Just a thought that came up after watching Brodie Robertson’s video (link is timestamped to the part that made me think of this)
And it made me checkout the download link on Ubuntu, and this is what I see
vs Fedora’s download page
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No!
There is a big difference between Ubuntu and the flavours of Ubuntu. Click the Ubuntu Flavours link and you will see this.
Ubuntu flavors are owned and developed by members of our global community and backed by the full Ubuntu archive for packages and updates.
Who owns Ubuntu? Now go to the Canonical web site. Click the Products menu. See the range.
I would not be surprised if the communities that work on the Flavours are not fiercely jealous of their independence while at the same time valuing the inter-dependence with all the Ubuntu Community.
Regards
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Folks, a quick reminder for everyone.
Discussions starting with “Canonical should do XYZ…” have historically been the equivalent of “I wish somebody would XYZ…“ Rarely are any of those ideas adopted by Canonical.
This is on-topic, and you are welcome to discuss it. Simply keep in mind that it’s community chatter, not a business plan, not a product announcement, and not a stated goal of the Kubuntu Team.
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I agree with @graymech . Canonical’s products are Ubuntu, including desktop, server and IoT, and a related set of services and products.
It doesn’t include the various flavours, which were all developed by other non-Canonical teams, and eventually approved as officially supported by Canonical when they proved their worth. I still remember when Lubuntu was approved several years ago.
If Canonical were to adopt Kubuntu as an official alternative, why not Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Budgie, etc.? Kubuntu isn’t somehow superior to the others.
It would also dilute Canonical’s time and efforts in maintaining its range of products, something that would be counterproductive.
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