Ubuntu making BIG changes, KDE needs donations, Linux Continues to Grow & more Linux news

[@donaldc3884]

Just donated 100 euro because i cannot see myself using gnome ever...yeah that sums it up.

[@CWM030]

😬🤨😐😑🙄.. I use to be a fan of KDE, but having the settings all over the place made me abandon KDE and become a MATE / GNOME fan. lol.. KDE has too many dang settings!!!! Too many buttons!!!!

[@AdrianBoyko]

Thanks, Beaker! Unfortunately, I can’t afford to donate :(

[@DanI-xf6ym]

Thanks @donaldc3884 ! I just donated 15 Euro because I'm also a KDE convert, but I'm also a college student... XD And Thanks Michael for inspiring us to donate! Now I just wish Fedora accepted donations... Thanks for doing the good work! I hope every little bit will help! - Dan

[@haplozetetic9519]

​@@CWM030 It would be easy if they had a utility to save all configs, including complete themes to a file or an archive that could be imported into any new install. That's one of the reasons I left KDE too, but there were also some settings missing that I wanted, and there are no themes that fit my preference. The themes are a pain to modify.

[@CWM030]

@@haplozetetic9519 That would be nice!

[@thingsiplay]

7:13 Notification Donate to KDE It's important to note this once per year notification can be turned off to "never per year" as well. So anyone complaining about this has no rights to complain.

[@stephanhuebner4931]

They already succeeded with me. I started a yearly payment because of the whole discussion.

[@terminallyonline5296]

It's not about rights to complain, it's from a good place being wary of popups and ads. It's just not applicable to what KDE is doing is all.

[@stephanhuebner4931]

@@terminallyonline5296 And why do you think that you are in a place to know what is or isn't applicable to what KDE is doing? That alone is kinda arrogant, imho.

[@terminallyonline5296]

KDE is adding a notification asking for donations into Plasma. I'm saying that it isn't an ad, and as such the frustration towards ads shouldn't be applied to asking for donations.

[@hindigente]

The KDE donation thing has motivated me to donate to the DE I actually use (XFCE).

[@michael_tunnell]

That’s awesome! Contributing to the projects you utilize is awesome regardless of whatever the project is

[@bonevelous]

I honestly hope that xfce at least gets enough donations to finally switch to wayland

[@michael_tunnell]

@bonevelous they are working on that but it’s unknown when it’s going to happen

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

I left IT over a decade ago. I’m getting back in to support Linux. Install, migration, integration, etc. Thanks Micro$oft.

[@Angel-Azrael]

2025 is the year Linux finally will take over the OS market 😂

[@2greenify]

Linux already has taken over the OS market. Linux runs by far on more devices than any other OS (servers, smartphones, chromebooks, TV's, etc) I'm asuming you meant desktop market? ​@@Angel-Azrael

[@Ubiquities]

Good for you! I just switched an old laptop over to Linux as a test and within a few days switched my main workstation over. The real test is if I can get my wife to switch, if I can get her to switch then it’s ready for mass market.

[@michael_tunnell]

@Ubiquities you know you have to let us know how it goes 👍

[@Ubiquities]

@@michael_tunnell Within 30 seconds of her seeing how quick and intuitive things are she asked me to switch her PC over. She said it feels like the people that make it, use it. I couldn’t have put it any better.

[@boomboxwagon]

that donation popup can happen every time i log on i wouldn't mind. kde is insanely good. i did not know this was the situation with it and will donate for sure. i think a lot of people are going to.

[@FengLengshun]

5:28 this is either wrong or misleading. They have explicitly stated that, no, they're not struggling. The opposite, in fact. They have a SURPLUS of cash to the point that, since they are a NON-PROFIT, they have to spend their cash. At the very least, that was their statement on the reddit thread of Phoronix report that paint it as more dire than it is. Now, yes, that would leave them having to scale back eventually if they don't get extra income. Combine that with all the reasoning they have stated in Nate's blog, it's why they are asking for donations. But they aren't struggling- it would still be more accurate to say that they are successful but want to be more successful.

[@upgrade1373]

There are hundreds of millions of windows 10 machines that do not meet the requirements for Windows 11. If just 1% of those convert to Linux there will be some pretty major gains!

