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KDE's Version Timing Drops It In Ubuntu Support Priority

News.com is reporting that the next version of Ubuntu will see KDE unsupported, but only for the time being. Because of the dramatic changeover from KDE 3.5 to 4.0, Ubuntu sponsor Canonical is unwilling to initially support the popular Linux GUI. Gnome will still be supported, and the company expects to return support to kubuntu soon. "Developer interest is focused on KDE 4.0, but it's not mature enough yet to use in the next KDE-based variation of Ubuntu, called Kubuntu, Scott James Remnant, leader of the Ubuntu Desktop team, said in an explanation to a Kubuntu mailing list. But most Kubuntu developers adding features "upstream" of today's products are focused on KDE 4.0, meaning that it's risky to release a long-term support version based on 3.5."

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  1. KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Re:Not suprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    QT3 isn't supported by Trolltech anymore, faggot. KDE3.5 is not viable for years anymore, no one has the resource to maintain QT3.

  3. Re:ubuntu shmoobuntu by smoker2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    And in related news, my car has been running a lot better since I started wiping my arse with the other hand.
    P.S. Linux doesn't need "momentum". It's not a race, it's an operating system. It gains nothing by "beating" the opposition. If anything, I have found the 2 main desktop environments have become LESS usable recently, presumably to cater for the newbs. Ubuntu is 1 distro, out of hundreds, and the only thing noticeable about it, is it's preferred by lusers rather than users. I guess some people are genetically disposed to become fanbois.

  4. Re:That's what you get... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey you faggot, get over it.

    If you like language so much, why don't you marry it?