Canonical pulls the plug on Kubuntu

[Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa]

Well, lets also consider that some people doesn't really understand
what kubuntu is, and they just think that it is Ubuntu with KDE
installed, and so, if you ask them what they use, they'll answer
"Ubuntu", instead of Kubuntu.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Thomas K Gamble <tkg at lanl.gov> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 07, 2012 09:44:55 AM Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
>> On 02/07/2012 09:27 AM, Thomas K Gamble wrote:
>> > According to Ubuntu Counter (assuming theire stats are a reasonably
>> > accurate representation)
>> >
>> > http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/
>> >
>> > Kubuntu only accounts for 2% of the various Ubuntu flavor
>> > installs.
>>
>> I wouldn't assume much of a representation to the stats there. And the
>> latest is for Lucid... KDE4 has progressed quite a bit since then.
>
> True, it's not the best data since it's voluntary reporting and not many
> participate.  Linux counter is not much better at about 6.4% of the Ubuntu
> flavor installs. https://linuxcounter.net/distributions/stats.html
>
> Just theorizing as to their rationalization.  Usage vs cost of support.
>
> Personnaly, I think there'd be wider usage if they put a little more effort
> into it.  The lack of support (for the user bases concerns) and attention to
> useability issues is what has hurt kubuntu adoption.
>
>>
>> KDE/Gnome package updates' download stats from Ubuntu servers might
>> give a better picture.
>
> I didn't have much luck digging up those stats.
>
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