[@Prizm44]

It's a shame that Linux has been shooting itself in the foot for 25 years in regards to making it user-friendly. While there seems to be a lot more interest this year due to Microsoft's cock-ups, it's mostly techy/half-techy types who don't mind putting up with some terminal usage. Otherwise, there could've been an absolute landslide of new users.

[@EnlightenedSavage]

It would only take a group of linux developers to create an easy windows like experience to have linux completely take over. But the community would scoff at the suggestion.

[@2greenify]

​@@Prizm44Don't think Linux has actively shot itself in the foot, but I agree it's still not very user friendly.

[@dustojnikhummer]

@@2greenify RedHat and Canonical seem to be trying.

[@2greenify]

@@dustojnikhummer wut?! Those two are the biggest contributors to the Linux kernel in terms of commercial use Redhat/IBM in the server space, Canonical in desktop space. Without those two Linux wouldn't be close to were we are now... And still do. Now we add valve to the list as the one that brings Linux gaming to the masses for example. People outside of the development of Linux and related projects don't see what these companies do nor talk about it because it's so uninteresting. People prefer to complain and only see big improvements and don't appreciate the proces to get such a huge collaboration to move. It's not only Torvalds you know. Not to mention how they lifted a lot of the community to a more professional level. Like valve is now doing with Wayland and arch in a much smaller way. People focus so much on the bad things that they forget the good things and more important the necessary things to make progress or economically viable. P.s. I'm a kernel developer myself and maintainer of a driver stack. There is more to Linux support than adding more lines of code. Half of my time is these days spend using my social and projectmanagement skills, while I prefer to just code. That's how bad people can get in the Linux community, that someone like me is the reasonable guy (I'm not, not even close... stubborn developer since birth).

[@luigigaminglp]

Just donated 30€ to KDE. I dont use KDE anymore, but i didnt switch cause i didnt like it but it had issues for me. Might not be KDE related, but have not seen as many issues on Gnome. But i do still use GSconnect/KDE Connect so... Yeah. And even if they didnt work out for me it doesnt mean i dont wanna support them. KDE is cool imho. Just having options is nice, and gets more people into Linux.

[@esra_erimez]

As someone who has donated to KDE before, a remind is welcome to me.

[@jongeduard]

On the same boat. I've done it too, after I also had switched to it around the moment that Plasma 6.1 came out, using Arch Linux, and I am very happy with it. The thing I appreciate the most is how the KDE project shows real understanding of the user and what they want. Probably because developers actually use the desktop themselves. Same thing can be said about the Cinnamon and Mint project though, which I have been exploring recently out of curiosity.

[@elalemanpaisa]

Of course KDE needs donation.. And of course they needed to 'overspend', but really, from a German perspective (it is an e.V.) it was a must to lower the 'stash' so technically they did NOT overspend. Schatzmeister did the right thing. Many KZbinr who were talking about that this week have not the competence to understand this legal form which is specific for Germany.

[@akza0729]

Non-profit holding onto money = Legal troubles

[@elalemanpaisa]

@@akza0729 well an eV is not just a non profit a gGmbH would be the classical non-profit but there are more than just the 2 of them. eV is very special. so yea you are right in this case - mucho mucho trouble

[@yeslain]

Doesn't matter what deaktop environment y'all use but by just donatimg y'all are helping linux community to grow over all thnx to y'all.

[@GP40Milepost72]

Linux Mint is my distro of choice once I stopped distro-hopping. Cinnamon Desktop, the stability of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, x11 for screen capturing and sharing, and Flatpak instead of Snaps! In my opinion the best of all worlds for a distro!!

[@lundsweden]

It is really good- it just works! Looks good too, and is similar to the classic Win7 design, which is familiar to most people.

[@abd5139]

screen capture and sharing is getting fixed and generally usable in wayland

[@crazydude5825]

​@@abd5139even on nvidia? Looking to swap soon but not sure if it's ready.

[@JosephSaintClair]

I remember when the only way to run Linux was building it from scratch with minimal instructions and a lot of guessing. LFS made this easier as all you did was follow instructions. Then distros became “the thing”. Amazing how it’s all evolved from the early days of ‘91/‘92

[@danielraptor8]

10 euros to kde

[@GRIM_DROWNED]

we hitting 5% boys and girls lol

[@gljames24]

1 in 20!

