Is this possible?

[Art Alexion]

On Friday 07 November 2008 8:53:53 am Billie Walsh wrote:
> I've asked this question before but no one seems to want to address it
> so I will restate it in another form.
>
> _Who is holding a gun to your head to force you to change to 8.10/4.x????_
>
> I presume, from the tone of many, that 8.04/3.5.10 is installed on most
> of your computers and working just fine. Doing what you want it to just
> the way you want it done. 8.04 will be supported for at least the next
> year and the "Ubuntu" part of it for another year plus after that.
>
> I'll answer my own question.
>
> _NO ONE!!_
>
> Here's the conundrum for the developers. They only have so much man
> power to develop Kubuntu or KDE. Right now KDE is going through a major
> change so _all_ their efforts need to be focused on making it work,
> leaving no time available to work on KDE 3.x. The Kubuntu developers had
> to make a decision based on this fact. Right or wrong I'm sure they made
> what to them seemed the best [ most logical ?? ] choice knowing full
> well that 8.04 would be supported, and stable/usable, for at _least_
> another year.
>
> If it's a production machine stick with 8.04/3.5.10 for at least the
> next year. If it's a play computer and your willing to put up with KDE
> 4.x while they get it "fixed", go for it. If your handing someone a
> disk, give them 8.04/3.5.10 and tell them not to upgrade till at least
> next spring and more likely next fall. It's not that hard to figure out.
>
> I have an OLD 386 Bondwell laptop under my desk that still runs DOS 6.22
> and Windows 3.1 just fine. That software is at least thirteen years past
> it's "expiration date". It still does what it's supposed to do. Old
> software/OS's don't die just because they have been replaced

OK, Billie, what do I do if I buy a new machine in the next year with hardware 
that isn't supported by 8.04, but is supported by 8.10?  What do I install?

The answer could be gnome, or possibly an entirely different distro.  But 
that's a shame, because I have worked with Ubuntu since 2004 and I am 
comfortable with it.  And before Kubuntu was available, you could still "sudo 
apt-get install kde" on Warty.

I don't control the distro and can't force its direction.  All I can do, with 
many of the others here, is try to influence its future path with our 
comments and posts.
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