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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday February 21 2018, @12:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the will-the-coconut-fund-also-donate? dept.

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".


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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday February 22 2018, @04:52AM (1 child)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Thursday February 22 2018, @04:52AM (#641631) Homepage

    Linux is about choice for the power user, not for the ignorant and/or self-disenfranchised.

    I haven't used KDE or GNOME (or XFCE, or LXDE), and even having not used either, have never found myself for want of any component of my desktop computer, whether that be windows manager, status bar, file manager, etc etc.

    There's a ton of choice, including the ultimate choice of building it yourself, but if you don't have the skills then don't complain even if that's all you can do.

    FOSS is like a workshop with infinite materials and tools for you to use freely, but if you are unable to or insist on not touching a hammer, then your complaints about how said workshop is a piece-of-shit will go ignored. Some kind soul might offer to build standard one-size-fit-most bird houses for you, for free, but all you do is complain.

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday February 22 2018, @07:53AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 22 2018, @07:53AM (#641690) Journal

    Linux is about choice for the power user, not for the ignorant and/or self-disenfranchised.

    Er, Linux is about choice for everybody. What on earth makes you think that it is only for power users? That is why there are distros like Ubuntu and Linux Mint - they work out of the box and suit the everyday users, but they can also be used by power users too.