Q: Why does Kubuntu exist?

[Andrea Canidio]

Hi Everybody,

I think Xubuntu could be a useful reference point here. If you go on the 
Ubuntu website, under "derivatives", "Xubuntu", you read something that 
roughly says "Xubuntu is made for less-powerful computers. Therefore it uses 
XFCE". In other words, a clear goal, and a clear tool.

If you then click on "Kubuntu", it roughly say "Kubuntu is Ubuntu + KDE" few 
times with different words. It follows a somehow random list of softwares and 
features. Let me be clear, I don't mean to blame the person who wrote the 
page. The problem is the goal of the project, or, as Harald said, why it 
exists, is not clear.

Also, KDE is a tool, not a goal. Answering "Kubuntu's goal is to bring KDE to 
Ubuntu" makes is sound like it is a religion!

Finally, IMO Kubuntu gives the user the power to customize every bit of the 
desktop, and at the same times provides a smooth installation experience and 
the best hardware recognition around. In short, all the power, and no hassle. 
To achieve this, it uses Ubuntu and KDE.  

Cheers!

Andrea


On Sunday 06 December 2009 02:42:57 pm Harald Sitter wrote:
> Hullos!
> 
> In my recent wave of thinking about Kubuntu and how to make it clearer what
> exactly we are doing, I came to wonder why Kubuntu actually exists.
> 
> Now, let me explain what I mean by that. Every project (every useful one
> anyway) is there to solve some problem or improve something, simply put a
> general justification for spending time on it. Kubuntu, being a useful
>  project, must have some general justificaiton of existance, some problem,
>  desire or similar.
> 
> What I'd like to find out is exactly what Kubuntu is supposed to archive,
>  and why other OS or distributions failed at it. Not so much by how we want
>  to archive it or by what means we (want to) measure the successfulness of
>  this.
> 
> If everyone writes a couple of lines (some would call this brainstorming
>  ;)), it might be easier to find a general definition as to why Kubuntu is
>  existing and why it is good that it is existing.
> 
> Thanks.
>