Germany cuts Steam Deck desktop devs a $1.5 million cheque, they declare an end to 'insecure spyware-riddled software imposed by the likes of Microsoft'
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency has awarded €1.3 million (approximately $1.5 million) to the KDE community to support its free and open-source software development, including the Plasma desktop environment used on the Steam Deck. KDE expressed that this funding signifies a global shift away from proprietary software from companies like Microsoft and Google towards more secure and user-controlled alternatives.
- Entities
- Platform: Steam Deck
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Germany
- Topic: Desktop Environment
- Company: Meta
- Company: KDE
- Company: Apple
- Platform: PC
- Platform: Linux
- Topic: Free and Open Source Software
- Topic: Digital Sovereignty
- Company: Google
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