Kubuntu GNU/Linux for Everyone

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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