Only skimmed the article, I don't understand how this works: There are for-profit companies that hire devs to work on open source projects? Are they earning money with something else or how do they make money from this?
My guess would be tax breaks or something, especially if the work is going towards a non-profit
I like the news, but I very much dislike the thumbnail. It's very misleading and click baity. It makes it sound like Nate is making something about KDE for-profit.
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Plasma 6 Bugs
If you encounter a bug, proceed to https://bugs.kde.org, check whether it has been reported.
If it hasn't, report it yourself.
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Developers do not look for reports on social media, so they will not see it and all it does is clutter up the feed.