On Tuesday, 2 June 2026 14:51:50 Central European Summer Time Eva Brucherseifer wrote: > Hello together, > > indeed, very sad. I was lately in closer contact with Eric, as he was > working on KDE again. It seems we had some similar ideas. His wife said, he > was intensively working on it. Actually we had a closer exchange in June > planed. So I am still very shocked with these news. > > Lydia suggested to name a release after him. I'd strongly support that!
We can add an in memoriam at the end of the release announcement. We would need a photo and some details about his character and work. Paul > > Best Regards > Eva > > > > > Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2026, 21:00:12 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb > > Antonio Larrosa: > > Hi Andras, > > > > I'm very sad to read that. I didn't talk much with Eric over the years > > apart from at Akademys but I always thought he was a nice person and it's > > sad to know that news. He'll be remembered at least by some of us old > > contributors who were lucky enough to meet him. > > > > I've searched in my photo collection and found a few pictures of him. Let > > me share at least a couple of them where he's actually with you, just in > > case you don't have them. > > From Akademy 2004 in Ludwigsburg: > > > > > > And from Akademy 2005, in Málaga: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In any case, thanks for letting us know of this sad news. > > > > Greetings, > > > > > Dear fellow members, > > > > > > I hope it will not bother you to write a few words about a person, who > > > > > > passed > > > away a few days ago. I only found out today, but as he was someone close > > > to me > > > at one point and also very much involved in the KDE project, I felt I > > > need > > > to > > > write a few words about him. > > > > > > 25 years ago I was still trying to find my way in the world and while > > > I > > > > > > was > > > learning Qt and discovered KDE, I was contacted by someone from the USA > > > who > > > reported bugs and asked for new features for a small KDE application I > > > wrote > > > at that time. > > > > > > And that's how it started. He dragged me into another project that he > > > > > > used, > > > but lacked developers due to disagreement with the original authors. > > > > > > Eric was very passionate about cats, programming, open source and > > > > > > although > > > not really a coder, he was a supporter of the open source idea and > > > especially > > > of KDE, not only in words, but by putting his hard earned money in it. > > > > > > For years he supported the development of the Quanta Plus application, > > > > > > came > > > with ideas for it, participated in the community discussions, was > > > present > > > at > > > several aKademy meetings, also as a speaker. At that point he was a well > > > known > > > person in the community. As life takes you on unknown paths, our > > > collaboration ended around 2009. I don't contribute much, if at all > > > nowadays > > > to the project. He also had big changes in his life over the years and > > > left > > > the KDE community too. We only occasionally exchanged mails in the past > > > years, > > > I didn't really follow what is going on with him, and I was stunned to > > > hear > > > about him passing away. > > > > > > Eric, without you I would not be here and I would not be the person who > > > I > > > > > > am > > > now. You gave me the opportunity to be a full time open source developer > > > for > > > years, this gave me the opportunity to meet an extraordinary community > > > with > > > very skilled and nice developers, many of them still being my friend and > > > my > > > workmates here at KDAB. Without your support I probably wouldn't work > > > there, I > > > wouldn't and couldn't live my life as I do now. You were a supporter, a > > > mentor, a friend even if we had disagreements. I will never forget you. > > > > > > Wherever you are I hope you will find some cats and have fun with them! > > > > > > May you rest in peace, > > > > > > András > > > > > > PS: I attach some pictures with him from different KDE gatherings and > > > some > > > links... > > > > > > https://dot.kde.org/2003/04/22/people-behind-quanta-plus/ > > > https://dot.kde.org/authors/elaffoon/ > > > https://www.golem.de/0408/33049.html > > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/284483488422443/permalink/29871217681585 > > > 88 > > > / -- Promotion & Communication www: https://kde.org Mastodon: https://floss.social/@kde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kde KDE is turning 30! Join in the fun here: https://kde.org/anniversaries/30
