Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more.
Nothing wrong with Gnome, it’s very good in my book. It’s simple so you can recommend it to a non-tech friend (who does not expect things to look like Windows). Yet it’s powerful enough so you can use it as a power user quite efficiently. KDE is just much more options, if you need them. Not everyone needs, so I think both are welcome to advance and be actively developed.
Nothing wrong with Gnome, it’s very good in my book. It’s simple so you can recommend it to a non-tech friend (who does not expect things to look like Windows). Yet it’s powerful enough so you can use it as a power user quite efficiently. KDE is just much more options, if you need them. Not everyone needs, so I think both are welcome to advance and be actively developed.