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Kubuntu To Be Sponsored By Blue Systems, Rather Than Canonical

Posted by timothy on from the flexibility-is-good dept.

JRiddell writes "Kubuntu, the KDE flavour from Ubuntu, has found a new sponsor in Blue Systems. They will be providing more resources than were available by previous sponsor Canonical. The project will remain much the same: community led, KDE focused, Ubuntu flavour. With the new independence it can branch out into new markets such as a Kubuntu Active flavour for tablets."

4 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Good by bacon.frankfurter · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because Unity sucks.

  2. Re:What We Really Need by mishu2065 · · Score: 5, Informative

    1) Install Ubuntu 12.04 (beta, for now)
    2) Open terminal
    3) sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
    4) Log out and back in, selecting GNOME Classic as Desktop Environment
    5) ???
    6) Profit!!! Actually, there is no step 5. :)

  3. Re:"More resources than were available" by Tarlus · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think it is more a result of the fact that Canonical disowned Kubuntu a couple of months ago, and the Kubuntu team needed a new host.

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  4. Re:Blue Systems? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    A quick whois lookup shows affiliation with IT Works Unlimited GmbH & Co. KG [ http://www.itwu.de/index.html ]