Canonical Ceases Funding of Kubuntu Development
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2012 09:58 UTC, submitted by gogothebee
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu 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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Comment by Luminair
by Luminair on Tue 7th Feb 2012 23:27 UTC
Luminair
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2007-03-30

the sound of people clamoring to get their hands on kde... is not very loud

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RE: Comment by Luminair
by dimosd on Wed 8th Feb 2012 04:01 in reply to "Comment by Luminair"
dimosd Member since:
2006-02-10

I did... one month ago, after several years on gnome. Gnome used to be good back in the 2.x days...

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