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@sovtechfund's investment will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE's core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/046ea3d5-3036-4bd9-9ad6-cd1679944def/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-over-1-million-in-kde-software-developmentRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 00:22:31 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 09:50:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 21:27:57 GMT]]>@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund if you manage to log in to MS 365 with Konqueror and open OneDrive there, you can replace `https` with `webdavs` in the URL bar and it'll give you the folder view.

I don't think there is any other environment where this works as smoothly as KDE.

(This all relies on WebDAV being able to use the cookie from the original login process.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/jschwart/statuses/116569386326886200https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/jschwart/statuses/116569386326886200Wed, 13 May 2026 21:27:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 20:17:55 GMT]]>@sovtechfund @kde money very well spent, this made my day 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/maltimore/statuses/116569110977144386https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/maltimore/statuses/116569110977144386Wed, 13 May 2026 20:17:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:41 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund KDE is a very good choice

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stpauli.social/users/Hummel/statuses/116567659113317120https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stpauli.social/users/Hummel/statuses/116567659113317120Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:04:19 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund

Awesome! All of it is good and useful. I'll admit though that the one that's sexiest to me is the KDE Linux stuff (writing from that venerable distro on my laptop right now 😎 Fund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Blort/statuses/116567641934206959https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Blort/statuses/116567641934206959Wed, 13 May 2026 14:04:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:51:02 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund hope you invest in EU infrastructure and not use it like other to pay up more US hyperscaler (i know you already use EU server i just hope more of them and no Fastly / other non EU cdn (for eu user of course).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/ap/users/116466111769788233/statuses/116567589673782438https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/ap/users/116466111769788233/statuses/116567589673782438Wed, 13 May 2026 13:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:23:37 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund Next Time 1 Mio €.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116567481864758206https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116567481864758206Wed, 13 May 2026 13:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:22:35 GMT]]>@eskealler I think that that it's biggest "issue". We all want to migrate to open standards and all, but the data still lives on the "old" places 😅 (again, specially on the enterprise world)

@kde @sovtechfund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567477829188338https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567477829188338Wed, 13 May 2026 13:22:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:18:33 GMT]]>@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund

I will try it out, not having MS support at the moment fine by me. I think the argument for MS support is there, specifically for allowing migration.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567461934625967https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567461934625967Wed, 13 May 2026 13:18:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:05:44 GMT]]>@eskealler yep 😉 didn't even knew there was a rewrite. Maybe that would bring more plug-ins/integrations (you know, as much as I don't like o365/drive, enterprise entities do used them, but that's another conversation on itself)

@kde @sovtechfund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567411581659989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567411581659989Wed, 13 May 2026 13:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:58:12 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund
I don't use KDE, but good on you. Make your users proud

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115408572820537924/statuses/116567381917472109https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115408572820537924/statuses/116567381917472109Wed, 13 May 2026 12:58:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:55:14 GMT]]>@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund Having read up on your issue now I think I get it! To paraphrase your request: if KDE get this grant money to fix core infrastructure, please use some of it to rewrite the Online Accounts system so Dolphin can finally mount Nextcloud drives as smoothly as GNOME does. I'm not deep into it but something like the work done by Nicholas Fella https://invent.kde.org/system/konlineaccounts?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567370272669299https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567370272669299Wed, 13 May 2026 12:55:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:11:34 GMT]]>@eskealler yep. it probably works (because it shows there), but even with an online account setup it still asks me for a password on dolphin (and i don't wanna give it an App Password)

@kde @sovtechfund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567198593258510https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567198593258510Wed, 13 May 2026 12:11:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:57:03 GMT]]>@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund Drives being available on Dolphin... You mean the specific funtionality of having nextcloud show as a mounted drive, not mirroring files to your local drive?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567141479653334https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567141479653334Wed, 13 May 2026 11:57:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:51:57 GMT]]>@kde Yeah of course. I kinda assumed that the NC (example) would be included that's why I asked about the other ones. (the grey area that is kinda common between all)

@eskealler @sovtechfund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567121447529866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567121447529866Wed, 13 May 2026 11:51:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:51:12 GMT]]>@eskealler no. was more of "Drives being available on Dolphin" for example. It's possible to configure the online accounts, but the "FS integration" kinda lacks.

@kde @sovtechfund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567118461431052https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567118461431052Wed, 13 May 2026 11:51:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:50:34 GMT]]>@r3pek @eskealler @sovtechfund

Stuff like NC will be covered.

To be clear, it does not mean KDE will not make efforts to support people using Google's and MS's services, just that this will not be covered by the current investment.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/kde/statuses/116567115968797570https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/kde/statuses/116567115968797570Wed, 13 May 2026 11:50:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:48:39 GMT]]>@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund And by integration you mean document collaboration? That the only feature I am missing from o365, not that it was working great there...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567108448902009https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567108448902009Wed, 13 May 2026 11:48:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:46:51 GMT]]>@eskealler I do use it 😉 but even that one needs some love (not the NC client, the integration)

@kde @sovtechfund

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567101366327914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.r3pek.org/users/r3pek/statuses/116567101366327914Wed, 13 May 2026 11:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:29 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund really great news!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsmealexander/statuses/116567092094867875https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsmealexander/statuses/116567092094867875Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:17 GMT]]>@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund Try Nextcloud if you miss clouddrives, it functions impeccably! IMO much better control than onedrive with comes to .nextcloudingore

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567091271809952https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115853875321822845/statuses/116567091271809952Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:28:20 GMT]]>@karolherbst @sovtechfund @kde im sure someone from kde side is willing to help, we're all in this together after all 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scalie.zone/users/aks/statuses/116567028531443793https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scalie.zone/users/aks/statuses/116567028531443793Wed, 13 May 2026 11:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:26:24 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund awesome!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116567020951129073https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116567020951129073Wed, 13 May 2026 11:26:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:16:40 GMT]]>@kde @sovtechfund great news! As tax money is reallocated here, I'd expect more transparency relating architectural decision making in conjunction with infrastructure metabolism, hardware ownership, network topology, operational locality. This also relates to release cycles: for example Rolling Immutable + Debug Nudging = Create Dev Minijobs.
KDE Eco promise hopefully goes beyond end user hardware, as I'd consider it green washing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sciences.social/users/arkades/statuses/116566982711956847https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sciences.social/users/arkades/statuses/116566982711956847Wed, 13 May 2026 11:16:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:15:33 GMT]]>@r3pek @sovtechfund

Look at the name of the organization doing the investing, please.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/kde/statuses/116566978293176717https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/kde/statuses/116566978293176717Wed, 13 May 2026 11:15:33 GMT