{
  "id": 14702469,
  "title": "KDE releases documentary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/kde-releases-documentary",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T13:24:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1100787/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The KDE Documentary, a 30th anniversary celebration of the project, has been released by the KDE community. The documentary, titled \"A Story of Free Software Underdogs,\" can be viewed on YouTube. It chronicles the origins of KDE in 1996, when Matthias Ettrich, a student at the University of Tübingen, sought programmers to help build a desktop for Linux. The film highlights KDE's significant impact on the free software world, becoming one of the largest communities. It covers the highs and lows of KDE's three-decade history, including the Qt licensing battle, the rivalry with GNOME, the success of KHTML, the browser engine that formed the basis for Apple's WebKit and Google's Chrome, and the contentious release of KDE 4 and subsequent rebuild.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}