Framework becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source

By Liam Dawe - 30 Mar 2026 at 2:03 pm UTC

Hardware vendor Framework has now become a KDE Patron, offering financial support to further push open source like the Plasma desktop. Framework join the likes of Google, Canonical, Blue Systems, Qt Group and others in supporting KDE directly.

From the press release:

"KDE is extremely popular in the Framework community, and we're excited to help support KDE's efforts to make the best possible Linux desktop." says Nirav Patel, Founder of Framework.

"I am excited to see Framework become a KDE Patron," says Aleix Pol, President of KDE e.V.. "It's a good continuation to our collaboration with different hardware manufacturers and distributors to ensure we can deliver systems to our users with an experience up to our expectations. Furthermore, Framework’s commitment to repairability strongly aligns with our values and is vital for building a more sustainable industry."

Nice to see open source continue to get recognised, and Framework have been doing some great stuff with their modular upgradable laptops.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: KDE, Misc, Open Source

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Durandal 4 hours ago

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I am glad to see KDE getting more love. Seemed like gnome was getting all the attention and frankly KDE is just better and brings more to the table for the user as well as being much more user focused.

That said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”. You don’t get to play middle of the road both sides anymore, that ship has sailed…. right into an iceberg.

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mr-victory 2 hours ago

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Quoting: DurandalThat said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”.

Huh? What did I miss?

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_wojtek 2 hours ago

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Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: DurandalThat said. Fuck Framework and their “big tent”.
Huh? What did I miss?

There was a drama that Framework supported non-koscher projects so now everyone should hate on Framework ;)

ad rem - great move. KDE is getting better and better despite GNOME being the default on majority of distros. What makes me laugh is that Fedora recently promoted KDE variant to the main page and put lovely: "The next generation personal desktop" monicker below it 🥰

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