Project timelord - Kubuntu in one sentence

[Andrea Canidio]

Hi everybody,
thanks a lot for your feedback! I just wanted to make a clarification. I think 
it is important to find the sentence that represents Kubuntu, but is is also 
very important to do it with method. This would really help with the mission 
statement. I organized the problem in 3 steps:

-what makes Kubuntu different than Ubuntu?
-what makes Kubuntu different that other KDE distro?

-What is the target-user? (given the answers to the two questions above, 
someone that likely to enjoy Kubuntu more than Ubuntu and any other distro).

-how would you describe Kubuntu in one sentence? (thinking that your audience 
is the person described above)

There are probably other ways to break it down, but this seems to me the 
simplest. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. Maybe at one 
point it would be possible to launch a poll to see how the members of the 
community answer these questions.
Cheers
Andrea
  


On Sunday 08 November 2009 03:38:24 am A. Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
> I agree with Andrea's points that KDE users like a fancy, customizable
> interface without much hassle.
> 
> Here's my 2 cents.
> 
> KDE, the Kustomized Desktop Environment (think LG, Life Is Good)
> KDE, All flare, no fuss.
> KDE, The Ferrari of computing.
> KDE, Cutting Edge Computing
> KDE, Revolutionize the Desktop
> 
> -Tres
> 
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:37 AM, A. Tres Finocchiaro <
> 
> tres.finocchiaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with Andrea's points that KDE users like a fancy, customizable
> > interface without much hassle.
> >
> > Here's my 2 cents.
> >
> > KDE, the Kustomized Desktop Environment (think LG, Life Is Good)
> > KDE, All flare, no fuss.
> > KDE, The Ferrari of computing.
> > KDE, Cutting Edge Computing
> > KDE, Revolutionize the Desktop
> >
> > -Tres
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> >> On Saturday 07 November 2009 18:56:50 Andrea Canidio wrote:
> >> > I'm  a Kubuntu user and I would like to share with you my thoughts
> >> > about project timelord, in particular about the need of a clear
> >> > mission statement.
> >> >
> >> > Ubuntu is "linux for human being". This short sentence summarizes many
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >> > the project goals: ease to use, simple, intuitive. Hence, for example,
> >>
> >> the
> >>
> >> > choice of Gnome over KDE.
> >> >
> >> > Can we come up with a similar sentence for Kubuntu? It seems to me
> >> > that: -Kde is more about choice and customization than Gnome. So, it
> >> > seems
> >>
> >> more
> >>
> >> > natural to me for  Kubuntu to target a more experienced user than than
> >> > someone switching to linux for the first time.
> >> > -If we really resolve the browser issue and the new Akonadi framework
> >> > starts bearing fruits, it will be possible to use 100% kde apps for
> >> > 90%
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >> > the tasks. This implies greater integration and consistency than
> >> > Ubuntu (since it uses Firefox and most people use Thunderbird instead
> >> > than Evolution).
> >> >
> >> > Therefore:
> >> > -with respect to other Distro, Kubuntu is easy to install: no need to
> >>
> >> mess
> >>
> >> > around for hardware recognition and so on.
> >> > -with respect to Ubuntu, Kubuntu offers more choice and at the same
> >> > time more consistency.
> >> >
> >> > The natural audience for the project is someone that love to spend
> >> > time changing all the system settings until his desktop really look
> >> > the way
> >>
> >> he
> >>
> >> > likes, but he hates having to waste time figuring out how to have a
> >>
> >> piece
> >>
> >> > of hardware recognized.
> >> >
> >> > Finally, here is my proposition "Kubuntu: be you, be cool"
> >> > (well, this may not be exactly a piece of art, and, to be honest, I'm
> >>
> >> not
> >>
> >> > even a native english speaker, but you get the idea)
> >>
> >> This KDE user likes it!
> >>
> >> Dave Thacker
> >> Ubuntu Nebraska LoCo Team
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>