Public bug reported:
This is my first "bug" to contribute to Ubuntu, and in the spirit of bug
#1, I have noticed yet another nasty hindrance to FOSS adoption efforts:
nobody outside of tech enthusiasts really, truly cares about window
managers. Feel free to wonder where I get off being so demanding.
I have been using Kubuntu since 5.10, and each release has been an
excellent product that I believe lots of people would love to use
(similarly with Xubuntu). The only trouble is, disconcertingly often,
when I try to explain what the "K" in Kubuntu is really for, I have to
explain that there is a different desktop available than regular Ubuntu.
More often than not, this leads to confusion (as users of other, more
popular OSes do not have this freedom, and thus it's a strange idea), or
else it leads the person to think it's in some way inferior. You and I
know this isn't true.
I think this discrepancy with the names is hurting Linux marketshare. I
attend a leading CS university, and if anyone is running Linux, they are
running Ubuntu. When I show Kubuntu to people who didn't quite want
Gnome but didn't know there were alternatives, they are impressed and
wish they had heard of it before.
MY proposal is to name the three flapship desktop versions as follows:
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Advanced, and Ubuntu Lite. I realize there could be some
contention over renaming Kubuntu to Ubuntu Advanced, but my point
remains the same. We should still push Gnome as the default - it's
friendly, familiar, and has lots of love from outside organizations.
Totally cool.
But right now it's not "Gubuntu," it's Ubuntu. The version with KDE
should also be Ubuntu, and same for XFCE. We already have Ubuntu
Educational Edition, Ubuntu Server Edition, Ubuntu Studio, and Ubuntu
JeOS. This is less fragmenting from a marketing perspective, because
people will associate them all together. Honestly, I think Ubuntu Media
Center (or something less copycat :) would also be a good idea for
Mythbuntu. The names are descriptive, and don't imply any sort of
schism. This doesn't have to be a difficult change, and the projects
themselves don't need to change. Heck, even the packages can stay the
same.
Thoughts?
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: kubuntu marketing xubuntu
** Description changed:
This is my first "bug" to contribute to Ubuntu, and in the spirit of bug
#1, I have noticed yet another nasty hindrance to FOSS adoption efforts:
nobody outside of tech enthusiasts really, truly cares about window
managers. Feel free to wonder where I get off being so demanding.
I have been using Kubuntu since 5.10, and each release has been an
excellent product that I believe lots of people would love to use
(similarly with Xubuntu). The only trouble is, disconcertingly often,
when I try to explain what the "K" in Kubuntu is really for, I have to
explain that there is a different desktop available than regular Ubuntu.
More often than not, this leads to confusion (as users of other, more
popular OSes do not have this freedom, and thus it's a strange idea), or
else it leads the person to think it's in some way inferior. You and I
know this isn't true.
I think this discrepancy with the names is hurting Linux marketshare. I
attend a leading CS university, and if anyone is running Linux, they are
- running Ubuntu. When I show them Kubuntu, they are impressed and wish
- they had heard of it before.
+ running Ubuntu. When I show Kubuntu to people who didn't quite want
+ Gnome but didn't know there were alternatives, they are impressed and
+ wish they had heard of it before.
MY proposal is to name the three flapship desktop versions as follows:
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Advanced, and Ubuntu Lite. I realize there could be some
contention over renaming Kubuntu to Ubuntu Advanced, but my point
remains the same. We should still push Gnome as the default - it's
friendly, familiar, and has lots of love from outside organizations.
Totally cool.
But right now it's not "Gubuntu," it's Ubuntu. The version with KDE
should also be Ubuntu, and same for XFCE. We already have Ubuntu
Educational Edition, Ubuntu Server Edition, Ubuntu Studio, and Ubuntu
JeOS. This is less fragmenting from a marketing perspective, because
people will associate them all together. Honestly, I think Ubuntu Media
Center (or something less copycat :) would also be a good idea for
Mythbuntu. The names are descriptive, and don't imply any sort of
schism. This doesn't have to be a difficult change, and the projects
themselves don't need to change. Heck, even the packages can stay the
same.
Thoughts?
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Kubuntu, Xubuntu are named improperly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374631
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