[@lundsweden]

Well, that's almost as good as MacOs.

[@p0k314COM]

And 100% in literally *billions* of non desktop devices. Not bad at all, right?

[@MiningForPies]

@@p0k314COMso basically when consumers have a choice, they don’t chose it. When they don’t know or don’t have control the figures go up

[@giveaway4002]

If once a year notification is annoying, u have the source code, go ahead, modify it and use it, simple. I wanted to donate, but rn I m a student... will certainly donate with my first salary to all individual linux for desktop devs. I also wanted to build a project which helps people to donate based on the packages they have installed.

[@louisfifteen]

I'm a Gnome user and not at all interested in KDE, be it KDE Neon, Kubuntu or any other KDE version. But I hope their user will help them.

[@franklin_johnson01]

Difference between Gnome User and Kde user. Gnome users are kind meanwhile kde users constantly hate on gnome

[@bm-cy7ek]

Get lost then

[@bm-cy7ek]

I gave you a downvote

[@louisfifteen]

@@bm-cy7ek You just proved the other guys point. KDE users are haters.

[@theaveragecactus]

​@louisfifteen i hope you know this person isn't representing of all or even most kde users, I use kde and I think people should use whatever DE they want, and that gnome certainly is a good one

[@the-answer-is-42]

21:51 I want to note that while Linux desktop typically isn't a target for malware, if the marketshare continues to grow we will very likely see more malware for Linux. Iirc, there is already malware for the server side (since Linux dominates that market), so it's not like Linux is immune. Just saying this to add another perspective, since I'm a bit concerned that us Linux users are a bit too used to not having to worry about malware.

[@indigoskywalker]

nod32 😅

[@RealRajatShahare]

Gnome never worked for me; tried many times but came back to Windows after many problems but after that I tried KDE Neon and it worked for me amazing and stable. KDE also few issues but those issues never bother me and the KDE forum is amazing where we can just create the bug and they solve it with new fix. There are some bugs which is known and didn't fixed yet. But they're at least knew that there is problem in that particular things.

[@billv4987]

Nice-looking colour scheme on your new studio!

[@michael_tunnell]

Thank you 😎👍

[@gblan]

I had a 12 year old Alienware 17 lying around so I thought I'd give Linux a hard look. I chose Mint. Here's what I've observed. Windows users hate on Mac users and Mac users hate on Windows users but Linux users hate on each other. Read some comments below and you'll see what I mean. "I wouldn't use that god awful excuse for a desktop environment if that were the only thing available." Stuff like that.

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

how do you like Mint on your Alienware?

[@SMGJohn]

Not only that, when problems do occur in Linux, they are a nightmare to troubleshoot.

[@Arthur-jg4ji]

​@@SMGJohnI found out that it's hard to troubleshoot because it's really really different from windows

[@JeanTheron-cf8zl]

The best advice I can give you is to ignore the negativity. Find a desktop environment and distribution that you're happy with, and run with that. I have a 12 year old ThinkPad with Debian 12, and very happy with it. Previously used Ubuntu (14.10 right up to 24.04)

[@tailkinker1972]

Since Canonical did not state that they are ditching snap outright, I still won't be switching back.

[@jonaskeepauthor1935]

Important context about KDE running at a deficit, this was by design. The KDE foundation is a non-profit and are currently flushed with reserves, they need to shed money to maintain their non-profit status. Regular small donations are generally more predictable and easier to budget around.

[@manw3bttcks]

I wrote them a check and postal mailed it to them back on 8/31 because I don't have any electronic payment they take (no paypal). I've never saw that check cashed, is it possible they are slow to cash checks on purpose because of budgeting? My check was just 25$ so it's not a big donation.

[@waynebickell1793]

KDE Neon has been my daily driver for quite a while now!

[@michael_tunnell]

Neon is great for enthusiasts so glad you’re enjoying it

[@toby9999]

What is a "daily driver" ? Is this a Linux specific concept?

[@lucius1976]

@@toby9999 Instead of "tinkering box". I think it is more a nerd specific concept.

