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


Goals

• Provide an overview of KDE

• Provide an overview of Kubuntu

• Gluing it all together

• Getting you involved

• Answering your questions


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


K Desktop Environment


KDE

What is KDE?


KDEWhat is KDE?

Desktop Environment


KDEWhat is KDE?

Desktop Environment

Application DevelopmentFramework


KDEWhat is KDE?

Desktop Environment

Application DevelopmentFramework

Office Application Suite


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


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


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


KDE

What is KDE?


IT’S COMMUNITY


KDECommunity


Kubuntu

What is Kubuntu?


KubuntuWhat is Kubuntu?

GNU/Linux Operating System




Ubuntu foundation




Ubuntu foundation

Utilizes KDE instead of GNOME



It is the glue that bonds Ubuntuand KDE

Creating the strongest desktop solution


KubuntuStatistics

• 6 month release cycle

• Collaborate with the Debian Qt/KDE project

• 1 full-time Canonical employee, 10 active communityvolunteers


KubuntuDevelopers


KubuntuAre batteries included?

Batteries are not included, but here are just a few categories ofapplications included:

• Internet

• Multimedia

• Graphics

• Office

• Utilities

• System Management


KubuntuAre batteries included?

The following application categories are readily available via aDVD or the Internet:

• Development

• Games

• Education

• and more...


KubuntuApplications

Internet

• Web Browser• Chat Clients (IRC and IM)• Mail Client• P2P Client

Multimedia

• Audio Player• Video Player• Disk Burning


KubuntuApplications

Graphics

• PDF Viewer• Image Viewer• Screenshots

Office• OpenOffice.org

• Word Processor• Spreadsheet• Presentations


KubuntuApplications

Utilities

• Text Editor• Archive Tool• Calculator

System Management

• System Controls• File Management• Package Management


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!


KubuntuBut I keep hearing...

OpenSUSE, Fedora, Mandriva,and Arch are supposed to have

better KDE implementations



Kubuntu is a 2nd class citizen



What do you all hear?


Getting Involved

Time to get involved!


Getting InvolvedKDE

Getting involved in KDE is easy, here are just a few areasto get involved in:

• Promotion• Documentation• Translation• Accessibility• Artwork• Development


Getting InvolvedKDE

http://www.kde.org/getinvolved/


Getting InvolvedKubuntu

Getting involved in Kubuntu is easy, here are just a fewareas to get involved in:

• Promotion• Documentation• Translation• Artwork• Development• Packaging


Getting InvolvedKubuntu

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/HelpingKubuntu


Questions?


Contact Information

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kubuntu gnu/linux for everyone

Technology

kubuntu council

kubuntu statistics

overview of kubuntu

kde community kde

kde kde statistics

overview of kde

contemporary desktop

debian community coauthor