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Regento is being praised for helping organizations advance the public good, with particular mention of its work in the Free and Open Source software movement and digital public infrastructure building. The remark comes amid ongoing discussion about funding and support for mission-driven technology organizations.

The KDE community is marking the project's 30th birthday, celebrating three decades of free and open-source desktop software built by volunteers. Users are sharing congratulations and their experiences running recent KDE Plasma releases on Linux distributions such as Fedora, praising the desktop's stability and Wayland support. Well-wishers are toasting to another 30 years of the community-driven project.

The KDE community is marking the 30th anniversary of the free and open-source desktop environment. Supporters are congratulating the project online, with fans calling it the best desktop environment. The milestone is being highlighted under anniversary hashtags alongside praise for free software and open-source development.

The KDE community is marking its 30th anniversary with year-end celebrations and fundraising events around the world. Supporters are being invited to join local parties listed on the project's site and to watch together a new documentary, 'The story of Free Software underdogs', which premiered at 19:30 CEST. Well-wishers are toasting to 30 more years of the free software desktop project.

The KDE desktop environment for Linux and Unix systems is celebrating its 30th birthday. German tech outlet Heise marked the anniversary with a congratulatory article looking back at three decades of the free desktop software, which has been a cornerstone of open-source computing since its launch in 1996.

A developer has released free, open-source alternatives to Adobe's creative software, and seven of the rebuilt apps were tested to see whether they can run alongside the Claude AI assistant. Coverage of the tests has drawn large online attention, with viewers discussing whether these no-cost replacements could seriously challenge Adobe's paid suite, which dominates photo editing, design and creative workflows worldwide.

The Ufficio Zero Linux project announced that its operating system, developed in Italy, has surpassed 3.5 million total downloads. The team thanked its users and described the milestone as proof that free, accessible software can meet real demand. The announcement has drawn congratulations and attention from the free software community.

Well-wishes are pouring in for KDE, the free and open source desktop environment, as the free software community marks the project's birthday. One long-time user recalled using the desktop since KDE was at version 4, sending affectionate congratulations alongside hashtags for open source, FOSS and desktop Linux.

The KDE community is marking the 30th anniversary of the free and open-source desktop project. Well-wishes and congratulations are being shared across the Linux and open-source community, with members of the KDE project joining in to celebrate the milestone of one of free software's longest-running and most widely used desktop environments.

The KDE community is marking its 30th anniversary, with the project directing people to a dedicated anniversary page on its website. Well-wishers in the open source world are congratulating the desktop environment and free software community, whose software has been developed and published freely since its founding in the 1990s.

LineageOS 24 has launched with Android 17, offering users a way to run their phones without Google's tracking. The release brings a redesigned Canvas photo editing feature, modernised free software apps, and a new web-based installation tool. Supporters see it as a practical answer for people who want to keep their devices but not hand their personal data to Google's servers.

HyperION DAW, a digital audio workstation for music production, has been released for free on Steam. The release is drawing attention in the Linux gaming and Linux audio communities, as Steam continues expanding beyond games into creative and prosumer software, giving musicians a new no-cost option for producing music on desktop, including Linux.

The LibreOffice project has announced a new feature in version 26.8: deleted comment ranges in Microsoft Word documents are now imported and exported more accurately. The change is part of ongoing work to improve DOCX compatibility, a long-standing pain point for users exchanging documents with Word users. The release notes are published on the Document Foundation wiki, and the update is being shared with the free and open source software community.

KDE, the community behind the long-running free and open-source desktop environment for Linux, is drawing attention with discussion of why the project remains important. Supporters are highlighting KDE's role in offering a free, customizable alternative to proprietary operating systems and its decades of contributions to open desktop software.

At the Open Source Summit Europe in Prague, Munich's Chief Digital Officer and IT councilwoman Laura Dornheim presented an update on the city's return to open source software. She outlined how Munich is rebuilding its free software strategy, reviving an approach the city had previously scaled back after years as a high-profile Linux pioneer.

Karrot, a free and open source platform for grassroots initiatives, is being highlighted again a year after it was first featured. The tool helps groups coordinate face-to-face activities on a local, autonomous and voluntary basis. Developer community members, including a team member named Nick, have spoken about how it works and who it serves, and supporters are recirculating the project to reach new volunteer groups and community organisers.

A developer under the name ntdevlabs is drawing interest with tiny11builder, a C# WinUI application that builds smaller, customized Windows 11 installation images. The tool lets users strip unwanted components from Microsoft's operating system, appealing to people frustrated with the size and bloat of standard Windows 11 installs. It is currently trending as one of the most engaged-with software projects on GitHub globally.

The open-source voxel game engine Luanti has announced its presence at FrOSCon 2026, the free software conference held in Sankt Augustin, Germany. The announcement was published on the project's blog. Within the free and open-source software community, the news is being shared widely, with supporters welcoming the project's visibility at one of Europe's best-known community-run open source conferences.

NetBSD, the long-running free and open-source operating system, is being discussed as an 'AI-free' alternative at a time when many software projects are racing to add AI features. The Register reports that the project is seeing growing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations. Supporters are framing its minimal, stable, no-AI approach as a selling point rather than a limitation.