The investment will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE’s core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.
The funds are earmarked for the following tasks:
Improving KDE Plasma & KDE Linux QA Infrastructure
Improving KDE Plasma’s Recoverability Mechanisms
Implementing Factory Reset Functionality for KDE Linux
Improving Security Infrastructure for Organisational Usage across KDE Plasma
Improving Data Backup and Restore Systems
Strengthening Configuration Management as Core Desktop Infrastructure
Improving Network Shares Experience
Building KDE PIM QA Infrastructure and an End-to-End Testing for IMAP4 and WebDAV
Supporting IMAP4rev2
Supporting WebDAV Push Notifications
Standardising Account Configuration
Improving KDE PIM Suite Desktop Integration with Flatpak-Based Delivery
this is great news for the viability of the plasma desktop for new users, and will likely make KDE based distros far more popular then they already are… yeh!
there even seem to be a few user facing goals in there, if i’m reading that right.
PIM improvements mean that Plasma we will get a working calendar and team management suite?
Recoverability improvements mean we will get a way to back up and transfer our settings?
these user facing improvements would be very welcome.
The Sovereign Tech Fund primarily funds back end stuff, so, in the case of PIM it will be the libraries, frameworks, maybe a touch of Akonadi.
In the case of recoverability, it is more about improving system recovery features, including a safe mode, enhanced monitoring tools, and more resilient process control during system instability. The aim is to increase uptime and makes the desktop more robust.
I’d love to be able to setup a fully customized desktop without touching as many config files as currently needed. Something like plasma-manager, but directly integrated into Plasma/Frameworks.
I it is not exactly what you are thinking of, I’m afraid. It is for large deployments, aiming to adapt KDE’s configuration system for centralised policy management and integration with administrative tooling already in use in the market. It should enable fleet-level deployment and lower barriers for institutional adoption.