Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 9th Apr 2006 18:10 UTC, submitted by Jack Dawson
Troubles for the Kubuntu project: a number of Kubuntu developers are complaining that Canonical is not answering their requests. They state: "We all from the kubuntu.de-team have pursued this aim [to improve Kubuntu] together, but most of the work has been done by Andreas Mueller (amu). He is not only co-founder and unpayed developer of the Kubuntu-project, but he's also hosting this website and he's taking over all the arising expenses. During our endeavours for Kubuntu, there were made several requests to Canonical. All those requests are unanswered 'till today! Up to now, there is only one payed developer. Since Canonical ignores all our personal and partly financial engagement until now we have to assume that Canonical is not willing to make Kubuntu a '1st class distribution'."
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Actually, it's a bit more complex. Ubuntu is three things:
1) a stabilized Debian unstable that focuses on the latest and greatest of all desktop (GNOME, KDE, XFCE) and server tools that's supported by Canonical and other service providers on Ubuntu.com and Launchpad.net
2) A tailored GNOME distro that focuses on ease of use that's supported by Canonical and other service providers on Ubuntu.com and Launchpad.net.
3) A group of community driven projects like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu server, Embedded Ubuntu, .... that are not directly supported by Canonical but depend on the latest and greatest being in (1). These projects seem welcome on Launchpad.net or Ubuntu.com or Ubuntuforums.org and some community driven projects live there (e.g. Ubuntu server or embedded ubuntu), but those that want to live somewhere else (e.g. Kubuntu.org or Edubuntu.org or ubuntustudio.com) seem to have to pay their own way to gain that independence. Kubuntu (at least) is a full class citizen of Ubuntuforums.
Canonical is a small company that can't do everything, but if Kubuntu wanted to host their site on Ubuntu.com or Launchpad.net like some other projects, I don't think Canonical (or the new Ubuntu Foundation) would treat them differently than the other community driven projects.
Personally, I think the Kubuntu developers should try something different -- ask for the KDE foundation to help host it. Kubuntu is a spotlight for many KDE technologies and is good advertising for KDE. I'm sure it would be one of the first places that the new Simple KDE and Plasma technologies get showcased. As long as Canonical and the Ubuntu Foundation support the "a stabilized Debian unstable with KDE in it" as they have in the past, Kubuntu's job is half done. MEPIS's move to Ubuntu's "stabilized Debian unstable with KDE in it" can only help.