KDE neon being marketed as a Distribution

[Shalok Shalom]

Paul, as an external observer and long time KaOS user - i am simply on this mailing list because i like to stay in touch with this project - can i tell you that the very most people dont care about what you write on the homepage. They think about the project what they want, what they expect and what other webpages tell them - they are not interested into the truth, believe me. And i talk about things like independent and build from scratch or completely based on another distribution.

Its fine, to explain the project so well as possible, just be aware, that there are many other impacts and the people tend to overstate other, external sources.

Nice Day









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Subject: Re: KDE neon being marketed as a Distribution
Local Time: 26. Januar 2017 7:20 PM
UTC Time: 26. Januar 2017 18:20
From: jr at jriddell.org
To: Discussion of the KDE Neon project <neon at kde.org>

I really don't care what people call it. It's new and something different from what already exists but I'd rather worry about more important things like getting people to understand that KDE is a community not a product.

On Thursday, 26 January 2017, Paul Loughman <snowhg at icloud.com> wrote:


In the beginning, and still stated on the KDE neon home page, KDE neon is not a distribution.

That said, so much of what is being reported in the news about KDE neon, refers to it as a distribution, and I don't see any efforts being made by the team to correct this. Why?

If it is now acknowledged by the team as a new Linux/KDE distribution, it should be boldly identified as such, and if it is not, it should be vigorously defended as being what it is, a rapidly updated software repository; not a KDE distribution.

KDE neon FAQ:





What is KDE neon?


KDE neon is a rapidly updated software repository. Most users will want to use the packages built from released software which will be available soon. KDE contributors and testers can use the packages built from KDE Git. It uses the foundation of the latest Ubuntu LTS (16.04).


Is this "the KDE distro"?



Nope. KDE believes it is important to work with many distributions, as each brings unique value and expertise for their respective users. This is one project out of hundreds from KDE.




And now this article, posted on KDE neon Facebook page:
http://www.cio.com/article/3161273/laptop-computers/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-slimbook-kde-laptop.html

I don't care if KDE neon is a 'rapidly updated software repository' or it's a new (KDE) Linux Distribution. What I do object to is it being identified as both, with no seeming effort being made by the KDE team to correct this 'dual identification'. Please be committed to one or the other. Don't be wishy-washy.

Thank you.
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Paul O. Loughman

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