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Idea #3146: Please try to keep Kubuntu up to par with Ubuntu in polish

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #478: Support kubuntu and kde the way you support ubuntu and gnome.
Written by mp3phish the 4 Mar 08 at 18:26. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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This is more of a wishlist item for me. I know that the developers try really hard to fix all the bugs, etc. I really appreciate all the work going on in Kubuntu. however, the last time I installed Kubuntu on a system (7.10, 3 months old), I ended up giving up and switching to Ubuntu. And I am a die hard Kubuntu fan.

The reason is because Kubuntu just wasn't up to the standard I would expect from the Ubuntu mentality. For one, KNetworkManager was disabling getting an IP from DHCP on startup. This was a bug, but it took them 3-5 months to fix it even though it had been on the forums from day one. Secondly, compiz fusion just plain didn't work, no matter how much tweaking and advice from forums I obtained.

I have found on the wiki a todo list which needs to be accomplished to get Kubuntu up to par with the Gnome version Ubuntu:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KubuntuHardyCatchup

Please do not post GNOME vs KDE flamewars in the comments section of this idea. All I want is for people to consider spending more time on the Kubuntu polish.
Tags: KDE

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Written by mp3phish the 4 Mar 08 at 18:26.
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endeavor wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 21:14
Anything that gives kde a little more love is a good thing in my opinion.

nathan_s wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 22:11
lol, I thought you were asking about the Polish localization...

spyyder wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 22:25
why, KDE is second rate, so it should be second priority.

ebrahim wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 23:19
KDE is not second rate; Ubuntu is assuming KDE as second by mistake (or something!)

nvivo wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 23:29
KDE should be an option on ubuntu installation, not a parallel distribution.

tomtom_fr wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 09:37
I also agree.
I'm a Kubuntu user and i'm disappointed each time I see a feature on Ubuntu that is not ported to Kubuntu.

For me, Ubuntu and Kubuntu shall provide the same functionalities, even if some port to Qt have to be developped.

mp3phish wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 15:10
It's not the features for me. If Gnome has a feature that KDE doesn't have, I think that is fine (maybe use the Gnome program if you have to in KDE) but when the same functionality works great in Gnome but you go to KDE and its version is broke, not because the program is broken but because of poor integration, then that is a problem in my opinion.

Example: KNetworkManager. The program is fine on other distros, its integration into ubuntu was done very poorly

spyyder wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 18:31
KDE is secondary to Ubuntu, and should stay that way. Support should be dropped in my opinion. To many resources wasted.

Ralf.Nieuwenhuijsen wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 22:35
@spyyder

The resources are volunteers and paid kde-fans.
They either work on KDE or they don't work at all.

We can't boss them around. We can't redirect their effort to gnome. We can only loose their support.


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