Why was Kubuntu Forums created?

[Snowhog]

I think that (anymore) Ubuntuforums gives us little thought. We (KFN) aren't going away anytime soon, and we have demonstrated that we are a viable Kubuntu support forum. Our (total) membership numbers are a fraction of theirs, but the last time I did the math, our active members (as a percentage of total members) outnumber theirs.

Kubuntu Forums is IMO, far more open, inviting, and 'personal' than Ubuntuforums. Here, one feels like part of a family. Not so (much) on Ubuntuforums. I came here in 2007 when I began my switch from Windows to Kubuntu Linux. Rog131 was there and immensely helpful. I credit him with my successful transition to Linux. That experience sold Kubuntu Linux for me. I found my home here.

[Feathers McGraw]

Yep, it's been said already but basically Kubuntu questions get swamped at Ubuntuforums.

Besides, I like it here... it's kind of cosy, and you get to recognise regular contributors which is nice. Feels more personal.

A question for admins who are active on both forums:
The threads linked from around the time KFN was started show quite a lot of negative feeling towards KFN & worries about fragmentation etc. What, in your opinion, is the state of the relationship today?

Feathers

Frankly, I find the Ubuntu forum a bit bizarre,

Very different from here.

I rarely go there and if I do, a search may have led me there for 'under the hood' info.

When I was very active at the Ubuntu Forums I used to make a point of trying to help or least acknowledge every Kubuntu post as there seemed to be so few other Kubuntu users around. The Ubuntu Forums have become very specific to the Ubuntu flavour rather than being the "catch all" for the entire Ubuntu family.

Just look at the Ubuntu+1 sub-forum set up for discussion of the latest development release, the flavours hardly get a mention.

[whatthefunk]

I think Kubuntu Forums are far superior to Ubuntu forums. Ubuntu is increasingly becoming more distant from other distros, mainly because of Unity, and this makes it really hard to help Ubuntu users or receive help from them. Ubuntu Forums also get hundreds of repeat threads which gets tiresome. Plus the strict rules about threads which may be political irritate me...sometimes the politics here gets to be a little too much, but I can handle that. Here, we have a dedicated user base of people who know their stuff, visits by developers, and a focus on KDE, which is much more useful to all of us. For a Kubuntu user, this is heaven. This is the only Linux Forum that I regularly visit.

[tek_heretik]

I agree with Mr. O. Riley, this distro has a dedicated/engrained DE, a slightly different animal, where as Ubunutu is like a multi tentacled creature on a 'spin the bottle' path, lol. Just my

Frankly, I find the Ubuntu forum a bit bizarre, I rarely go there and if I do, a search may have led me there for 'under the hood' info.

[life0riley]

This really says it for me.
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/content...Kubuntu-Forums

This is a good forum with excellent moderators. It's not too big. I like the focus on Kubuntu. It's not just a subsection of a very large forum, and posts here ususally get a quick response. There are plenty of knowledgeable people on this forum. The first time I installed Kubuntu I had to do a lot of Googling to answer my questions. That's how I found this forum. Most of my questions were answered here.

I'm sure someone can express this more eloquently than I have.

Request: a Kubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21150
[SOLVED] New kubuntuforums?: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=68493

Thanks for the links Rog132. I didn't have a historical perspective on this.

[Rog132]

Back then (2005):

Request: a Kubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21150
[SOLVED] New kubuntuforums?: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=68493

As there is already a group of forums under the Ubuntu banner at www.ubuntuforums.org which covers not just the Gnome (now Unity) desktop but also XFCE, LXDE, and KDE for all users of Ubuntu regardless of the desktop to discuss and help other users.

So what is the point of Kubuntu Forums?