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Current Newswire: Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights? Saving the "Best" for Last - Fedora 12 (Constantine) LinuxCertified Announces its next Linux System and Network Administration BootCamp The Problem With The Linux Community Vim 101: A Beginner's Guide to Vim Open Source Science: A Revolution From Within openSUSE 11.2-- Incremental Updates, Plenty of Polish Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud" Virtualization Architect The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-MA-Chelsea Post A Job | Post A Resume Has GNOME Finally Killed Off KDE in the Ubuntu Interface Wars? Jan 2, 2008, 22 :45 UTC (21 Talkback[s]) (10861 reads) (Other stories by Davey Winder) "Things are not looking good for KDE, following the news that KDE will not be getting long term support (LTS) whereas GNOME will according to Canonical. The Hardy Heron will be assured of LTS status it seems, making Ubuntu 8.04 the second version of this Linux distro to get the Canonical commercial blessing. The decision would appear to be a simple commercial one, after all GNOME is far and away the most popular when it comes to downloads. Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical CEO, reckons it accounts for around 65% of all Ubuntu downloads. So where does this leave the other 35% who are loyal to KDE? Complete Story Related Stories: The Benefits of a Regular Release Schedule(Dec 24, 2007) Ubuntu: the Not Universal Operating System?(Dec 22, 2007) KDE 4 for Kubuntu 8.04, Without "LTS"(Dec 21, 2007) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   -1 Flamebait    Jean-Marc Liotier Jan 2, 2008, 23:40:14     Much ado about nothing    Robert Devi Jan 2, 2008, 23:47:30     I don't thin so....    Pietro Pesci Feltri Jan 3, 2008, 01:11:14     Not an Ubuntu problem    nn Jan 3, 2008, 03:23:43     plus... qt!?!    daniel Jan 3, 2008, 03:25:45     I disagree!    Khan Md Ashraf Jan 3, 2008, 03:36:03     I believe the 35%, but...    Henry S. Jan 3, 2008, 03:55:13     you betcha!    John Helms Jan 3, 2008, 04:27:13     Gnome has won, again!    Peter Yellman Jan 3, 2008, 05:54:54     Re: Not an Ubuntu problem    Charles Hixson Jan 3, 2008, 08:11:53     That's why PCLinusOS is #1 in distrowatch    TripleII Jan 3, 2008, 14:24:26     Sunk to a new low    Jon Jan 3, 2008, 15:12:39     Ubuntu with KDE    Anthony Moulen Jan 3, 2008, 15:25:32     problem is political    vm Jan 3, 2008, 15:44:58     Re: problem is political    beerintrousers Jan 3, 2008, 17:46:51     Re: That's why PCLinusOS is #1 in distrowatch    GreyGeek Jan 4, 2008, 00:47:28     Re: Re: That's why PCLinusOS is #1 in distrowa    cjm Jan 4, 2008, 05:12:32     Re: That's why PCLinusOS is #1 in distrowatch    blackhole Jan 4, 2008, 14:48:41     Re: Re: That's why PCLinusOS is #1 in distrowa    cjm Jan 4, 2008, 15:26:54     Re: plus... qt!?!    GreyGeek Jan 4, 2008, 18:48:03     Re: That's why PCLinusOS is #1 in distrowatch    wirechief Feb 28, 2008, 21:06:10     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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