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855 KDE Receives $1.4 Million Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/13/2026 13:00 EDT

KDE Receives $1.4 Million Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund

The German Sovereign Tech Fund has invested 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million USD) in KDE Plasma technologies to help strengthen the structural reliability and security of the desktop environment's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services. Longtime Slashdot reader jrepin shares an excerpt from the announcement: For 30 years, KDE has been providing the free and open-source software essential for digital sovereignty in personal, corporate, and pu

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