Comment 79 for bug 375145

As a long time Linux, Ubuntu and Kubuntu user I have to say that I'm really disappointed. This project (u1) is one of the few things that Canonical has really gotten behind--they aren't just maintaining and facilitating open source technologies that were being developed anyway. This is supposed to be Shuttleworth's baby, his vision for the future of Canonical as well as computing, his Big Idea that's going to be a genuinely useful service for the userbase and a legitimate cash cow for him. When I heard about it almost two years ago, I thought it would be great. Canonical offers a handy service for a fee which they can integrate seamlessly into their free-as-in-speech operating systems: whoever wants to pay for it can pay for it and whoever doesn't can continue to use their OS without a hitch. I believe that the future of open source lies in its integration with commercial technologies. I'm skeptical that good will alone can keep Linux on the cutting edge of personal computing.

But this issue is really depressing. KDE is a vibrant popular and forward thinking desktop environment, the support of which would seem to be in line with any grand vision of open source computing. For Canonical to "overlook" this fact belies a lack of breadth in their vision at the very least. I've already switched to Linux Mint (KDE edition, of course) because of stability problems and I'm considering leaving the Ubuntu branch entirely.

Android clients and Windows clients before basic KDE integration??????????