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KubuntuGNU/Linux For Everyone!
Richard A. Johnson
April 03, 2009
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About Me
• Using and developing Linux for more than 15 years
• Member of the Ubuntu community• Core Developer, MOTU, MOTU Council, Kubuntu Council,
Membership Board, and more...
• Member of the KDE community• KDE e.V., Developer, Documentation Leader, News Editor
• Member of the Debian community
• Co-author of the Official Ubuntu Book
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Goals
• Provide an overview of KDE
• Provide an overview of Kubuntu
• Gluing it all together
• Getting you involved
• Answering your questions
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Disclaimer
• Anything I talk about is subject to change
• Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purelycoincidental
• Use, re-engineering, reproduction, and redistributionpermitted
• No animals were harmed in the making of this presentation
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K Desktop Environment
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KDE
What is KDE?
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KDEWhat is KDE?
Desktop Environment
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KDEWhat is KDE?
Desktop Environment
Application DevelopmentFramework
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KDEWhat is KDE?
Desktop Environment
Application DevelopmentFramework
Office Application Suite
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KDEWhat is KDE?
Desktop Environment
• The pretty graphical stuff you see when you login to yourcomputer
• Network transparent, contemporary desktop for UNIX likeoperating systems, Windows, and Mac OS X
• Open, reliable, stable, and monopoly-free computingenvironment
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KDEWhat is KDE?
Application Development Framework
• Infrastructure designed and implemented to helpprogrammers create robust and comprehensiveapplications
• Implements the latest advances in framework technology
• Innovative KParts compound document technologyenables developers to quickly create first rate applicationsutilizing cutting edge technology
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KDEKDE Statistics
• 12 years old
• More than 2,000 SVN accounts
• More than 3,000 weekly commits
• Approximately 6,000,000 lines of code
• 53 languages and counting
• 35-45 million users
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KDE
What is KDE?
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IT’S COMMUNITY
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KDECommunity
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Kubuntu
What is Kubuntu?
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KubuntuWhat is Kubuntu?
GNU/Linux Operating System
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KubuntuWhat is Kubuntu?
GNU/Linux Operating System
Ubuntu foundation
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KubuntuWhat is Kubuntu?
GNU/Linux Operating System
Ubuntu foundation
Utilizes KDE instead of GNOME
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KubuntuWhat is Kubuntu?
It is the glue that bonds Ubuntuand KDE
Creating the strongest desktop solution
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KubuntuStatistics
• 6 month release cycle
• Collaborate with the Debian Qt/KDE project
• 1 full-time Canonical employee, 10 active communityvolunteers
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KubuntuDevelopers
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KubuntuAre batteries included?
Batteries are not included, but here are just a few categories ofapplications included:
• Internet
• Multimedia
• Graphics
• Office
• Utilities
• System Management
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KubuntuAre batteries included?
The following application categories are readily available via aDVD or the Internet:
• Development
• Games
• Education
• and more...
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KubuntuApplications
Internet
• Web Browser• Chat Clients (IRC and IM)• Mail Client• P2P Client
Multimedia
• Audio Player• Video Player• Disk Burning
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KubuntuApplications
Graphics
• PDF Viewer• Image Viewer• Screenshots
Office• OpenOffice.org
• Word Processor• Spreadsheet• Presentations
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KubuntuApplications
Utilities
• Text Editor• Archive Tool• Calculator
System Management
• System Controls• File Management• Package Management
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KubuntuWhy Kubuntu?
• Follow upstream closer than any other project
• Have Ubuntu as a foundation
• Collaboration with one of the oldest and most stableGNU/Linux distros - Debian
• Dedication to our users - we don’t just create stuff for us,we do it for you!
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KubuntuBut I keep hearing...
OpenSUSE, Fedora, Mandriva,and Arch are supposed to have
better KDE implementations
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KubuntuBut I keep hearing...
Kubuntu is a 2nd class citizen
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KubuntuBut I keep hearing...
What do you all hear?
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Getting Involved
Time to get involved!
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Getting InvolvedKDE
Getting involved in KDE is easy, here are just a few areasto get involved in:
• Promotion• Documentation• Translation• Accessibility• Artwork• Development
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Getting InvolvedKDE
http://www.kde.org/getinvolved/
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Getting InvolvedKubuntu
Getting involved in Kubuntu is easy, here are just a fewareas to get involved in:
• Promotion• Documentation• Translation• Artwork• Development• Packaging
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Getting InvolvedKubuntu
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/HelpingKubuntu
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Questions?
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Contact Information
nixternal@ubuntu.com
rjohnson@kde.org
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