Project Timelord - Kubuntu in one sentence

[gregwalton]

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I'm a former Kubuntu user who has recently come back for a look around to see if I should move from Vista to Windows 7 or back to Kubuntu. I tried Kubuntu around the Breezy Badger/Dapper Drake transition and found an OS that was stable, configurable and free. Without really meaning to I used it rather than my paid-for copy of Windows XP. I didn't mind that I had to learn some new ways of working and go back in time to the console occasionally - all OSes need some maintenance.

After a while I had problems with the version upgrades (even though I always have a separate /home drive and I reinstall from scratch) and it just seemed to me Kubuntu had moved to a much more bleeding edge approach than I had originally expected. The early introduction of KDE4 just underlined this - I had pretty much left Kubuntu behind by this time (even Vista was better!).

Project Timelord sounds like a great idea and as a professional project manager I really appreciate that it is going back to first principles and getting the mission straight before rushing ahead. I don't mind which way Kubuntu goes - but I would like to know before spending my time trying it out.

I wish everyone involved with Kubuntu and Project Timelord the best of luck. With Open product development the hard balance to strike is that between democracy and single-mindedness of purpose.

[Mountain Man]

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Also... why "Project Timelord"? Is there some sort of Doctor Who tie-in to be aware of?

From the Project Timelord page:

"Kubuntu will look into the Heart of the TARDIS and be reborn."

It's a reference to the 2005 episode "Boomtown".

[dequire]

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Short and sweet and something that would pique interest is the best approach. Ubuntu has "Linux for human beings". I like it, but personally I would not have the word Linux in the slogan at all. This has always bugged be. Mac, for example, doesn't say "Unix with style" or something like that.

Another good one is Mint's "From freedom came elegance". Four words that, had you never heard of Mint, would make you want to check it out, right?

Here's a few I came up with off the cuff:
Kubuntu: You and your computer. Unleashed.
Kubuntu: Do more. With Style.
Kubuntu: Rediscover your passion for personal computing.
Kubuntu: Driven by freedom, committed to excellence.

Lastly,
Kubuntu: A community of people driven towards providing the best computing experience on earth.

[MoonRise]

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Kubuntu: Rediscover your passion for personal computing.
Kubuntu: Driven by freedom, committed to excellence.

I like these two. The last one on your list (IDed as "Lastly") is a bit long, but good, just a little long.

[sithlord48]

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Kubuntu: Driven by freedom, committed to excellence.

i like that one.... its short, and right to the point

[kevinc]

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Kubuntu: Driven by freedom, committed to excellence.

i like that one.... its short, and right to the point

It's great. A lot of others could say something similar, but I like it a lot.

[growlebear]

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@dequire:

How about: "The best community driven computing experience on earth."

[kapil]

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Kubuntu: Driven by freedom, committed to excellence.

i like that one.... its short, and right to the point

really nice one.. i am just a week old kubuntu user.. but i am sure i can second the one liner

[kjjjjshab]

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but they are not committed to excellence... this is a cut/bleeding edge distro which is going to have more bumps along the way than other... that statement is disingenuous.

[dequire]

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If we want bug #1 taken care of, we better be committed to excellence. You can have both. Excellence isn't necessarily synonymous with "stability".

Also, the question has to do with the guidelines from Project Timelord.

[sithlord48]

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but they are not committed to excellence... this is a cut/bleeding edge distro which is going to have more bumps along the way than other... that statement is disingenuous.

kubuntu is only bleeding edge if you want it to be, there seams to be a bit of a blured line between bleeding edge and stable when you talk about KDE4. its only called bleeding edge when compaired to Gnome or kde3 they're much older more mature DE's. if timelord is to be a success its important that we set our own mission.

[kjjjjshab]

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...Also, the question has to do with the guidelines from Project Timelord.

Yeah, I just wanted to be clear as to what kind of a distro we have had in the past, and the status quo regarding non-working WPA / non-working bluetooth / etc. releases as got to end if "excellence" is a guideline going forward. Of course what this would really mean would be de-coupling from the ridiculously rigid release schedule. Let ubuntu release and then follow up with kubuntu WHEN IT IS READY. That would be a major step towards excellence IMO.

[dequire]

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I agree 100%, and I'm hearing the same from the LinuxMint KDE community as well, since they rely on (K)Ubuntu's release cycle and finished product as well. To that extent, many (not all ot be sure) of the bugs in Kubuntu are inherited from it's "bigger" brother...

[sorry to temporarily hijack the thread....do continue with the task at hand]

[Jonas]

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I still consider myself as a 'normal/casual user', however how catchy the ubuntu slogan may be, I never found myself as a 'human being' when I tried Ubuntu/Gnome.
My reasons for that are several; I never felt I had any control under Gnome (as a transitioner from Windows) settings felt hard to grasp.
Another major issue for me were, and in a sense still is, were the fact that there are 13-14000 people logged in on ubuntuforums, if/when you are new to Linux and can't find the answer to a specific question or problem(I frequently use the search button there) and ask a question in the (beginner)forum you'll find, within a couple of hours that your question is on page 3, and you feel more like 'cattle' herded, and hopefully someone will be friendly enough to come to your aid. I'm not saying that they're doing something wrong in general but ubuntu is in a way to big for the best of the users, (honestly I can't see how they manage to keep up with all the questions at ubuntuforum as they do, great job idd)

What do I want to say with this ? I find KFN much more friendly and humane and really enjoy reading, learning and helping (-when I can) here, and think that the community and job you are doing here is great! none mentioned and none forgotten

As for the slogan, i do enjoy the K-thing with the apps, and maybe it could be included in a 'slogan', maybe, to me Kubuntu is;

Kontrollable and Kreative