On 1/11/07, Adam Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
According to polls on the forums, xubuntu is almost as commonly used as kubuntu ... I can't say if it is accurate or not, but someone had to vote for us to make it so.
Well, if we're talking about the same one, I remember it not having so many votes and it was linked to on this mailinglist anyway, so that would have given it some extra Xubuntu attention I guess. Yes Jani, that clears alot up.. thank you.
-Adam On 1/11/07, Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would probably be a milestone to gather a user base large enough to > be "officially supported" :D > > On 1/11/07, Cody Somerville < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Jani: Is it a goal of ours to become "officially supported" like the > > other two derivatives? > > > > On 1/11/07, Jani Monoses < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The term supported is vague and this leads to misunderstandings. > > > > > > The dev quoted by Cody, heno (Henrik Nilssen Omma) was right: > > > xubuntu is supported by sharing the same archive as the 3 main > > > variants, > > > by having its developers in MOTU and/or ubuntu-core-dev, by > > > providing > > > ISO build facilities and not least by 'unofficial' good will from > > > many > > > canonical devs who take xubuntu issues in consideration when working > > > on > > > u/k/edubuntu specific stuff. > > > > > > What it does not mean is financial backing from Canonical apart from > > > > > > bandwidth and the implicit developer time their employees spend on > > > Xubuntu specific stuff. So no 24/7 commercial support for customers > > > or > > > pressed CDs. > > > > > > And this makes a lot of sense from their POV as long as xubuntu has > > > a > > > relatively small community (distrowatch is a misleading metric) and > > > they > > > want to keep focused. > > > > > > So having daily images by no means makes xubuntu supported. For > > > instance > > > those dailies could be broken AFAIK since there are no people > > > testing > > > them regularly.That would be risky to support. > > > > > > The best way you can make xubuntu better is by contributing your > > > time > > > and not wait for canonical or someone else to bear all the costs. > > > > > > I hope this clears it up. > > > > > > Jani > > > > > > > > > -- > > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Firefox (www.getfirefox.com ) -- A browser you can trust > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > > > > > > > -- > Vincent > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > -- -=:Max:=- --OpenPGP key: 5DBFA065-- -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
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