Kubuntu, first impressions.

[Jonathan Jesse]

> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:31:33 -0500 (EST), Jonathan Jesse wrote
>> So should all Kubuntu docs on the wiki be under Kubuntu/ ?
>
> I don't think it matters where they reside, as long as the user (me) knows
> where it's at.
>
> If I'm on the ubuntu wiki (as known from the URL and theme) looking for
> kubuntu information, I know to keep my eyes open for information that may
> be
> ubuntu specific and not relevant to my problem.
>
> However when I'm on the kubuntu wiki (again as known from the URL and
> theme) I
> expect all the information to be kubuntu specific and anything else is
> just
> confusing chaff.
>
> Being that the two wiki are the same (as I've now discovered) I really see
> no
> point to a kubuntu theme and URL.  It's just plain confusing.
>
> If we're serious about a kubuntu wiki (and I hope we are), then I think it
> should be separate entity.  If the current ubuntu wiki can be physically
> split
> then ideally all kubuntu information would be removed from ubuntu and all
> ubunutu information would be left out of kubunutu.  We know kubuntu is a
> derivative of ubunutu, so it's not a stretch to go back and search the
> ubuntu
> wiki if kubuntu doesn't have the goods.  Just so long as we know where we
> are.
>
> At the very least it would be nice if the links in the current wiki were
> 'cross-linked' in such a way that following a kubuntu item would switch
> you
> over to the kubuntu URL/theme and following a ubuntu item would do the
> same.
> Nothing spells change of context like a page theme change from orange to
> blue.
>
> But I'm betting the existing wiki really wouldn't benefit from switching
> relative links to hard links, if it's even technically possible.
>
> Scott
>
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I disagree that we need a totally different wiki.  There are lots of pages
that are not specific to Ubuntu or Kubuntu but are relevant.  For example
all of the pages under LaptopTestingTeam/ should help out someone decide
if their latpop is supported by (ED)(K)(X)ubuntu.  A large number of other
documents deal with the underpining infrastructure that is the same
whether or not you are running (K)(X)Ubuntu.
I think the confusion and amount of work of having a totally separte wiki
would outwiegh the difference between searching and receiving ubuntu
specific information instead of Kubuntu specific inforamtion on the
current wiki.
I would vote against this idea personally

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Jonathan Jesse