[@waynebickell1793]

@@toby9999 Since I have time to kill stuck in a Thai hotel room as a thick wall of rain is falling, I just saw the replies! Neon is my primary OS but I do run Linux Mint 22 on a mini PC.

[@waynebickell1793]

@@michael_tunnell I'm still waiting for the 24.04 rebase, although I do have my beady eye on CachyOS!

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

As a primarily custom Windows user, I sincerely hope Linux grows. Microsoft need to be taken down a peg, ideally Google do too. We need Linux and non-Chromium-based browsers to grow and fast.

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

I've been teaching my family how to use MX Linux, and so far they're enjoying it was more than Windows 11. I keep a custom Windows 10 build purely for certain software I need for games development, but hopefully they too will get Linux support some day so I can switch over too.

[@michael_tunnell]

What software do you need Windows for? I’m just curious what those game development tools are

[@Haydatsanime]

I donate to wikipedia, and have now donated to kde, not because I am worried about their future, but because I have used plasma for years and greatly appreciate it. I know a lot of people go to linux because they dont want to pay microsoft and/or give them their data, but in order for linux to stay competitive and feature rich, they need resources. Donate to your favorite projects, KDE or anything else.

[@guilherme5094]

👍Thanks Michael.

[@thomasjones4131]

Garuda dragonized gaming edition is was really easy for me to setup and use so far.

[@rdnowlin1206]

Money makes the world go around - that's just a fact. I love kde plasma. I would be willing to donate.

[@fabricio4794]

I Hope someone be a millionaire to help open source but to kick big techs out of desktop monopoly

[@minari99]

They should be kicked out EVERYWHERE. heck, they should go bankrupt. There will always be alternatives. Better alternatives.

[@fabricio4794]

@@minari99 exacly,long life to alternatives and Open Source.

[@michael_tunnell]

Millionaires have contributed to open source many times but they get hate sometimes, this thread for example. Mark Shuttleworth is one of those millionaires and it’s sad how much hate he gets. He literally funded and helped create the most user friendly distribution ever made yet he’s attacked as if he’s in it to make money off open source i mean it is just absurd Side note, alternatives only exist because there are people who can afford to spend their spare time to make cool stuff or they get paid to make cool stuff. No one will spend their time on alternatives or any project if they can’t afford to pay their rent so it’s not just about having financial backing from a millionaire, it’s about financial stability for developers because without that those developers won’t have the ability to spend their time on an unfunded open source project. Whether we like it or not, money makes the world go

[@fabricio4794]

@@michael_tunnell Mark is my Hero,he accepted the challenge and won the game.

[@fabricio4794]

@@michael_tunnell is not anti millionair or capitalism,is a millionare that love to kick bill gate s butt....or monopoly games table.

[@bigmango202]

I recently switched to Linux and I'm actually surprised that the most frustrating part for me was just finding alternatives to programs that I had on windows, and everything has ran very smoothly with the switch otherwise.

[@Scrub_Ghost]

Hello and thank you. Another interesting episode.

[@ladyattis]

The kernel decision might be a problem imo. Like I've had issues with Fedora with the amdgpu and wayland. It just breaks with random full resets due to some odd bug.

[@michaeldugger8436]

I just finished initial blasting for my copper mine to acquire the Copper, and Gold if I'm lucky, that I'll need later to fashion semiconductors.

[@theaveragecactus]

i think you meant to say and label the chapter as 4.55, not 4.45% :p

[@michael_tunnell]

I saw it got better when I was editing but I already had recorded it so lol 😆 🤷‍♂️

[@turtlewax3849]

Take your idea of a 30 to 60 day trial period, have the pop-up, but have the year counter to re-ask for donations start from the end of the 30 to 60 day trial. That way people can be a bit more free with the purse strings. Having a donation pop-up around the holiday season might impact peoples' ability to give without constraints. Plus, there are already a lot of organizations asking for donations at that time.

[@louiemccrady1960]

With the move to Wayland, I would like to see KDE address the ability to combine mouse and peripheral bindings to keystrokes. Previously used xbindings, which were somewhat of a kludge, but at least they worked. If they're going to incorporate AI into the operating system, it would be nice if they could use it to resolve system issues. Allow AI to scan the *.log files, and address the issues in an expert fashion. A lot of time is spent scouring forums in search of solutions, which frequently suggest installing software, and changing file settings, only to see the problems persist. It would be great to have an AI expert in IT, KDE, and security, to maintain and monitor the system.

