Kubuntu future and the name itself

[O. Sinclair]

On 11/04/12 19:50, Ryan Gauger wrote:
> On 04/11/2012 12:43 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> On 11/04/12 19:34, Jim MacLeod wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 11 Apr 2012 11:53:41 O. Sinclair wrote:
>>>> It seems exciting times are coming to Kubuntu as from release 12.10
>>>> there will be a new corporate sponsor, namely Blue Systems. This was on
>>>> Planet KDE, written by Jonathan Riddell:
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.kde.org/node/4565
>>>>
>>>> In an earlier posting Jonathan mentioned the thought of changing
>>>> name of
>>>> the distro since it will not be as tied up to Ubuntu as before.
>>>>
>>>> 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. Think Linux Mint rather, still ubuntu based but with a
>>>> name that actually sort of means something.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure if Jonathan was serious or just going wild that day but I
>>>> think it is not a bad idea. What does the list think?
>>>>
>>> Blue Linux .. Bluebuntu .. Blue-KDE ?
>>>
>>
>> I was in on the lines of Star OS, Star Linux, Stellar OS, Stellar
>> Linux - something like that. Nice, strong and shiny so to speak. If
>> Kubuntu is a registered name then I am pretty sure so is KDE ;-)
>>
> I strongly disagree with changing names. Just because it has changed
> hands does not mean it has to change names too. The public knows it as
> Kubuntu, let's keep it that way. It is still based off Ubuntu using the
> beautiful KDE desktop environment. The public may think that Kubuntu is
> no longer around and that "Blue Linux, Bluebuntu, whatever you will call
> it" is a completely new distro, when in reality, is really Kubuntu in
> disguise with a new name and a new sponsor. I like having a sponsor such
> as Blue Systems, but a new name is not needed, actually, Kubuntu is
> needed, because that is what it is and was called ever since it was
> created. It is an official Ubuntu distro, let's keep the name the same.
> Thanks!

Note that I certainly do not have any influence apart from being a user, 
I just read Jonathan's blog and found the idea interesting. I happen to 
agree with Kubuntu not being a particularly "good name" but very 
obviously a lot of the members of the list do not.

Other distros have managed namechanges over the years for various 
reasons so I see no particular reason why not and couple it with 
marketing efforts and then who knows?

regards,
Sinclair