Canonical ends Kubuntu support?

[MALsPa]

MALsPa think about how boring it would be if Ubuntu/Canonical wasn't always pulling some stunt to give us something to discuss

Linux users have never had much trouble finding things to complain about, from what I've seen.

[KBD47]

That could very well come to pass!

I'm sure that Debian will still be there, though.

Of course, if Ubuntu ceased to exist, Mint would have to be completely Debian-based, right? That would be an interesting development. If that were the case, how popular would Mint be? Some people prefer LMDE, but it seems that a lot of people don't. Perhaps it's in Linux Mint's best interests that Ubuntu prospers?

I don't think Debian is going anywhere, probably still be around when computers cease to exist
And I don't think that if Mint were completely based upon Debian that would be a bad thing. Maybe I would see that Debian Stable Mint I have harped about
KBD47

[DrHu]

Yes, they are a business, which makes the cynic in me think they are more affected by this:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/201 ... garden.ars
than the fact KDE has not 'made it' over the years and they need to reapply resources.

I don't think any OS can rescue a failed tech gadget: they come and go with rapidity

Tablet computers existed long before Apple got their IPads' operational..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer

[Knusperkeks]

I never really understood the "fighting" between the different DEs.
I think every big DE had in the past difficult times KDEs difficult time was 4.0 (or as we KDE user call it..Armageddon)
Now with 4.8 KDE is finally there where it was in Version 3. And slowly the users come back to KDE.
Gnome and Unity both have now their 4.0.....

Thats why I think this decission is stupid......a good Linux distri should give the user always a choice. This is one of the core differences between Windows and Linux. Thats why i switched to mint cause i see that they actually trying to offer me that.
I think the Canonical ppl make a big mistake here...they dont lose only the KDE base they also lose ppl who just cant take the new Gnome or Unity DE. Cause they have nowhere to go (inside the Ubuntu universe).