[@digitalballistics]

As a Plasma user who does donate, yes, I am complaining about the annual pop-up. I neither need it nor want it. I will give regardless of annoying pop-ups, in fact I am more likely not to because of such things.

[@prashantkumarsrivastava1977]

Actually that unknown should also be counted to Linux , these are definitely running some Linux versions. As base kernel .

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Many are unknown, because the user has OS info sharing disabled, and It's unlikely many of them are windows or Mac users, but many Linux users secure everything to the max, and I would take it so do BSD, Haiku and other FOSS OS users. To count the unknowns as Linux would be unethical, irrational, illogical, and just wrong, because of what the word UNKNOWN means by definition!

[@TheMnbGaming]

I just changed over to linuxmint from windows11 4 days ago! Very few issues as what id consider a normal pc user. Only issue i have in my daily routine is when i stream on discord it doesnt put audio through. So if thats the only sacrifice for privacy is sorting that? Im down. Hope to learn linux more and try other distros :)

[@michael_tunnell]

Very interesting! First, welcome to the Linux world and to the TuxDigital community! (TuxDigital is the community that I run here which hosts my podcasts as well as videos, tuxdigital.com for more) That’s an interesting issue. I’ve heard about it but I personally stream to KZbin and the only time I stream in discord is for recordings of my podcast Destination Linux but we just join the channel so never really noticed this issue. It’s a bummer but I’m glad to hear it is not a deal breaker for you!

[@kgpax]

I just donated to kde!

[@pierrealessandre8902]

I will donate a bit if I have some spare for kde. It isnt my favorite but competition breed excellence. That would be sad if they cant continue their developpement. More option if a good thing

[@fuseteam]

KDE: world domination! GNOME: and i took that personally

[@paleopteryx]

I absolutely love KDE (Plasma). Please, don't change!

[@Matt2010]

Now I have a OEM, the latest have tried and when working correctly, some later on, not always stable. Would I prefer a latest lts truly stable, yes but totally hunting for that stable one.

[@new-lviv]

As Deepin is Chinese for the sake of safety I suggest not using it.

[@jfftck]

I have tried KDE multiple times and every single time I get to the point where it becomes unstable, it needs much less configuration to reduce the number of combinations of potential scenarios that make it that way. Also, there are many out of gate downloadable content that should be flagged as stale and possibly abandoned, that is my biggest concern with KDE. As much as I hate that GNOME breaks extensions every few versions, it does reduce the number of extensions that are unsupported due to discontinued development.

[@michael_tunnell]

In my opinion, KDE doesn’t need anything to be added all the plugins or extensions are not necessary for most of what is great about KDE Plasma. I agree that the KDE Store has way too many old things in it and needs curating but I don’t think it’s necessary to use any stuff from there. In contrast it is 100% necessary to install GNOME Extensions. They break every release by the way, source: I use to maintain GNOME Extensions and at one point I was maintaining 14 extensions

[@jfftck]

@michael_tunnell That’s why Ubuntu is still a great choice, they support the extensions that add the missing functionality. Pop!_OS had their own extensions, but they now have Cosmic and I don’t see them supporting them anymore. I agree that the GNOME management is making much harder to like the desktop environment, so I am really looking forward to Cosmic being stable and, with the the support that System76 has shown for their distribution, I don’t think that they will disappoint on the support of their new DE.

[@daumeric]

Time to start exploring other desktop options.

[@haplozetetic9519]

Openbox is really good to customize, but it requires a lot of time and effort to configure and add all the extras needed the first time. After that, just install everything needed, and copy the configs to any new install, and you are done.

[@onepalesoul]

The real issue right now is Wayland support outside of KDE and Gnome

[@fuseteam]

Michael 14:15: 4.45% Screen 14:15: 4.55%

[@fuseteam]

What would it take for us to count chromeos to be part of the linux stats? To me, as a snap stan, flatpak support would be enough ;)

[@NiffirgkcaJ]

KDE operated on a deficit since they're a non-profit and non-profits couldn't hold on their cash reserves like commercial entities could.

