Thursday, June 7, 2012

Breaking with Ubuntu is probably a good thing - but keep the name if Canonical is cool with it

Lots of people like Kubuntu.  I've always had a much better KDE experience on OpenSuse and Mint.   Kubuntu is still horrible on my Asus eepc 900 (obviously a low power computer - the system runs fine on my other machines), whereas OpenSuse has always ran adequately (but not as well as standard install Ubuntu). 

Personally, Kubuntu always felt like an after thought to the main distro.  It may be that the whole thing goes to hell with Canonical lessening their support.   But so long as Kubuntu remains an official -buntu, Canonical will have every reason to fund it sufficiently and provide enough support to prevent it from dragging down the overall -buntu brand.

From Kubuntu's perspective, losing the name means you eventually just become another KDE distro with an interesting history.   There are plenty out there to choose from.

Kubuntu Community Update | wonderly@blog:~#

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