Big Tech’s disregard for privacy laws and individuals’ personal data has become a matter of national security. As news of willful mismanagement fill the headlines on an almost daily basis, the world is beginning to turn away from expensive and insecure spyware-riddled software imposed by the likes of Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple, et al.

The 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.

  • SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
    2·
    10 days ago

    Tell me why someone should migrate to a DE with steep learning curve when this person is already pretty productive with a “Windows 3.1 nostalgia” DE.

    • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      10 days ago

      That’s the beauty of open source software: you don’t have to! But tell me why would a newcomer want to have either ‘help from 80s’ interface or a powerful indeed interface but with a gazillion of bells and switches? That’s where Gnome shines. I can recommend it to anyone who is new. A non-tech friend got it with no training at all. He just said it’s like a tablet. Which is not a bad thing, actually. It’s simple enough for a newcomer to learn quickly. But also powerful enough for someone with 20 years of Linux experience to use daily.