Visions of the Future
summary
Argues for turning Neon into an official KDE OS shipped on laptops, phones, tablets and rebased if needed, with newer kernels and up-to-date third‑party apps via Flatpak/Snap; points to Slimbook, Kubuntu Focus and Pinebook Pro as working examples. Proposes a hardware certification program to give vendors and institutions confidence, and an EV‑managed hiring program to pay developers — cites Blender Fund at €100k/month hiring ~20 devs and Linux Mint’s three full‑time devs as models.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and past success
- 3:09Why create a KDE OS
- 5:37Hardware certification program
- 7:44Partnering with hardware vendors
- 9:49Paying for development work
- 14:27Addressing concerns about paid devs
- 16:55Summary and call to action
- 17:37Q&A session
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