Ubuntu: "We're not Linux"

[sithlord48]

well now that we are not an offical ubuntu project maybe we can resync to a proper debian base.. i agree w/ oshunluvr in that i only use kubuntu cause its a ubuntu( based on debian) kde focused distro that trys to stay in sync w/ current kde versions.

[oshunluvr]

Too bad they stay so far behind, especially considering the considerable improvement of 4.8 over 4.7.

They just added 4.7.4 to "unstable" a couple of weeks when the KDE project release 4.8.1 almost the same day. 4.7.4 was released Dec. 7th so I guess they stay 4 months behind.

[GreyGeek]

Or, if you own a 64bit computer: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/

I believe that eventually, probably sooner than later, Kubuntu will move upstream to Debian. But, Ubuntu is based on Debian and many issues with Ubuntu/KDE are present in Debian as well, as even a trivial Google search will show.

Here is the Debian 64bit KDE offereing. It will require a DVD because it is 1GB.
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...de-desktop.iso

In fact, I am so curious about Debian's KDE that I am going to install it as a guest OS to check it out.

EDIT: That link was to a 6.0.3 iso. I later read that the latest stable release is 6.0.4. Here is the link to the 640MB CD ISO:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...4-kde-CD-1.iso

[woodsmoke]

There was an article a few months ago about Linux splitting into different groups other than "Debian" or "Ubuntu" or BSD.

The article seems aver to the possiblity that Canonical is accelerating that.

woodsmoke

Long before I read the article you quoted I have been seriously thinking about replacing Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.10 with Debian next year. And just yesterday I started reading http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ and after reading the setup of Debian as an organisation (spelt correctly in the UK) I like the sound of it.

[Flip the Switch]

Worth a read.............

http://dissociatedpress.net/2012/03/...ere-not-linux/