require the stability and reliability of a tried and tested suite of desktop and apps.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/930823977/kubuntu-focus-techpaladin-software-and-kde-e-v-announce-the-bullet-proof-kde-software-initiative

#LTS #DigitalSovereignty #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #desktop

einpresswire.com

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social @arthsmn@organica.social That said, we are still open to your opinions, value them and take them into consideration.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social @arthsmn@organica.social We're sorry you see it that way, but that is not what happened. Person A violated the internal rules of invent and was banned on the spot. Person B was banned after an investigation. The two bans were inevitable. We cannot have people violating our processes (person A) or our CoC (person B). That person A made the ban of person B happen faster? True. But person B would've been banned sooner or later regardless.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social @arthsmn@organica.social Also it is not a pro-LLM policy. It is more "how the heck are we going to manage the deluge of LLM-generated contributions" policy. Indeed, the current draft is much more restrictive than what we had up until now... which was nothing.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social @arthsmn@organica.social As for closing the thread, we're sorry again, but having that amount of noise on the thread made it completely unmanageable. Our mods and sysadmins are volunteers and many of them have not been able to catch a break in more than 24 hours. We had to do something to take off the pressure and allow them to re-group and catch up. If you are feeling left out, the solution is very simple: become a KDE contributor. You will be able to help decide on policies directly.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social @arthsmn@organica.social And rest assured that whatever emerges from the policy-deciding discussion, it will not be set in stone. It will be an initial tool to help everybody manage the current real-world situation and will be polished and revised over time to make sure we always work in benefit of the people.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2mo ago

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NeoChat let's you message others on the Matrix chat platform. Connect with KDE enthusiasts, talk with contributors, keep up with minute-to-minute decisions with NeoChat.
Kate is a text editor, but that's not all. It integrates with Git, checks your code, provides snippets so you don't have to type over and over all the boring stuff, lets you edit multiple lines at the same time, and much more.

Support KDE! Adopt an App!

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#AdoptAnApp #KDEat30 #apps #FreeSoftware

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2mo ago

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🖥️ Spectacle is KDE's screenshot/screencast app integrated right into your Plasma desktop. Takes shots of you apps or record sessions and demos... Now with audio! (Well... coming in Plasma 6.8) https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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Check back often! We will be adding new apps throughout this week! https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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With ISO Image Writer you can easily write a distro image to a pen drive to then install it on your computer

https://apps.kde.org/isoimagewriter

Set up a home planeterium with KStars! You can also control your camera and telescope tripod for precise astrophotography.

https://apps.kde.org/kstars

LabPlot is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. Great for representing large amounts of data in graphical form

https://apps.kde.org/labplot

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#KDEat30 #donations #apps

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· 3mo ago

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KDiff3 lets you compare up to three files simultaneously to see what has changed from one version to the next

https://apps.kde.org/kdiff3

Discover is an easy to use software manager/app store. It allows you to add, update and remove software from your system safely and with ease

https://apps.kde.org/discover

Kleopatra manages all your encryption and signing keys and integrates with KDE apps for when you need it

https://apps.kde.org/kleopatra

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#KDEat30 #donations #apps

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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Meet Sam Hewitt (they/them (preferred) he/him (acceptable)) 🏳️‍🌈, 💛🤍💜🖤 They have been contributing to the design of @gnome@floss.social for many years, they have left their mark on the user interface, experience, icons, and such of many GNOME modules and websites. They joined in 2013 although they have lost track of when they started being more directly involved with GNOME, as they were floating around other projects. 😅 ...

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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KMyMoney is your personal finance manager and comes with a large set of features, but is easy to use at the same time

https://apps.kde.org/kmymoney

Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer which comes with useful editing functions

https://apps.kde.org/gwenview

System Monitor lets you keep on eye on what is going on in your system at a glance

https://apps.kde.org/plasma-systemmonitor

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#KDEat30 #donations #apps

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2w ago

Replying to on chaos.social

@carl@chaos.social We have our own bar 🍻 with our own rules for who we let in. We often have parties.

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

You can now adopt three more apps: Okular, Elisa and KDE Connect are now up on KDE's 30th Anniversary web page!

Okular is KDE's flexible document viewer that let's you not only read PDF, MD and comics, but also has inbuilt annotating, signing, and certifying capabilities.

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#KDEat30 #apps #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #funding

[Continued >]

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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What KDE app would you adopt? Let us know in the comments! #AdoptAnApp #KDEat30 #donate #support #app #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.6.6. Plasma 6.6 was released in February 2026 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience. This release adds two months’ worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors. View the full changelog here: https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.6.5-6.6.6 --- Become a Supporting Member: https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/ #Plasma6 #desktop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3w ago

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@aud@spectre.asta.lgbt @LupinoArts@mstdn.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run There is no suggestion box, if that is what you mean, except maybe in the "Brainstorm" category at https://discuss.kde.org But to propose, influence, help decide on policies, you have to become a contributor, make positive change to our community, and seek a consensus among your fellow contributors. In KDE who does, decides. And you have to try to reach a consensus, so absolute unwavererable positions don't usually prosper.

KDE Discuss

KDE Discuss

A place for the KDE community to hang out and discuss

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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They are an enthusiastic player of community-made Classic DOOM maps, that scene shares a scrappy ethos similar to FLOSS spaces that they appreciate, plus it's fun! @gnome@floss.social

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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They also think FLOSS communities like GNOME, KDE and many others are a vital, moral core in tech space (even more so today). They found them in their formative years and the passion and views of the people in the community they believe did them good and instilled an ethical framework that they have carried ever since, it's important to keep that going and lead by example. @gnome@floss.social

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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They find it important to contribute to GNOME and FLOSS. The fact these communities and projects are independent and driven by the people involved drew them to FLOSS, and GNOME. They believe that we, the passionate nerds who make up the community, make the platforms, apps, and software we use better because we want it to be better for ourselves and our peers. @gnome@floss.social

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· 3mo ago

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As a hobbie, he does hand-tool woodworking and rides a bike for fun! @federicomena@mstdn.mx @gnome@floss.social [EOF]

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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produce software infrastructure for "everyone". In his own words, "It is heartwarming to see this infra get used in countries like mine (Mexico), without having to ask permission or pay megacorps to use their products. And now that we are setting up the infrastructure like Flathub, this should open similar doors to independent app developers." @federicomena@mstdn.mx @gnome@floss.social

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 3mo ago

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@maat@mastodon.social You can take the app home and cuddle it on cold nights! Seriously: in this case, fund. Although, using and contributing are also great ways of supporting an app. And those apologizing for not being able to donate right now: Don't do that! Times are hard. KDE's software will always be free for you and everybody. We are only informing those that can and want to support KDE via this method that this possibility exists.

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· 3mo ago

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Federico has contributed to a bunch of modules in GNOME - gnome-libs, gnome-panel, GTK, Midnight Commander, gnome-canvas, Evolution, Nautilus. Currently he maintains librsvg. @federicomena@mstdn.mx @gnome@floss.social

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KDE @kde@floss.social

· 2mo ago

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[< Continued from] Krusader - manage your files and folders as old fogeys used to, with a classic two-pane browser. Because sometimes some things do not need improving. Yakuake - Keep your terminal always handy with Yakuake. Just press [F12] and have a full-featured terminal windows pull down from the top of your window. https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

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