Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Sep 2009 12:08 UTC, submitted by lemur2
It's no secret that when it comes to KDE-based distributions, Kubuntu isn't exactly the cream of the crop. With the release of Kubuntu Karmic Alpha 5, the KDE4 desktop delivered with Kubuntu received some much-needed love. Let's take a look at what the Kubuntu people are doing.
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RE[3]: What exactly is this "love"?
by vivainio on Fri 4th Sep 2009 14:32
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Member since:2008-12-26
That's an appropriate comparison. I have to use Ubuntu at work and it's as if they go out of their way to damage KDE, so that people will get so disgusted with it that they'll switch to Gnome.
The problem with Kubuntu is not that it's being intentionally broken - it's just their shortage of resources. Blaming Kubuntu is stupid, because it's only so much a few guys can do.
It's a shame, really. It would be in KDE upstreams best interest to see that Kubuntu works well, because that's the distro they are going to get the majority of the users from. If you have a company policy specifying "Ubuntu", that's what you are going to use - and install kubuntu-desktop metapackage to get the kde environment.
RE[4]: What exactly is this "love"?
by KugelKurt on Fri 4th Sep 2009 15:03
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Member since:2005-07-06
The problem with Kubuntu is not that it's being intentionally broken - it's just their shortage of resources. Blaming Kubuntu is stupid, because it's only so much a few guys can do.
Most of the breakage is done by other teams -- mostly Canonical's Launchpad developers who can't (refuse?) to make Rosetta compatible with KDE's language files.
It would be in KDE upstreams best interest to see that Kubuntu works well
Why should KDE wish that other distribute broken packages? Of course it's in KDE's interest that Kubuntu works well
because that's the distro they are going to get the majority of the users from.
Wishful thinking.
If you have a company policy specifying "Ubuntu"
Why would a company mandate the use of a bleeding edge distro instead of SUSE Linux Enterprise or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or CentOS)?
RE[4]: What exactly is this "love"?
by jack_perry on Fri 4th Sep 2009 15:37
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RE[4]: What exactly is this "love"?
by yehdev_cc on Sat 5th Sep 2009 11:34
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Member since:2009-09-05
I disagree, have a look at Mint KDE CE .. only few people are working on it, but they're doing a real good work, and they're building it on top of Ubuntu not Kubuntu ...
Even distros with smaller communities are managing to deliver a high quality KDE Desktop (like Pardus) ..
Canonical(Kubuntu) folks should learn from them if they're serious about KDE ...
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That's an appropriate comparison. I have to use Ubuntu at work and it's as if they go out of their way to damage KDE, so that people will get so disgusted with it that they'll switch to Gnome.