Unhappy Ending Kubuntu Creator Jonathan Riddell Departs After 25 Years with KDE
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- Jonathan Riddell, founder of Kubuntu, is leaving KDE after 25 years.
- He played a key role in making KDE accessible through Kubuntu and later KDE Neon.
- KDE Neon became a platform for delivering the latest Plasma releases directly to users.
- Blue Systems, which supported KDE and KDE Neon, folded due to the founder's ill health.
- Nate Graham created Tech Paladin to continue the work, but Riddell's proposals for a democratic structure were ignored.
- Riddell felt sidelined and excluded from decisions on projects he had built and led.
- He expressed his disappointment in a farewell message, reflecting on his losses and his future as a digital nomad.