Ubuntu KDE

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Buffalo Soldier Wrote: 
> 
> 7) If a person feels so strongly about KDE, perhaps they should be
> using, supporting, giving feedback or help developing distributions
> that are using KDE. And vice versa.
> 

There is a KDE version of Ubuntu in the making Kubuntu, I learned this
on this forum.  I think it is driven by volunteers, not canonical.

> 
> But among many of the reasons we choose Ubuntu (it could be speed,
> stability, nice looking or whatever) I believe part of it GNOME played
> a part in it. I'm not saying Ubuntu is all good and yummy because it
> used GNOME, but we can not deny GNOME's contribution (maybe a little,
> maybe a lot) in making Ubuntu what we like so much.
> 

Ubuntu has a feature that makes it truly unique, it offers Debian/Apt
which is great, but adds regular and predictable release schedules to
it.    It  has security updates, something that neither Sarge or Mepis
has AFAIK.

> 
> 9) I can't speak for other users who like GNOME. But for me to be using
> KDE based distro (such as MEPIS) and then complaining to the developer
> and asking them to develop GNOME for their distribution is not nice. 
> 

Actually, the next version of Mepis will include both (from the install
CD).  The reasoning behind it is to allow the users who like MEPIS
choice, which is good.

I too am tired off the Desktop-religion wars.  I wan't both KDE ang
Gnome and optionally a third DE to stick arround.  This way, we never
develop a complete dependency on one project (as happened with Xfree). 


I commend Ubuntu for including KDE in Universe.  Although I run it with
Gnome myself, the computers for my wife and parents run Ubuntu with KDE.


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