Do You Agree That Kubuntu Should be Renamed - If So, What Name?

[SteveRiley]

how to merge assimilate the characters of the moderators

Fixed that for ya

[Teunis]

I am lacking the standing to introduce such big words but yeah, pretty much what I meant
So it's not only the distro that might need a new ancestry and name but also this great forum...
My hope is this 'might' does not turn into a 'need'.

[anamnesis]

Don't forget KDE is quite popular among German-speaking developers and users, KuBlue sounds in German like it has something to do with a cow... (Eine Kuh)

Well, in fact "Kubuntu" sounds in German like a coloured cow (bunt=coloured, "bunte Kuh") :-)

[NoWorries]

I have been interested in the alternative names, and while I like BlueLinOS, which I think is unpopular, the alternative that I do like is a variant on KuBlue which is BlueKu as it does not start with a K.

I think that what sets "Kubuntu" apart from the rest of the KDE distro's is that it is very stable and it is very easy to get the latest packages.

This is very useful if you are surrounded by M$ devotees who are very fast to criticize Linux. Just the other day I had one instance where I was sent a word document and the pdf version. This was done in case I could not read the word file correctly. I pointed out to the sender that he was using a proprietary font, Calibra, and all I had to do was save his doc attachment and change the font to a standard font such as Arial or Times Roman.

[SteveRiley]

BlueKu

Gesundheit!

[vinnywright]

BlueKu

IDK ,,,,,,,

is not the renaming talk because we may have to leave the Ubuntu base ?

if so keeping the uafter the K dose not compute Will ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,maby BlueDE for the bluesystems and DE for the DE in KDE & Desktop Environmen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OOOoooooo...........O and DEbian as well ...........that was the consensus of the logical new base right ?

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

I like KDEBlue. Keeps KDE, DEB and adds the Blue.

Kay Dee Blue

[MoonRise]

Reading through this I didn't see this mentioned so I will. A few had opinions on NetRunner. Well, why not spell it as KNetRunner?

[charles052]

I thought Netrunner was aleady KDE.

[vinnywright]

I thought Netrunner was aleady KDE.

it is.

VINNY

[MoonRise]

Have no idea. Never heard of it but I thought in keeping with KDE naming adding the "K" to the front seemed perfect.

[vinnywright]

I like KDEBlue. Keeps KDE, DEB and adds the Blue.

Kay Dee Blue

yes that works nicely as well

VINNY

[NoWorries]

Gesundheit!

I must say that I am impressed with your German as the only language that I know is Australian. I had to look up the meaning of Gesundheit and found the following which I assume is correct.

Full Definition of GESUNDHEIT

—used to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed

[SteveRiley]

—used to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed

"BlueKu" sounds like a sneeze if you emphasize the "Ku" -- thus, gesundheit!

as the only language that I know is Australian.

Is that like some kind of prisoner's English? LOL.

[SteveRiley]

I like KDEBlue. Keeps KDE, DEB and adds the Blue. ... Kay Dee Blue

KDeblubian.