[@Staravora]

Curious to see what will happen if more people start jumping ship to Linux I'm currently running a dual boot because gaming and school, but I'm willing to fully commit if more applications and things support it The cynical side of me says that there's a vested interest in preventing Linux from becoming prominent due to very nature of it being open source but I spose we'll see once it goes up to 10%

[@louisfifteen]

Hey Michael, I have seen somewhere that it is possible to build a bluetooth and streaming device from a Raspberry Pie, that you can connect to an old stereo amplifier, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Do you or anyone on this site know anything about that?

[@michael_tunnell]

I don’t know about the amplifier part but LibreELEC is a distro made for being a media center and they have builds for the Raspberry Pi

[@louisfifteen]

@@michael_tunnell Thanks Michael I will certainly look into that.

[@HyvinHiljaa]

14:11 *4.55%, linux was 4.45% on previous month.

[@michael_tunnell]

I saw it got better when I was editing but I already had recorded it so lol 😆 🤷‍♂️

[@HyvinHiljaa]

@@michael_tunnell 😁

[@annoyingneighbor4928]

It’s like streaming services. It was cheaper, now it’s not and there are still ads. It’s a small step from please help us to, hey if you want to keep using this software, donate otherwise here’s how to switch to an alternative. It’s semantics. Rip foss. Everyone has to eat.

[@gljames24]

It should be noted that KDE as a whole doesn't have a deficit as they have a decent amount of cash on hand.

[@michael_tunnell]

I don’t know how much money they have in the bank but running a deficit just means taking in less than you spend in a period of time. I hope they have savings to make up for it otherwise it would likely not be sustainable for very long

[@CaraesNaur]

KDE needs to be doing everything possible to have Mint bring back its KDE flavor.

[@michael_tunnell]

That would require someone to convince mint to do that and I’d bet the only way to convince them would need to offer to do the work for them since they dropped most of the Qt based stuff in Mint but it would be nice to see happen

[@rch5395]

Arch is so easy to install, no buggy installer to deal with.

[@obviouslytom]

I want to install the latest version of Autocad on my linux desktop without running any sort of VM yo run windows. I have tried Wine ans Bottles and nothing works. The only version I can get working is Autocad 2004. What good is a 20 year old software going to do?

[@michael_tunnell]

Some software is not available on Linux unfortunately and Autocad has never cared about the platform so all I can say is check for tutorials on a workaround for it. I think Fusion 360 works on Linux but not sure of a way to make Autocad work

[@obviouslytom]

@@michael_tunnell What makes it worse is when I download Autocad from their site (using my work login) I can get it to install, but I cant get it to work because the Autodesk Connector needs to work at the same time, so its not as simple as just running the program. I can get Vectorworks to install but it wont register for some reason. If I could get either of them to work, then I could dump windows all together.

[@motoryzen]

BricsCAD and LibreCAD... that's also sketchup, draft site, datacad, free cad, Nano cad, Fusion 360, SolidWorks call Ma qad, Autodesk Inventor, turbocad, on shape, the vector works And the list still goes on play beyond that. Have you honestly tried any of these?

[@123anonymous456]

So Canonical basically said: "We see how Fedora handles kernel updates and we want to make the life of users that rely on third-party kernel modules equally hard." Just great. But then, no sane user would even consider switching to a new Ubuntu LTS version which is less than six to twelve (sic!) months old, so I guess they want to "teach" early adopters.

[@cammelspit]

KDE is my DE of choice, I love it. I have tried several other DEs and I always go right back to KDE no matter what I try. I will be donating when I can.

[@ernestnatiello]

I don't see how $50 bucks for a 2gb version is worth buying, when the 4gb version is just 10 more. I think this version was only introduced to add "perceived value" to the 4gb model.

[@michael_tunnell]

I don’t see the point either since the lowest version used to be $35. I feel like the $60 makes more sense and then $80 is most overall best option

[@wakin125]

I'm all for kde development and will donate but I think kde is absolutely disgusting. Looks even worse than windows 10 which is an abomination.

