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Jonathan Riddell Leaving KDE Development After 25 Years


Prominent KDE developer Jonathan Riddell who was formerly involved with Kubuntu and then KDE Neon, served for a while on KDE Plasma release management, and other significant contributions over the years announced he's stepping away from the KDE world.

But with Tech Paladin not covering the entire scope of efforts as Blue Systems and not employing everyone from the former company, there seems to be some disagreements and differing/frustrated views over the situation. Jonathan Riddell published a personal blog post outlining his end to contributing to the KDE project. For now, if you want me, you can find me surfing the endless wave whenever the sun sets over my digital nomad coliving paddleshack at the end of the world."

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