Kubuntu future and the name itself

[O. Sinclair]

On 11/04/12 12:04, Nils Kassube wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
>> I kind of support that - where as Ubuntu is a word in a language and
>> has a meaning, Kubuntu (and Xubuntu, Lubuntu et al) does not in
>> themselves mean anything.
>
>>From<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubuntu#Name>:
>
> | "Kubuntu" means "towards humanity" in Bemba, and is derived from
> | ubuntu ("humanity").
>
Well you certainly got me on that one.. but let me quote Jonathan from 
his blog that got me started on this:

"We must remain part of Ubuntu, they are a great community for distros 
and we couldn't survive without them. Kubuntu is often incorrectly 
called a "derivative" of Ubuntu but we are part of the Ubuntu family and 
we are one of their flavours which is just where we should be.

New markets? Kubuntu Active is taking shape. I'd love to have TV 
friendly media centre support too for example.

But do we need a new name? Kubuntu has never been a great name, it was 
actually a joke name made up by the original Ubuntu developers for the 
KDE side. I wonder if a new name would give us a new lease of life like 
Calligra has. Suggestions welcome :)"