Kubuntu's Release Manager Calls It Quits

[Melcar]

Hmm, could have sworn a few days ago someone came in and said everything was peachy over at Kubuntu HQ.

[Bandul9876]

hope it will help our job anda our world for the better future, right?!

[smitty3268]

Hmm, could have sworn a few days ago someone came in and said everything was peachy over at Kubuntu HQ.

They said they found a replacement for him, and would continue releasing Kubuntu. This situation has been known about for a while and was exactly why everyone was questioning that.

[Citan]

Hopefully Kubuntu will die. We don't need more fragmentation. There is already enough of it and must be reigned in. All derivatives of Ubuntu must go to hell for they weaken Linux. You want KDE? Install Ubuntu and add KDE. Don't use Kubuntu. Or Lubuntu or anything *ubuntu. Just use Ubuntu. That is all that is necessary.

Oh, and, Riddell, don't let the door hit you on the way out!

Hi everyone!
@Master5000: you clearly never really tried to use KDE to say such an insanity. Every time I tried to start from an Ubuntu and install KDE it was a mess. Couldn't explain why because I lack even the basic knowledge of the distribution construction, but the fact remained the same throughout the releases: Ubuntu just doesn't know how to properly clean and replace Unity parts with KDE, so you get a horrendous unstable mix.

That's exactly why Kubuntu existed and was (and is still) necessary: while it was difficult to use in the first iterations, its team managed to grow it into a full-fledged, simple to install/use and very stable distribution, keeping all the goodness of being Debian-based.

Sure, you could go OpenSuse or Fedora, but IIRC, they are rpm-based (among other differences).
If Kubuntu dies, it will be a net loss for the Open Source community.