• JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
    2·
    2 days ago

    Ugh, I wish I was in a good place financially to donate to everything I use… There are so many great KDE projects, and non-kde FOSS projects too! One day…

    Okular, KDE connect, plasma, krita, freecad, libre office, KiCAD, local send, antennapod, gadgetbridge, immich, paperless, bookstack, home assistant & esphome, leantime… The list goes on, but even if I only gave 5€ per month to each, that would be more than 75€ per month and that is way above my budget with our renovation costs.

    Not even to mention the good YouTube creators too! Maybe if I get a bonus at the end of this year I can spare 150€ or so.

    • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      KDE, GNOME, Linux etc. all help by having one big foundation for loads of projects. It would be nice to have some foundations for other projects that don’t/can’t fill those particular niches.

  • penquin@lemm.ee
    7·
    3 days ago

    What does it mean to “adopt” Okular? Never heard of this before. Also, thank you for supporting our favorite DE.

    • Nilz
      12·
      3 days ago

      You can “adopt” one of several KDE apps if you donate 50 usd/eur or more. Your name will be listed on the app’s webpage until April 2025. Other than that it’s just a donation with a fancy name.

    • tmpod@masto.ptOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      @penquin :3
      “Adopting” is the term they’re using for supporting a specific app in their latest fundraiser. If you donate over a certain amount, you can chose an app and sort of “sponsor” it more directly, instead of being a more generic KDE donation. As far as I understand, though, they only allow 5 adopters per app (KDE Connect was rightfully filled up almost instantly lol). Check their page: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    Inspired me to donate too.

    Donated €50 but misread the adopt an app thing so didn’t write a comment. Shame, but still happy to support KDE!

    I use it on my OpenSuSE and Nobara devices, as my daily driver. I love Plasma, and Kate, Dolphin, Okular, Ark, Gwenview, KDE Connect, Spectacle, and Konsole in particular. Also love KDE’s Marble as a Google Earth replacement.

    • Nilz
      3·
      3 days ago

      Same thing happened to me. If you are on the KDE forums you could message Paul Brown and ask him to manually add you as adopter on an app of choosing. Don’t forget to provide the name you used to donate.

    • tmpod@masto.ptOP
      0·
      2 days ago

      @BananaTrifleViolin Glad to hear that! <3

      You can maybe reach out to them (via email maybe?) about your adoption, if you want.

      Plasma desktop and apps are so nice, and always getting better! Kirigami has brought a breath of fresh air into many apps, I’m loving it!

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Nice! they updated the date on the little medal :) I donated 20EUR a while back to support their awesome work with KDE 6 and the general Wayland efforts.

    • tmpod@masto.ptOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      @jlow They’re adding more apps as others get filled up (only 5 adopters per app, as far as I understand). Okular was added recently with some others.