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cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114516619366007525

Ever wondered how Akademy, the annual world summit of KDE, got its name?

Drop your guesses in the comments below! πŸ‘‡
Was it inspired by a place? A person? A pun? Something totally unexpected?

The real story will be revealed soon β€” stay tuned!

#Akademy #Akademy2025 #KDE #techevent #foss #floss #opensource

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[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

They like the letter k

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

6 hours into a heavy LSD trip in a remote mountain town in Patagonia?

[–] abobla@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Uh, they got the word "academy" and put a k instead of a c? I never though there was a story behind

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

I can't say that I have, no

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

big mortal kombat fans

[–] j5906@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity to call it AKDEmy

[–] bunitor 4 points 2 weeks ago

it's akdemine, actually

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Galisma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Because Kde guys like to put the letter k somewhere in they apps.