I have been using Ubuntu for years. IT is a good distro. I use the GNOME desktop though. KDE itself is mercurial - I mean it has a great deal of prettiness but is weaker in terms of stability
--- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > This is total FUD. > > Ubuntu has the financial backing of Mark Shuttleworth and it is making > money. He is committed to the project and has the money to stay long term > and the drive to take Ubuntu places. It is not making much but it is > beginning to be profitable. Secondly, Ubuntu is more diversified than any > other distribution. It does more than just the desktop. It is into mobile, > TV, servers and the cloud. Wikipedia runs on Ubuntu. Distrowatch numbers > are wrong. Ubuntu is strong. Figures from Wikimedia based on actual usage > show that Ubuntu is fairly consistent and has a large lead over anybody > else, including Mint which is a small player. > > LTS has been extended from three to five years for desktops. Ubuntu cut > financial backing for one Kubuntu developer. That was their total > commitment. Kubuntu has always had minority support from Canonical. It was > led by KDE and has been for years. You are reading far too much into a > simple decision to focus on Ubuntu and make Kubuntu the same as Xubuntu and > the others. > > People enjoy spreading FUD about Ubuntu. I am not defending Ubuntu which I > do not use (Kubuntu user), but am trying to keep it real instead of looking > for things that are not there and spreading them as truths to cause fear, > uncertainty and doubt. FUD serves no purpose. It divides where there is no > division and weakens all of Linux and not just Ubuntu. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > On 9 March 2012 21:57, Paul <pfrederick1@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "G.LinuxDucks" <g.linuxducks@> > > wrote: > > > > > > <<<10.04 is the LTS version right? >>> > > > Yes it is. The next Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Suport) is 12.04 due April, I > > > believe. It will be supported for five years this time is reported. > > > > If Ubuntu is even around 5 years from now. The history of Linux is full of > > here today gone tomorrow distribution stories. After what I just saw happen > > to Kubuntu I'd have to say the fate of Ubuntu as a whole is even more > > precarious than that of some other amateur maintained distributions. > > > > It's a jungle, not always a kind one either. There is an excellent chance > > I'll still be running Linux 5 years from now, what distribution though I've > > honestly no idea. I'm souring somewhat of what I am running today in fact. > > I think I want to get back to a simpler setup that allows me finer grained > > control than deb based systems seem to provide easily. > > > > I am finding my setups are much more static today than they were in the > > past so maybe package management isn't nearly as important for me as it > > used to be? If this is the case it would be a paradigm shift from my > > earlier philosophy that would greatly impact my distribution choice. > > > > I have to be honest lately I've been finding updates more annoying than > > anything else. New useful software isn't even coming out at a pace that > > makes complicated package management worthwhile for me to deal with either. > > What I'm saying is once I've a system laid up how I like it I prefer it to > > stay as is. > > > > Really, if I wanted to be forced to change my OS every 5 years I'd run > > Windows :) > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
