KDE e.V. is announcing today it has received a donation of 200,000 USD from the Pineapple Fund.
With this donation, the Pineapple Fund recognizes that KDE as a community creates software which benefits the general public, advances the use of Free Software on all kinds of platforms, and protects users' privacy by putting first-class and easy to use tools in the hands of the people at zero cost. KDE joins a long list of prestigious charities, organizations and communities that the Pineapple Fund has so generously donated to.
"KDE is immensely grateful for this donation. We would like to express our deeply felt appreciation towards the Pineapple Fund for their generosity" said Lydia Pintscher, President of KDE e.V.. "We will use the funds to further our cause to make Free Software accessible to everyone and on all platforms. The money will help us realize our vision of creating a world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy".
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday February 21 2018, @03:52AM
I used KDE as a daily driver for years and loved it, until 4K screens came around (2014 for me). Qt widgets, and by extension KDE, have not scaled well to multi-resolution applications. It seems like it shouldn't be that hard of a job to fix, but the last three times I checked, the latest and greatest KDE still sucked at dealing with a 4K notebook screen multi-monitored with a 1920x1080 external monitor.
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