Re: TUXEDO Computers as a Patron, dot.kde.org story

Awesome news!

Greetings, Clemens.

On Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 12:19 Aleix Pol <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Promo,
> Here's the text + picture of the article to announce their patronship,
> that was effective a few weeks ago but we decided to delay a few weeks
> to make sure it didn't hit while people were sunbathing or on
> barbecues.
>
> CC'd Annika from their Marketing team who has been our point of
> contact as patrons.
>
> Cheers!
> Aleix
>
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>
> TUXEDO Computers, the newest KDE Patron
>
> TUXEDO Computers, a company known for selling Linux-powered computers
> and notebooks, now joins as a KDE Patron!
>
> "Our customized Linux notebooks (for work or play) are equipped with
> KDE Plasma, which leads to a positive response from our customers.
> Furthermore, we additionally do our own development work, which could
> benefit KDE as upstream as well. We are happy to share our knowledge
> and would like to secure as well as expand KDE's development work in
> the long run. Feedback that we receive from customers can also flow
> directly into KDE's development work." Herbert Feiler, CEO TUXEDO
> Computers
>
> "For KDE, reaching and serving end-users is part of our reason to
> exist and TUXEDO can be a great ally in this endeavour. Together, we
> will get to expand our frontiers and create systems and tools to
> further serve our users. It's especially encouraging to see TUXEDO's
> commitment to join our development communities and collaborate towards
> making KDE products a better for everyone."
>
> TUXEDO Computers joins KDE e.V.’s other Patrons: The Qt Company, SUSE,
> Google, Blue Systems, Canonical, Enioka, Slimbook and Pine64 to
> continue to support Free Open Source Software and KDE development
> through the KDE e.V.
>