The KDE Community is known for its commitment to free and open source software and sticking to standards. This extremely versatile community has produced software like KDE Plasma desktop, Calligra Office Suite, Krita, and much more. Its community members have created successful projects (for example, ownCloud, created by Frank Karlitschek, has evolved as a fully funded company).

The community is also known for being ahead of its time. The current release of its desktop, aptly called Plasma, embraced convergence before Canonical started talking about it. And they had a Plasma Mobile project before Ubuntu Phone came along. Renowned KDE developer Aaron Seigo also tried to bring a Plasma powered tablet to the market, but it did not materialize. Until now.

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