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Kubuntu Announces Commercial Support
sfcrazy writes "Kubuntu is one of those few GNULinux based distributions which brings the two leading technologies together — Ubuntu and KDE. There are quite a lot of businesses which are using this combination in their set-up. Until now there was no professional support available for Kubuntu users. To fill this gap the Kubuntu community has launched commercial support for businesses, organizations and individuals. The Kubuntu team is partnering with Emerge Open to offer this service which is called 'Kubuntu Commercial Support provided by Emerge Open'."
KDE is the best!
I haven't touched ubuntu in quite awhile, but I thought they dropped Kubuntu several years ago?
I would never install that ugly shit on any of MY computers.
Unity4lyfe
why is this here?
'Kubuntu Commercial Support provided by Emerge Open'
A lot of long nights and creative thought went into that.
Or one can just install Ubuntu server (with or without a support license) and do:
apt-get install kde-full
I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
now you can pay to call someone thats going to tell you to fix it your fucking self
watch out world, linux is almost up to par with OS/2!
will they wear?
I got to the chocolate box before you, that's why the hard ones have teeth marks.
KDE has always been Klumsy and Klunky to use
Gnome is much better, it was always intuitive and the closest thing to a Windows GUI.
While the KDE folks are convinced they are "leading", everybody else hopes nobody follows their "lead". Not that Gnome is much better. Fortunately this is Linux and not Windows, and any window manager from a team that has a hugely inflated ego but small skills can safely be ignored.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
After using Gnome 2, LXDE, Mate, LXDE, an Xfce streak recently I'm back to Mate, using the default, single panel Linux Mint 15 layout with two virtual desktops next to the start menu and "show desktop" and that's all. Nice fresh air using something without tweaking it for once.
To be fair I've hated them all, discovering niceties and nasties and in the end.. back to gnome 2 instead of its clones.
No CPU/RAM indicator yet but I ran out because my top panel was so fugly. With Xfce I had a nice top panel with indicators and shortcuts and crap.. wasting a few tens pixel height. So for now I'll keep to top and free -m.
KDE? It feels like an operating system, not a DE, what with all its apps requiring the whole mess. I don't want to install 47281 packages on my system, even if it's all automatic, thanks.
Mate is something I think I can give to XP users, Xfce is close too, LXDE doesn't support creating shortcuts and it is frozen (till a rebirth when distros ship with QT 5.1, I'll be curious to see if it has support for user created shortcuts then)
And I think the one thing missing about all these 'professional support' companies is that without hardware that 'just works' GNULinux is not a functional solution for anybody. Maybe this company can offer something at a local level if there smart enough to direct customers at the right hardware although I'm a bit skeptical its going to be able to offer the kind of support the masses really need and doesn't exist now (local support). It's one thing I like about ThinkPenguin. They're thinking about more than the software and the real-world. Random computers don't work well with GNULinux and if your going to provide honest to god support and make it something usable over a period of years you need to make sure your customers are getting the hardware which actually works with it. Simply adding as much proprietary software to a distributions stack doesn't fix the support issue either. You still have the issue of lost support because of companies who refuse to provide updated drivers after the products are discontinued or fail to provide free drivers in the first place that can be integrated in the kernel and supported down the road.
What Kubuntu is really missing at the moment is a good introductory book specific to the long term support release. This is true of all the major distributions. Be it Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kubuntu, Trisquel, Zorin OS, amongst all the rest.
After trying all the *ubuntus & mint over the last 2 years, I have found both Kubuntu and Mint KDE edition to be very stable. Netrunner is very good too, and I love the way they have made a version with Tor completely intergrated (Stealth Edition). KDE is coming along with leaps and bounds lately, and at the end of the day, moving in the direction that it is, things are only going to get better.
The nice thing about this deal is that Emerge Open is a non-profit company so any money made goes back into Kubuntu to fund developer travel or hardware. Remember you can always donate too :)
the 64 bit version has quit crashing? if so, i'll give it another try.
For all the flak the Ubuntu project gets, Kubuntu is one of those rare gems. I use it as my main OS and there's nothing I'd rather use. I'm thrilled to see it get more support. I know there are Ubuntu fanboys but I'll confess, I'm a Kubuntu fanboy.
Unlike Ubuntu, Kubuntu hasn't tried to slip Amazon crapware into their OS. KDE 4 remains a beautiful UI unlike the hideous messes that are Unity and Gnome 3. Unlike MINT, Kubuntu doesn't theme everything or screw with the default settings for software.
Unlike SuSE, Slackware, Gentoo or Fedora, Kubuntu also has Debian's apt-get which I consider to be the most straightforward and effective package management system around.
Why not use straight Debian with KDE? Debian's a supurb server OS but their cult-like devotion to only using FOSS software and drivers makes setting up graphics cards, wifi cards and getting Flash, DVD and MP3 support annoying. I also have to find 3rd party repositories for the normal version of Firefox and WINE. Debian also has a slower release cycle and I like getting shiny new things. Almost every support article for Ubuntu applies to Kubuntu just as well. As awesome as Debian's community support is, Ubuntu's is even larger. Don't get me wrong, Debian is great but I still prefer Kubuntu.
Say what you will about Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Lubuntu (the LXDE variant) are both excellent systems.
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