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Canonical To Drop Support For Kubuntu
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Huh, I never even knew Canonical supported Kubuntu to begin with. So yeah, I don't see how this is an issue at all (not that I used Kubuntu a whole lot, anyway).
Originally posted by e8hffff View PostI think Canonical is making many good choices, even though users are angry over changes. Canonical is getting ready for their products to be on Tablets, and other devices. To do that they need 'Unity' and the methods to suit a variety of devices. Other Companies and distro makers are missing this direction and could find themselves on an island.
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Mint KDE is good but I really like Chakra. It is a combination of Arch and KDE and it really runs smoothly, miles better than Kubuntu.
Having Arch as the basis, it is very stable/fast and at the same time very elegant. Check the new appearance:
The new release I think is for this Sunday, so no reason for any mourning: KDE has a good number of fresh distros to be supported.
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Originally posted by kraftman View PostSo sad windows is so unprofessional, but if it serves as a development platform for other operating systems then I shouldn't be surprised. Btw. Kubuntu is not going away, so I recommend trolls like Levitsky to go away. There's nothing appealing in Windows 7 except some apps and games. That's all. It has messed up USB support, ntfs that's just insane file system which fragments a lot, messed up security mechanism and dozens of viruses, so it's a fully social desktop.
I still like Linux. I have a Gentoo partition that I use on the weekends for fun. It has its pluses, but I wouldn't do any real work on it anymore. Microsoft's development tools and platforms blow away whatever is offered for Linux. Eclipse is close, but it's also available on Windows and works better there anyway.
On topic: I'm really sad to see this, but not at all surprised. I can't believe Canonical talked all those years ago about how KDE would be supported as a first class citizen. No surprise. Linux seems to want to make itself irrelevant with crappily designed interfaces and dumbing down and ultimately, making Linux on the desktop a sort of second-rate OS for second-rate netbooks. Going with KDE would represent trying to remain competitive.
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Originally posted by siride View PostEven my mom doesn't get viruses anymore and viruses are still mostly a social engineering problem. You can have all the security in the world, but if people are willing to install whatever the webpage tells them to (and sometimes the sites tell you to turn off security stuff or click through warning boxes!), there's nothing you can do to keep people from getting viruses.
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The simple fact for many is when you use Linux you feel like the system is yours. When you use Windows, you feel Microsoft owns the OS, and it shows in everything.
Example of MS dictating the system...you adjust the file sorting/display-categories and before you know it it's automatically resorted how MS likes it or based on the media saved in the folder, even if you adjust the registry to force the modes.
On subject, KDE based Linux is probably the best system to bring people to Linux. The only areas that I found a challenge at the start when I moved over about 5 years ago was in-line file renaming wasn't available in Dolphin, and resizeable windows items. Now I couldn't live without resizeable windows, and the renaming I've learned to live with the short coming. Linux has 10 fold improved my productivity over my Windows days.
I used Linux in the 1990's for a games server and I once installed early Linux on the Atari ST, so I've been there, and done Windows too.
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Originally posted by e8hffff View PostOn subject, KDE based Linux is probably the best system to bring people to Linux. The only areas that I found a challenge at the start when I moved over about 5 years ago was in-line file renaming wasn't available in Dolphin, and resizeable windows items. Now I couldn't live without resizeable windows, and the renaming I've learned to live with the short coming.
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Originally posted by TheBlackCat View PostI am not sure what you mean by resizable windows (there are fdo specs that determine whether a window can be resized, but KDE lets you override them if you want), but in-line file renaming has been available as an option in dolphin for a long time, and will be the default in an upcoming release once some of the kinks in dolphin 2 are fixed.
So you're saying I can click once on a file in Dolphin and it will allow me to rename the file as it's displayed, not in a dialogue box. btw I have double click on for exec.
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Originally posted by e8hffff View PostLinux windows items are scalable dynamically by the user where in MS-Windows the window items that are designed by a resource editors and are set size at the time of design. Yeah some window items can scale like text boxes and the window's container if flagged. It's natural on Linux window systems to expect scalability where on MS systems you expect static sized windows and their window-items.
Originally posted by e8hffff View PostSo you're saying I can click once on a file in Dolphin and it will allow me to rename the file as it's displayed, not in a dialogue box. btw I have double click on for exec.
Honestly I didn't pay that much attention since I always use single click.
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