[@michael_tunnell]

What exactly is disgusting? The overall layout? The colors? I’m curious

[@WalterPetrovic]

I don't mind plasma. I prefer Cinnamon. I don't like the idea of any one thing being the "default" in any OS. I want to see a desktop choice on ALL distros that the user can choose. Don't have any commonly used software installed right away. Show all the open source desktops, browser, office and graphics, games, etc., that you can just click and pic, and those would be downloaded as the default. You should also be able to click and pick multiple software, in the case of office programs. Although MSOffice has most of what people need, other software has other features that are useful, and sometimes easier to use. Now, as for raising money, I would be perfectly fine with the idea of a one-time payment, like $10, that will get evenly distributed to all the software creators picked to be part of your personalized OS. I am not talking about MS or Apple and their price gouging and you not having much of a customizing choice. Make it clear that no one company gets the entire requested amount. Payment upfront will legitimize the professional nature of any OS and also, it won't my MS or Apple.

[@toby9999]

I have spent $100 on Windows licenses over the past 20 years. That's 10c per week. Not exactly price gouging. The license is the only manditory cost. There is more open source or free or shareware or low-priced software available for Windows than for any other OS. Abd that 10c I've received free upgrades to Windows 10 and 11, and these upgrades were seemless, unlike the nightmares I experience with Linux.

[@WalterPetrovic]

@@toby9999 I hate to admit that for a couple of decades I have done all I can to find a way to run Windows and most software without having to pay. It was all for personal use, but each year and each reinvention of the OS it became more difficult to do workarounds. Finally, with Windows 11, I just threw up my hands because I wasn't about to buy new hardware that would run it, and I am tired of workarounds. It is great that Linux is super-easy to use in comparison to only a few years ago, and all of it is free. Since it is free, I am not so cheap as to withhold some money to help in development.

[@dawidwolnik628]

Kee did reduce cash reserve

[@jakobw135]

What if you're NEW to Linux and want to use Garuda?

[@michael_tunnell]

Why do you want to use Garuda? Is there a particular reason that you need it? If it’s related to being based on Arch then I can comfortably say that’s not a pro for beginners, that’s a con.

[@jakobw135]

@@michael_tunnell I'm trying it out as an ISO from a thumb drive, and so far, it looks very good and works very well - even for a beginner like myself!

[@OffroadTreks]

KDE needs to re/evaluate how they are spending. They're blowing a lot of money on personal.

[@michael_tunnell]

It turns out they are a non profit and had too much reserve money so they had to

[@fuseteam]

The day ubuntu switches the kernel to snap, sparks will fly lol

[@elduderino7767]

i not entirely sure that recall was misstep for microsoft perhaps this is the primary reason for requiring TPM 2.0 and blacklisting a ton of modern CPUs - they need this type of hardware to encrypt and archive a screenshot every 3 seconds in the background while not significantly impacting user experience you look at google and all the access their AI has to mine, how can microsoft compete? harvesting every second of their users computing activity!

[@michael_tunnell]

It’s a misstep because everyone hates it, it wasn’t a mistake, they certainly are doing it on purpose for sure

[@elduderino7767]

@@michael_tunnell yeah i don't think there is any way to polish that turd, best thing is to just push it out, pretend they made a mistake and promise it's going to be reworked, leak a fake uninstall feature and then just let it blow over but ultimately it'll be deployed on every system, enabled by default and fed into their AI - and eventually not possible to disable you are the product the good thing is that linux is finally ready for windows refugees

[@oussamaben6351]

Never considered LInux other then coding / deployment. Windows/macos offers beter setup for daily use, that's not the case with linux. Productivity goes out the window if it was linux.

[@michael_tunnell]

While I respect your opinion, I must disagree because I’ve used Linux as my daily driver for over 15 years now. Productivity purely depends on the needs of the user and to claim that it goes out the window with Linux is just not true. It might not be a good solution for you and that’s fine, to each their own, but just because it’s not good for you doesn’t mean it’s not good for everyone.

[@motoryzen]

Linux Mint is chuckling at your comment

[@pixels_per_minute]

As a non-profit, KDE legally can't hold onto money, and they have large cash reserves, which they are required to spend. They aren't struggling for money, but the donation notification is to try and at least counterbalance that spending so they don't eventually get to that point.

[@CWM030]

OOPS StatCounter website screenshot says 4.55, but you said 4.45.

