Fwd: Re: [kubuntu-users] UPDATE: Announcement from www.kubuntu.de

[Jamon Camisso]

Vlad C. wrote:
> --- jos poortvliet <jos at mijnkamer.nl> wrote:
>> and things like that give someone a feeling of being
>> neglected. so he/she 
>> starts thinking Kubuntu gets less than it deserves.
> 
> Here are some observations that make me think KDE is
> being treated like a second-class desktop by
> Canonical:

The simple fact that I'm writing this response using dapper 6, upgraded 
through the last few months weekly (or thereabouts) from dapper 2 on an 
amd64 version of Kubuntu means that Canonical is devoting enough 
resources to Kubuntu. I am using an *alpha* release on a desktop machine 
and have no problems with it. This isn't just about me -- it's about 
having great developers in kde itself.

Also, most of kubuntu/ubuntu/xubuntu/edubuntu is all the same thing! 
Same kernel, same base utilities, etc. I'd be willing to bet that that 
those Canonical dev's who use gnome do so out of personal preference and 
not because they have to.

The simple fact behind the kubuntu/ubuntu split is that Ubuntu came 
first. Kde came as kubuntu-desktop and was only later spun off into a 
separate iso (IIRC).

My $0.02