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Idea #14276: Create a website to donate money for one more paid developer for Kubuntu

Written by usr the 10 Oct 08 at 16:44. Related project: Kubuntu. Status: New
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Kubuntu, a second class distro, no more! (See http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/478/ and https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150333 for more information).

I propose to create a website to donate money for one more paid developer for Kubuntu (because Canonical has 2 paid GNOME developers, but only has 1 paid KDE developer):
1.) It stipulates the amount of money required to pay a developer for a year.
2.) Anyone who wants to donate, donate what he considers. But only will be forced to donate if it reaches the amount indicated in item number one (the the amount of money achieved will be showing daily on the website).
3.) Perform this idea once a year.

My idea is similar to this and it worked: http://www.pledgebank.com/nouveaudriver

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Written by usr the 10 Oct 08 at 16:44.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 10 Oct 08 at 20:57
Well more people use GNOME so GNOME deserves more love. :)

usr wrote on the 11 Oct 08 at 12:57
"Well more people use GNOME so GNOME deserves more love. :)"

The link, please.

andreduartesp wrote on the 10 May 09 at 19:33
I don't think so
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2007-linuxquestions.org-members-choice- awards-79/desktop-environment-of-the-year-610190/

AndrewLuecke wrote on the 11 May 09 at 03:32
Anyone who has coded with QT knows that QT (KDE's library) has HUGE benefits over GTK (which is what gnome uses).

GTK has been behind for a while now, but now its at the point that everything in their roadmap appears to be already done by QT (such as the physics engine).

Whilst one must admit that KDE still has a few "funnies" in it that aren't quite perfect, the future for KDE once again looks a lot brighter then Gnome. We certainly shouldn't dismiss KDE, as it is currently the only desktop environment I believe which appears to have any chance of being as productive as Windows.

So a definite yes from me. Gnome development has always seemed a bit stagnant to me. In fact, considering that most distro's seem to use gnome by default, Gnome should be a lot better then it currently is.


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