[@michael_tunnell]

I saw it got better when I was editing but I already had recorded it so lol 😆 🤷‍♂️

[@CWM030]

@@michael_tunnell Lol

[@harrymason1053]

I do not like Plasma, anyway. I prefer Xfce and Mint. JFYI

[@michael_tunnell]

Sounds good to me, that’s the beauty of Linux, we have all kinds of great options for personal preferences

[@p0k314COM]

Kernel is lowest problem for Ubuntu. They are shadow of the past.

[@lukastram4990]

I donated to ARMBIAN, cause they still Support my old BananaPis

[@yosutzuhruoj]

To be fair, KDE isn't really worth using, and its youtube....dev? doesn't make its case better. Gnome is pretty bad too. Hopefully we can get something non-political in the future.

[@omerta3393]

Distro hoppers will see KDE donate notify daily!

[@igorthelight]

Fair point! xD

[@fuseteam]

17:40 just add chromeos lol

[@toby9999]

My takeaway from reading the comments is that both KDE and GNOME are crap but Linux is better than Windows in spite of the distro mess and the inherent incompatibilities.

[@adnanalam6201]

Rhel released Rhel AI something

[@OS-Advertising]

damn linux is slowly creeping up on OS X, there is 1/3 as many people running linux desktop compared to os x ...

[@uis246]

Remember, kids, non-profits LOVE recurring donations. They live on recurring donations.

[@golvellius6855]

Yea kid that normally happens nowdays if you got something good you can survive if it sucks then gl

[@justcode_99]

ubuntu should make snap faster or remove it because it kept getting slower since 20.04

[@elduderino7767]

maybe snap should be rebranded as a testing application system, once you like the software you install it properly

[@tranthien3932]

A 10th of *half* of the computer users on the Internet are on Linux.

[@motoryzen]

You your information is very very exaggeratedly under statement compared to the facts of reality. This is like 2024, not 2010

[@miezoo]

I hate when people say that "is hard/difficult" for a beginner to use that distro or the other,the beginner will struggle or will have same difficulties even with windows or mint. I prefer it is easier to use or is more friendly that distro,whatever is that one.In ether case for a beginner i would recommend to do some research.

[@ZerqTM]

pfff... who want a 2gig pi... 16gig would be worth having at least

[@jamesvandamme7786]

Depends on the application.

[@tonystorcke]

KDE is asking for plasma donations. 😂.

[@rdnowlin1206]

I love KDE Plasma. I would be willing to donate.

[@igorthelight]

You mean blood plasma, right? ;-)

[@tonystorcke]

@@igorthelight KDE always lead me to want to slit my wrists due to the feature bloat and redundancy. What a fitting name.

[@rudomg]

Good luck to AI browsing to guess what the users with adhd are up to

[@za_ozero]

I dont get it for what exactly they need os for? What a dumb goal

[@NeuroScientician]

Linux on desktop is not really growing, Google just sells more Chromebooks and those technically count as Linux desktop.

[@michael_tunnell]

I addressed this in the episode, Chromebooks are counted separately from Linux in this data set so no, that has nothing to do with this report.

[@motoryzen]

Bullcrap... adoption of Linux Mint alone throughout the past 5 years has grown enough to work would easily account for an extra solid percent in overall Linux market share usage

[@NeuroScientician]

@@motoryzen Wishful thinking

[@motoryzen]

@@NeuroScientician It's not wishful thinking. Be a doubter if you want. Facts don't care about your feelings.

[@ALBKESTRELYTofficial]

Every time when you turn on the pc i should be like pop up notification kde deserves more love.

[@ECRWSSEDDM]

Return my money first and Tee return uid1000 to the owner

[@michael_tunnell]

What?

[@davidmcglone409]

I quit using KDE years ago because they jam everything into it. It's got so much stupid unnecessary shi*, especially when customizing the desktop, such as adding those stupid spacers to position things on the taskbar.

[@saxtant]

Given the rise of llms, money isn't really what the kde project needs. It can cost less to stay at the same pace.

[@kubuntukowalski]

[@Mistoffeleess]

Chinese based distro? lol

[@HTRAD-sc9dm]

Ye....ah i can smell a dozen of backdooors