Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2012 09:58 UTC, submitted by gogothebee
This shouldn't come as a huge surprise. Jonathan Riddell, lead developer of the Kubuntu project and the only person paid by Canonical to work on the KDE variant of the popular distribution, has announced that after the 12.04 release, Canonical will no longer be funding him, effectively putting Kubuntu on the same level as other Ubuntu variants like Xubuntu.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Depends on how one defines configurable really. KDE4 certainly has more configuration dialogs, but considering Gnome-Shell is basically javascript these days one could make the argument for it being more bendable to the user's will. For a sufficiently technical class of user of course.
That said the entire first post in this subthread reeks of bad troll.
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So, everything done in Javascript is in general more bendable then any other programming-language? Sounds like the view of a Javascript-fanboy.
KDE's desktop is a collection of plugins and each single component can be replaced/changed on the fly. All those Plasmoids out there prove that. Do not like those Folderview's? Use another plugin! Do not like the Cashew? Use another plugin!
KDE goes even so far to make removing, adding, changing or arranging plugins and visual components possible via the UI. So, you can just drag and drop a folder-view from your desktop to your panel if you like. Or you can just add a new panel to the right-side of your desktop with just some clicks.
That goes far beyond what is possible with Gnome-Shell. Sure someone could achieve the same result but for that you need to dive deep into the Javascript and code everything yourself.
So, how exactly is Gnome-Shell more bendable to the user's will?
Member since:2008-06-02
You misunderstand the implications.
1. Kubuntu does not equal KDE as a whole.
2. Kubuntu is a community distro and a lack of funding does not equal death. Many distros exist with $0 funding.
3. You have been sniffing glue if you think that KDE is less configurable than then Gnome3.
Please think before you speak.
1. Kubuntu does not equal KDE as a whole.
2. Kubuntu is a community distro and a lack of funding does not equal death. Many distros exist with $0 funding.
3. You have been sniffing glue if you think that KDE is less configurable than then Gnome3.
Please think before you speak.
1. And where did I say it did? (Hint: I didn't)
2. Now that the rats have started deserting that sinking ship, it's only a matter of time.
3. Oh yeah? Show me the KDE equivalent of GConf!
Clearly you're just trolling because you're jealous of GNOME's popularity and success.
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Now that the rats have started deserting that sinking ship, it's only a matter of time.
"Out of the 25 people who notably contributed in the past year, 1 person was employed by Canonical to do so (i.e. 4% of general Kubuntu work was financed by Canonical)." And he has not left the ship. And he doesn't like being called "rat", don't you think? :-|
[From https://apachelog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/how-kubuntu-did-not-chang...]
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You misunderstand the implications.
1. Kubuntu does not equal KDE as a whole.
2. Kubuntu is a community distro and a lack of funding does not equal death. Many distros exist with $0 funding.
3. You have been sniffing glue if you think that KDE is less configurable than then Gnome3.
Please think before you speak.