KDE celebrates the 29th birthday and kicks off the yearly fundraiser

Summary

Happy Birthday to usThis week is KDE’s 29th anniversary. It may not be a nice round number like 25 or 30, but whenever another birthday rolls around for an independent project the size and scope of KDE — powered by the goodwill of its contributors and users — that’s really quite something!This year we’re celebrating by kicking off our yearly fundraiser. Let’s raise at least €50,000 before the end of the year!Donated (updated daily)*Stretch goal coming soon.Make KDE’s Birthday Wishes Come TrueProducing first-class softwareKDE is on the verge of something big, and the popularity of its free software is on the rise. It’s increasingly being adopted by gamers, artists, professionals, companies, and public institutions. But the costs associated with developing and maintaining that software are also growing.Your donation keeps KDE “in business” and our software sustainable for generations to come.Keeping you in controlA core aim of KDE is keeping you in control of your digital life, and we do it by providing high-quality and privacy-conscious free software. But we can only keep doing it by preserving our own financial independence, so that we never become too dependent on any single source of support.Your donation makes KDE truly independent. Funding from the people allows us keep KDE developed by the people, of the people, and for the people.Cleaning up the worldThis week is also International E-Waste Day, and KDE wants a clean planet too! We started the End of 10 campaign because big tech corporations continue pushing everyone to chase the new shiny… in the process filling landfills with perfectly functional devices that become terrible sources of pollution when junked*.Your donation allows us to inform everybody about how they can help stave off these environmental disasters.* Case in point: Microsoft is stopping free support for Windows 10 on hundreds of millions of computers this very week. Many of these old yet perfectly usable devices will not be able to upgrade bec...