Q: Why does Kubuntu exist?

[Jeremy Wilkins]

 That is a pretty good review, but it shows that the Gnome desktop bias of
Ubuntu has hurt the purposes of Kubuntu. One such example is in the poor
firefox KDE integration that OpenSUSE has well mastered. There is a ppa with
a proof of concept that I wish we could draw into Kubuntu. Many users use
KDE4 and Firefox together. I haven't heard of many that have ditched Firefox
yet, because it maintains the highest compatibility with web sites. Here is
the ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~debfx/+archive/firefox-kde
The fact that this ppa exists tells me there is a desire for the desktop to
be fluid with the web browser. In the least we should make this effort with
Firefox for Kubuntu 10.04. I know Firefox is not a default installed app for
Kubuntu, but I have installed many desktops and the first thing they ask for
is Firefox, but the menus and dialogs are inconsisent with the desktop.
Immediate response? Confusion and rightfully so. These packages make
alterations which resolve those inconsistencies. Currently OpenSUSE uses
this technique to bring uniformity and I think we should too.
 
----------------original message-----------------
From: "Wesley Schwengle" wesley at schwengle.net To: "Kubuntu Developer
Discussion" kubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:04:00
+0100
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> Hello to all,
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Today I found this article, where they compared KDE distro's with
eachother.
> 
> http://tuxradar.com/content/get-best-kde-linux-distro
> 
> "Our verdict: A solid desktop, brilliant packages and a good stream of 
> updates help make Kubuntu a serious contender. 8/10."
> 
> 
> The reason why Kubuntu exists is already stated IMO, to bring the KDE 
> desktop to Ubuntu. Without a KDE desktop package I think I would not be 
> running Ubuntu but another distribution. Kubuntu is here to give users 
> the choice to install/use KDE for their desktop.
> 
> Cheers,
> Wesley
> 
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