Canonical pulls the plug on Kubuntu [LWN.net]

Canonical pulls the plug on Kubuntu

Posted Feb 7, 2012 5:39 UTC (Tue) by andrewsomething (guest, #53527)
In reply to: Canonical pulls the plug on Kubuntu by dlang
Parent article: Canonical pulls funding from Kubuntu

I think Kubuntu is probably one of the biggest successes for the Ubuntu *project*, just not financially for Canonical. That success is based on the work of the community. I'm not a KDE user, but have often been tempted to switch simply due to the strong community around Kubuntu.

While Jonathan has done great work, for better or worse, he was always the only full-time Canonical employee working on Kubuntu. If you've liked using Kubuntu in the past, there is no reason for you to stop using it now. I know everyone wants to get their shots in at Canonical, but it frankly seems a little insulting to all the community members that put in so much effort creating Kubuntu.

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Canonical pulls the plug on Kubuntu

Posted Feb 7, 2012 8:32 UTC (Tue) by jonobacon (guest, #54449) [Link] (3 responses)

I agree: I think Kubuntu (as well as Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Lubuntu) are testament to the success of not only those respective communities, but the wider Ubuntu family.

I personally don't see the Kubuntu project going anywhere anytime soon: lets hope that this press will encourage more people to participate in the project.

More information is at http://www.kubuntu.org

Jono

What fuiture for Kubuntu?

Posted Feb 7, 2012 8:47 UTC (Tue) by rvfh (guest, #31018) [Link] (2 responses)

Jono, are you a Kubuntu user? Do you see a future in Kubuntu? Or should I start switching to something else (Debian comes to mind)?

What fuiture for Kubuntu?

Posted Feb 7, 2012 16:00 UTC (Tue) by jonobacon (guest, #54449) [Link] (1 responses)

Yikes! What I said came out wrong!

When I say "I personally don't see the Kubuntu project going anywhere anytime soon" I mean that I don't see the project shutting up shop and stopping and not that the project has no direction.

Apologies for the lack of clarity!

Jono

What fuiture for Kubuntu?

Posted Feb 7, 2012 18:44 UTC (Tue) by amacater (subscriber, #790) [Link]

Good catch :)