Suggestion for dapper -- scrap kubuntu.

Rohan Dhruva wrote:
> Even fedora, suse, provide both kde and gnome, but dont name it
> differently. Really, what is the need to name kubuntu differently ?

Well, for one, it means that there's two Ubuntu distributions in the
Distrowatch top20: http://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=4 :)

> Even the website claims that it is ubuntu. Kde packages are in ubuntu's
> repo. Then why ?

I think people tend to use either KDE or GNOME. People who use a
combination (such as myself) are in the minority. I think people like
the idea of a single CD with all the software they need. I think Mark
Shuttleworth also mentioned in a recent mail that there needs to be a
distribution that pays special attention to KDE, and I think Kubuntu is
a great platform to do that with.

> I know that this email cannot possible cause a massive change, but i
> jsut wished to know how many people out here agree with me.

You can get it all together if you want. You can use jigdo to put
together the universe. I have a friend who has 3 Ubuntu DVD's containing
the entire universe (getting it next week). That way, you can install
Ubuntu, and then just apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. You can do this
if you have a good Internet connection too, so I don't think this is a
big problem.

-Jonathan