# It's Good News Week (for KDE) **URL:** \ **Category:** off-topic talks\ **Created:** [May 14, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393 "2026-05-14T15:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/1 "2026-05-14T15:56:07Z")
This seems to be very good news for KDE: > **[KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own](https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/14/kde-bags-13m-as-europe-realizes-it-might-need-an-os-of-its-own/5240562)** > > Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund backs the desktop project while public sector interest in homegrown alternatives grows ---
**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/2 "2026-05-14T19:08:05Z")
That is fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/3 "2026-05-14T19:50:30Z")
For my knowledge has one of Germany’s federal states already fully transitioned its IT infrastructure - from the smallest local government agencies all the way up to the ministries and the State Chancellery - to open-source software: Schleswig-Holstein. An act that in the beginning had some quirks and lead to several issues, but if I’m not mistaken then it is running smoothly in between. Michelist ---
**Author:** ![tiar](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/tiar/32/22_2.png) [@tiar](https://krita-artists.org/u/tiar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/4 "2026-05-14T20:01:35Z")
> [@Michelist](#): > > Schleswig-Holstein …that’s a bit of an unfortunate name for something they use to be less dependent on other countries… ---
**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/5 "2026-05-14T20:30:50Z")
That is the name of the federal state, not of any software or project. Michelist ---
**Author:** ![tiar](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/tiar/32/22_2.png) [@tiar](https://krita-artists.org/u/tiar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/6 "2026-05-14T20:46:17Z")
Ah ok 😃 That makes is completely different, then. Sorry for misunderstanding. Also, of course, even if a name is badly associated with something, it doesn’t mean you are now forbidden to use it ever again, especially if it’s a name of a place that existed way, way long before that. (It’s just that this particular name is an instant trigger for Polish people since even kids learn this name early on). ---
**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/7 "2026-05-14T21:35:28Z")
Unfortunately, there were places like that all over Germany back then, and if I could undo it, I would. But since we were both born after that time, all we can do is fight with all our might to ensure that something like that never happens again. Given all the current shifts in global politics, that seems extremely difficult these days, but anyone who stops fighting against it has already lost. Michelist ---
**Author:** ![Birath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/birath/32/213338_2.png) [@Birath](https://krita-artists.org/u/Birath)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/its-good-news-week-for-kde/183393/8 "2026-05-15T12:16:29Z")
Awsome news indeed! ✨💪🏼🤘🏼