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KDE's End of Year Fundraiser 2025 and This Week in KDE Apps; Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings
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KDE - End of Year Fundraiser 2025
Like in the years before, KDE does an end of the year fundraiser campaign.
Beside that Plasma will show some small popup to ask if you want to sponsor us with a donation.
It looks like this year that is already going well, below the state as of today, 7th December 2025.
I want to say to all that already donated: Thanks a lot!
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KDE ☛ This Week in KDE Apps
A week full of fixes
Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week (or so) we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps.
Our End of the Year fundraiser is still going on and we’ve raised more than €140,000 so far this month. Thanks to everyone who donated!
Tobias Leupold fixed a compatibility issue with MariaDB 12.1 (25.12.0 - pim/akonadi MR #310)
Carl Schwan optimized some maintenance routines from Akonadi; this also fixes an issue when running on SQLite (25.12.0 - pim/akonadi MR #299).
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December Software Releases: Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings
A new version of Plasma Camera and Plasma Settings have been released
Success:
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KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success | GamingOnLinux
Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing. 70% of KDE funding comes directly from users, so it's essential to help fund the free and open source software that you love.
Linuxiac:
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KDE Surpasses 2025 Fundraiser Goal With Record Community Support
In the open-source ecosystem, funding has long been a central challenge, often determining whether a project can grow sustainably or slowly fade away. And while many initiatives continue to struggle for financial support, it’s encouraging to see others, like KDE, not only maintain a stable foundation but even surpass expectations.
I say this because, according to the latest data, KDE has surpassed its 2025 fundraising goal by a wide margin, reaching €276K—an impressive 276% of the original €100K target. Updated daily, the campaign’s progress bar now stretches far beyond its intended limit, reflecting an exceptional wave of support from users and contributors across the open-source community.