<s>
openDesktop.org	B-Language
is	O
a	O
libre	O
website	O
portal	O
offering	O
personal	O
cloud	O
services	O
like	O
storage	O
and	O
communication	O
services	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
public	O
services	O
in	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
store	O
for	O
libre	O
(	O
Open	O
source/creative	O
commons	O
)	O
content	O
publishing	O
and	O
a	O
code	O
hosting	O
site	O
for	O
open	B-License
development	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
opendesktop.org	B-Language
is	O
the	O
advancement	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
libre	O
computing	O
technologies	O
via	O
hosting	O
free-as-in-freedom-and-beer	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
these	O
services	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
libre	B-Application
software	I-Application
components	O
,	O
like	O
Nextcloud	B-General_Concept
,	O
Discourse	B-Protocol
or	O
Element	B-Protocol
(	O
Matrix	O
client	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
chat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
part	O
of	O
org	O
's	O
services	O
is	O
pling.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
that	O
regard	O
org	O
's	O
Pling	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
online	O
communities	O
for	O
making	O
such	O
content	O
available	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
official	O
KDE	B-Application
Store	O
and	O
other	O
sites	O
that	O
are	O
organized	O
in	O
sub-groups	O
such	O
as	O
gnome-look.org,	O
xfce-look.org	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
site	O
a	O
dedicated	O
community	O
is	O
a	O
key	O
factor	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
and	O
to	O
ultimately	O
grow	O
Linux	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
primary	O
goal	O
for	O
Pling	O
is	O
to	O
encourage	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
users	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
various	O
subgroups	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
via	O
donations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pling.com	O
uses	O
the	O
Open	B-Language
Collaboration	I-Language
Services	I-Language
API	I-Language
,	O
or	O
short	O
OCS	B-Language
API	I-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
certified	O
standard	O
protocol	O
of	O
freedesktop.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Language
SC	I-Language
4	I-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
project	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
OCS	B-Language
API	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
5	I-Language
and	O
various	O
KDE-applications	O
use	O
the	O
OCS	B-Language
API	I-Language
via	O
the	O
KNewStuff	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
GitLab	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
build	O
binaries	O
via	O
CI	O
and	O
integrate	O
any	O
project	O
with	O
Opendesktops	O
publishing	O
service	O
Pling.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.5	O
million	O
people	O
visit	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
every	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
website	O
of	O
the	O
portal	O
,	O
,	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2001	O
by	O
Frank	B-Language
Karlitschek	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
many	O
similar	O
sites	O
with	O
focus	O
on	O
other	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
themes	O
such	O
as	O
GNOME	B-Application
were	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
the	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
got	O
established	O
as	O
an	O
umbrella	O
page	O
for	O
the	O
whole	O
network	O
that	O
summarizes	O
the	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
,	O
or	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
continue	O
under	O
pling.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
Frank	B-Language
Karlitschek	I-Language
sold	O
hive01	B-Operating_System
to	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
is	O
a	O
global	O
meeting	O
place	O
for	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
enthusiasts	O
from	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
websites	O
are	O
operated	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
hive01	B-Operating_System
GmbH	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Bielefeld	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
