Mar 9, 2006
K3b fundraiser
Support the K3b developers via KDE.News
Sebastian Trueg, the lead developer of the K3b CD burner for Linux, is asking for donations to help towards the purchase of new hardware to help with the continuing development of the software. K3b is one of those “essential” applications that I always install on a desktop Linux system, so I hope it gets the funding it needs.
[...] A few weeks ago I reported on the K3b fundraiser, which asked for donations to help pay for new hardware to support the project which provides one of the best and most useful pieces of software for Linux desktops. According to KDE.News, the fundraiser has been more successful than could be imagined, with the required amount being raised in two days and in the end nearly five times as much money was donated as was asked for. Some of this was raised by Linux distributors such as Mandriva and Linspire (I’m actually surprised that none of the major distributors didn’t pay for the entire fundraising event and then class it as some form of sponsorship – I feel there was a PR opportunity missed there), other funds came from the general public. [...]