Re: Is Kubuntu dying??
Anyone can vote in the poll, I sure am no developer or artist
Originally posted by Ole Juul
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Re: Is Kubuntu dying??
Dearie me, I do hope not!
I'm only just getting comfortable with it!I'm only here so often because I'm too blinking lazy to learn shell!Comment
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I think Kubuntu will be around for a long time, no matter what the pundits might say otherwise.Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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I also voted but for Kubuntu, of course. (Kubuntu got 17%...)Votes: 6967+1Multibooting: Kubuntu Noble 24.04
Before: Jammy 22.04, Focal 20.04, Precise 12.04 Xenial 16.04 and Bionic 18.04
Win XP, 7 & 10 sadly
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Add another for Kubuntu.Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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When I was using MEPIS and one of these polls appeared there was a big campaign to get MEPIS users to the poll to vote for MEPIS.
When I was using PCLinuxOS and ....
When I was using Mandriva and ...
A stuffed poll is worthless."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.Comment
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Of course. All polls are configured (by the pollster) to elicit the desired responses. Nearly / practically all polls are biased, especially if they are written/conducted by the entity that will benefit from the results.Originally posted by GreyGeekWindows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
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Or paid by another entity to do the same."A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.Comment
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that's kinda why I pointed it out so we could see it before everyone jumped on the bandwagon
We did OK considering there was no organized group for upping Kubuntu's count as far as I could see, and the polls over on kde-look/art/etc change regularly, ususally on quite mundane subjects such as how many computers do you have, which KDE version you run, etc
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Have to agree here.Originally posted by tomp01
How long has it been since the larger distros went to DVD and clearly stated that their decision was because they can't do a decent installation from a CD - what 3 years or so? Even Knoppix started a DVD version years ago, because things just don't fit like they used to. Even in Windows land, applications went from smaller and a little too simple, to bigger and overblown. Acrobat reader USED to fit on a floppy, long ago (version 2), but today is over 22 megs.... 15.7 times larger.
My only reason for ever griping (more like silently bemoaning) about ISO sizes is that I finally find this great distribution for that little machine downstairs (or that older laptop) and it doesn't have a DVD drive in it. Heh, FWIW, my EeePC 900A doesn't even HAVE any optical drive (and it came with a rescue CD - go figure!).
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Sorry if this is too far off the topic, but the recent posts just got me thinking.
I'm just wondering, how old is the average computer? I'm sure most people wait more than 5 years before they spend a month's rent on something which already works and which they might even be able to do without. In my case, the main computer is using 4-5 year old hardware and I don't plan to upgrade for a few years. To me it's not a fashion show and I don't have the disposable income of a 30yo with no responsibilities. However, I live in a society with lots of throways, and I put together my own computers, so I'm certainly not griping on my own behalf. I'll always find a way to make stuff work for me without spending much, but I'm probably not average. I just worry about the speed of "development" that modern distro's undergo. Will people's wallets be able to keep up? I just have this sinking feeling that software development is getting ahead of the economy because they are moving at different speeds (and possibly in different directions).
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For me the single-cd concept is one that I have to admit I have a bias for.
It is the one thing that pushed me to switch to linux back in February 2002. After dual booting, distro hopping, BeOS lovin', I was actually considering BeOS as my windows replacement. Then some single-cd distros came to my attention: ELX and Lycoris (then called Redmondlinux - eww!)
These folks made easy-to install distros that had made the 'hard' decisions on what to include (or not) in terms of applications - 1 per task, one Desktop environment, etc, plus a bit of graphical prettiness. And it wasn't just Icons and wallpaper. Just tweaking the K-menu to not have 3+ sub-menus for many things may just have been the deal-maker for me . I settled on Lycoris as my choice and have never looked back to see what was going on in the Windows world for the most part.
Compare a stock KDE of the day to what these small outfits were doing, and you may get the idea. In my case I had to spend far less tweaking of the UI to get things in a way that worked for me, and little to remove in the way of unneeded stuff. Sold! Many of the applets and programs were not usually installed by default in many KDE setups - Amarok, System Settings for example. But you were given 3 or 7 text editors, 1or 2 html editors, an.d a variety of email clients
Giving me one option for each task for typical home desktop use, but with the option of trying more sure worked better than having the stereotypical kitchen-sink up front. This simplifcation in these areas also made it a lot easier to show off my setup to others
So I chose Kubuntu after Lycoris went away based on what it provided out of the box in comparison to the others - but in now way should that imply that the others are not good - it is simply what fits.Comment
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It seems that some people need reminding that we are in the second decade of the 21st century!Originally posted by mmmmna
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And yet a fully functional OS plus a nice set of applications still fits nicely on 1 cd, no matter which distro you try, generally speaking I just wish I could afford even a moderatly used dual core laptop, but I can't, even at ebay prices. So some people need to be reminded that many people in this world do not have access to hardware from the second decade of this century, but closer to the last cenutury
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