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Solve KDE/Plasma's lack of recognition on SteamOS problem
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The problem

While most technologies and communities (Linux, Arch, etc.) associated with SteamOS and SteamOS-powered get named when there is news related to SteamOS, KDE and Plasma are consipicously absent.

Cases in point:

While it is true that there is a reference to KDE/Plasma on teh Steam Deck page, it happens at the end of a long list of boring specs, right at the end of the page. It is unlikely that anybody sees this, and, even if they do, there is no link, so there is no way to get more information about our participation in this product.

What we would want to achieve

We want to try to be mentioned on every site and news item about SetamOS that gets publsihed, preferably with links pointing to our stuff.

Why would we want to achieve it

While KDE is popular in the FLOSS world, outside that niche, KDE is all but unknown. SteamOS and SteamOS powered products reach much wider and different audience. Having our brand recognised outside out bubble, should help us have more users and companies look for and adopt our software.

This is primary Promo goal.

How we can do it

  • Create (or adapt) a new (or existing) branding for devices and other products built on top of KDE technologies, including products that come with SteamOS. We currently have "Made by KDE" for our own products. We can adapt, extend and formalise the "Powered by KDE" that was proposed some years ago for this very use.
  • Get in touch with Valve and kindly ask can we elevate our profile with them and help them with promotion of their SteamOS powered products.
  • Get in touch with Lenovo and do the same as with Valve.
  • ... (Please leave your own ideas in the comments)

Please don't

Go at this alone. When approaching businesses, it is important we present a unified front with a coherent professional sounding message. Any ideas you have regarding this issue, report it here and we will work on the messaging and who the best interlocutor will be together.

Please do

Tell us about other devices that use SteamOS or KDE-related tec so we can approach them and offer collaborations.

We are already talking to the people behind the Pilet and made progress on collaborating with them. It would be good to here about other devices.

paulb created this task.Jan 16 2025, 1:01 PM
paulb added a comment.Jan 16 2025, 1:25 PM

To kick start the branding design thing, I drafted some very basic images here: https://collaborate.kde.org/s/mA3iYtNw9GkgHET

If you are of the artistic inclination, please weigh in and do your own thing.

paulb added a comment.Jan 16 2025, 1:27 PM

@ngraham you have a contact in Lenovo. Let's not share their details here, as this is public, but would you mind pinging them and finding out how they feel about this?

linuxpusher added a comment.Jan 16 2025, 2:00 PM

We should prolly also loop in existing hardware partners such as Slimbook and Tuxedo Computers, at least just so that they know this is happening and to help with having unified KDE brand awareness.

paulb added a comment.Jan 16 2025, 5:29 PM
In T17847#315248, @linuxpusher wrote:

We should prolly also loop in existing hardware partners such as Slimbook and Tuxedo Computers, at least just so that they know this is happening and to help with having unified KDE brand awareness.

In the case of Slimbook, this is hardly necessary, as there are multiple references and links to us from their site, so they already do what we would like others to do.

Kubuntu Focus is also okay: they have a link to us in the footer of every page and also link to several KDE projects from different parts of their site.

In the case of Tuxedo, yes, good idea. Despite naming us several times, especially on the TuxedoOS pages, there are not links to any of our sites. We would want them to convert at least some references into links. I think Vincenz lurks in the Promo chat room, and if not we have his contact via email. It should not be hard to get them on board. They are always very cooperative.