A great idea to talk about

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---- Vincent <imnotb at gmail.com> schrijft: 
> On 06/08/07, Diego Ongaro <ongardie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/6/07, Jesus Gamio <jgamio at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > I just want to share something I read in the planet Ubuntu.
> > > http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html
> > > .
> > >
> > > I think is a great idea but it's only my opinion What do you think about
> > ?
> > >
> >
> > Just my 2 cents:
> > I think this comment has the spirit of the blog post with a reasonable
> > name: "Ubuntu Lite"
> >
> > http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html#comment-6068861665320843257
> 
> 
> I don't like it. If you're going for such long names, you could just as well
> say Xubuntu (Ubuntu base + Xfce). And I especially don't like the fact that
> Xubuntu keeps being referred to as "Ubuntu Light-weight Edition" or similar
> whereas Kubuntu is referred to as "Ubuntu with KDE". To me, Xubuntu is as
> much "Ubuntu with Xfce" as Kubuntu is "Ubuntu with KDE".
> 
> -Diego Ongaro

I sure hope they don't drop Xfce from the name! 'Lite' does not equal 'Xfce' just as 'Medium' or 'Heavy' don't describe Gnome or KDE. ('Ubuntu without useless clutter' would be a better name ;) )

It would also be very rude to not mention 'Xfce' and advertise for 'KDE'.

Lite--


-H-