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Re:Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu by amirf on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @09:23AM (#3561844)
It's always sad to see a project failing. There are other alternatives, both to a KDE linux distro (i.e: openSUSE) and gnome/ubuntu (mint being my favorite).

It's a business decision I understand, they want to shift focus completely to ubuntu, especially since they are losing a huge user-base over their last gnome3 releases.

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Re:Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu by bratsche on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @09:29AM (#3561861)
It doesn't mean the project is failing. Kubuntu had only a single developer from Canonical, and numerous other developers. This just means that Canonical doesn't feel like funding a KDE desktop anymore with that one developer. It doesn't mean the project is ending or anything.
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Re:Canonical will no longer fund Kubuntu by amirf on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @09:45AM (#3561917)
You're right, but it means the project will (probably) become less stable. One less full time individual probably means less testing and might require you to use older packages or build them yourself.
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