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Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by arguesalot »

puzzler314 wrote: post #10

I've recently switched Linux Mint as a result of Canonical's new focus on eye candy rather than functionality (I couldn't take the new interface in Ubuntu). Have others gone the same way or is there another distribution I should look at?

One thing about ubuntu (and the reason i prefer it) is that it works well with new hardware mostly out-of-the-box. If you use it on laptops that is a big plus. If you hate too much eyecandy, xubuntu is an obvious option.

But maybe i have overlooked other distributions that "just work" out of the box.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by cenuij »

andrewcooke wrote: post #16

"[...] a regularly released community-friendly distro with a strong KDE focus. There is no other major distro out there that matches that description [...]" Then WTF is OpenSuse? http://www.opensuse.org/en/ This makes me really mad. OpenSuse is a major distro and has supported KDE for years. It's not so popular in the USA, but is pretty big in Europe (I have used it for years and it rocks; so does KDE). I don't see h…

I couldn't agree more, that's a pretty "wtf" statment to make. I think it demonstrates the growing disconnect between Canonical and the Linux community.

In fact I'd go so far as to say that very few people think of Kubuntu when they think about KDE on Linux. openSUSE, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, Arch are the go-to's for KDE on Linux.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by freehunter »

oinksoft wrote: post #19
andrewcooke wrote: post #16

"[...] a regularly released community-friendly distro with a strong KDE focus. There is no other major distro out there that matches that description [...]" Then WTF is OpenSuse? http://www.opensuse.org/en/ This makes me really mad. OpenSuse is a major distro and has supported KDE for years. It's not so popular in the USA, but is pretty big in Europe (I have used it for years and it rocks; so does KDE). I don't see h…

Mandriva and its descendant PCLinuxOS also fall into this category. I believe Mandriva is relatively popular in Europe also, being used in government and such.

Off topic, but PCLinuxOS is really just a terrible name. It's so horribly generic. It sounds like "Windows Antivirus 2012".

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by TylerE »

zerathul wrote: post #13

really, what's the problem with installing kde on ubuntu/ubuntu server?

kubuntu are the ones who maintain the packages. If they go away, you're either HOPING someone volunteers to package KDE in an independent repo (a pretty daunting task), or you're building it from source.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by oinksoft »

freehunter wrote: post #23
oinksoft wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mandriva and its descendant PCLinuxOS also fall into this category. I believe Mandriva is relatively popular in Europe also, being used in government and such.

Off topic, but PCLinuxOS is really just a terrible name. It's so horribly generic. It sounds like "Windows Antivirus 2012".

It seemed surprisingly popular ca. 2007 before people figured out that they were, I shit you not, tampering with the DistroWatch numbers by spoofing hits.

A decent distro though, and it was a little more usable than Mandriva at the time.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by davidw »

dhimes wrote: post #18
davidw wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The idea that you should reinstall every time, with Mint, makes it sound like a bit of a toy, in my eyes.

It's a philosophy, not a requirement. Mint thinks you should upgrade Ubuntu that way as well. I just keep separate partitions and do a full install on the ones I need. No sweat. On the other hand, I did a "ubuntu" style upgrade to 10.04 LTS, and that worked fine, too (I run that on a netbook for their netbook interface). It took longer than a full install on Mint (perhaps being a slower machine had something to do wi…

Ok, but if they eventually strike out 'on their own', it's not something they're going to test, potentially leaving you in the lurch.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by ReturnTheGift »

puzzler314 wrote: post #10

I've recently switched Linux Mint as a result of Canonical's new focus on eye candy rather than functionality (I couldn't take the new interface in Ubuntu). Have others gone the same way or is there another distribution I should look at?

Using Ubuntu 11.10 here but swapped out Unity for GNOME Shell. Works great for me; I prefer it over OS X, actually.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by VMG »

johnmmurray wrote: post #8
mike-cardwell wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 atm. I plan to upgrade to 12.04 in July (after its had a few months to bed in), but I'm weary of what to expect from their next UI update, given their recent history. Unless I hear good things, I'll be moving over to Xubuntu.

Alternatively, you could go with XMonad! I made the jump after experiencing Canonical's Unity and proceeding to search for alternatives. Once you make the switch, you won't want to use anything else. :-)

Or maybe he will switch back. Like I did.

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by curiousfiddler »

puzzler314 wrote: post #10

I've recently switched Linux Mint as a result of Canonical's new focus on eye candy rather than functionality (I couldn't take the new interface in Ubuntu). Have others gone the same way or is there another distribution I should look at?

I switched back to 10.04 coz I found myself getting irritated while using unity. 10.xx were such good releases!

Re: Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu

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Post by markokocic »

I don't understand what is the problem. I installed Ubuntu multiple times just to uninstall Gnome and install KDE as a first step after install. Never bothered to actually try KUbuntu.

Is this method of installing KDE still supported, or they are dropping support for KDE completely.

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