KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own
Summary
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund invested €1.285 million in KDE to strengthen the security and reliability of KDE's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and its communication frameworks. This aligns with Europe’s broader push for digital sovereignty and sovereign open-source desktop options, with STF having previously funded GNOME, FreeBSD, and Samba. KDE Linux is described as an immutable Arch-based distro, highlighting the ambition to reduce dependence on proprietary OSes.