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<span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today we have officially started
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KDE's End of Year Fundraiser campaign</a> and have the ambitious goal of raising 20,000€ for KDE. Here are some of the things we have managed to do over the last year thanks to the generosity of our donors:</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reaching the World</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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translations and more.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We added/maintained support for 40+ languages for apps and frameworks.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></li><li style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We organized and attended 18 community events/sprints.</span></li></ul>
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<u><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Building the Products</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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such as Plasma Mobile and Plasma Big Screen and applications.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We supported 12 hardware platforms.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We continued to develop 83 frameworks.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The work of KDE is made possible thanks to the contributions of KDE Community members like you. Every individual counts, and every commitment, large
or small, is a commitment to Free Software. </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can contribute too, visit the
<a href="https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/" title="https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/">
KDE's End of Year Fundraiser page</a> and donate now. You can also share the link with your friends and family, on social media, on your blog, or with anyone who supports Free Software.</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you for your continuous support!</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="ContentPasted0"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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