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KDE

KDE is an international free software community that develops free software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that enable collaborative work on its projects. Its products include the KDE Plasma graphical shell, KDE Frameworks, and the KDE Gear range of applications including Okular, Kdenlive and Krita. Many KDE applications…

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Focus
Free software
Formation
14 October 1996; 29 years ago (1996-10-14)
Founder
Matthias Ettrich
Parent organization
KDE e.V.
Type
Community

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KDE

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related to history · 35
KDE → Among, At, CDE, Common Desktop Environment, Desktop Environment, Fvwm, His, HP, IBM, In, It, KDE Forums, Konqi, Konqi's, Kool, Linux/X11, Matthias Ettrich, Motif, Namely, Plasma
related to Other community events · 25
KDE → Argentina, Argentinian, At, Auspicious Lamp, Bangalore, Closing, College, Día KDE, Engineering, India, It, KDE Day, KDE India, KDE Software Compilation, KDE-AR, Lydia Pintscher, March, Over, Pradeepto Bhattacharya, Project Neon
related to Notable uses · 23
KDE → Besides, Brazil, Brazil's, Educational Linux, Foreign Affairs, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Kubuntu, Linux, Ministry, National Defence, Pardus, Portuguese, SGK, Social Security Institution, The, Through Pardus, Turkey, Turkish, Turkish Armed Forces
related to Development · 19
KDE → Amarok, Calligra Suite, COCOMO, Cornelius Schumacher, Currently, Git, Invent, July, KDE's Git, LoC, October, On, Phabricator, Qt, SLOCCount, Subversion, The KDE GitLab Instance, This, US
related to Commercial enterprises · 18
KDE → Blue Systems, Calligra, Calligra Suite, Collabora, Erfrakon, Intevation GmbH, KCal, KDAB, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, KO GmbH, Kolab Konsortium, Maemo/MeeGo, MeeGo, MS Office, Nokia, Office Viewer, Several, They
related to Identity · 17
KDE → CIG, Copying, Discover, Dolphin, However, K-Gear, Kaffeine, KDE Logo, KGet, Konsole, LGPL, Many KDE, Some, Spectacle, Stage, The, The KDE
related to KDE Patrons · 17
KDE → As, Blue Systems, Canonical Ltd, Euro, Framework Computer, GnuPG, Google, KDE Patron, Kubuntu Focus, March, Mbition, Rocky Linux, Slimbook, SUSE, Techpaladin Software, The Qt Company, TUXEDO Computers
related to Camp KDE · 15
KDE → Americas, BoF, California, Camp KDE, Euro-centric, Google, In January, It, KDE SC, Mountain View, North America, Release Event, The, The KDE, US
related to Projects · 13
KDE → KDE Applications, KDE Frameworks, KDE Gear, KDE Plasma, KDE Platform, KDE SC, Kdenlive, Krita, Qt, Software Compilation, The, The KDE, Written
related to Wikimedia · 12
KDE → Amarok, April, Frankfurt, Fruits, June, Kate, Marble, MediaWiki, On, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia

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software community qt linux desktop applications environment free also event conference project akademy plasma 2009 held local camp organization systems

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KDEFocusFree software1.00infobox
KDEFormation14 October 1996; 29 years ago (1996-10-14)1.00infobox
KDEFounderMatthias Ettrich1.00infobox
KDEParent organizationKDE e.V.1.00infobox
KDETypeCommunity1.00infobox
KDEWebsitekde.org1.00infobox
KDEis ainternational free software community that develops free software0.90text
KDEis aoutreach program hosted by the KDE community0.90text
the Scientificinstance ofThese include commercial distributors such as SUSE/Novell or Red Hat but also government-funded non-commercial organizations0.80text
Technological Research Council of Turkey with its Linux distribution Pardus.In October 2018instance ofThese include commercial distributors such as SUSE/Novell or Red Hat but also government-funded non-commercial organizations0.80text
Red Hat declared that KDE Plasma was no longer supported in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linuxinstance ofThese include commercial distributors such as SUSE/Novell or Red Hat but also government-funded non-commercial organizations0.80text
though it continues to be part of Fedorainstance ofThese include commercial distributors such as SUSE/Novell or Red Hat but also government-funded non-commercial organizations0.80text

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    KDE

    Nodes129
    Edges128
    Triples275
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.015504
    Components1
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