Still have a lot to learn about Linux too, I'm not here because I exausted the possibility out there or because I'm better than Linus Torvalds or the wide Linux community; I just checked Gentoo it's seem a great distribution I might very well try it some day, thanks to mention it. When I first came to the Unix like world of OS I came through contingent circonstances (The whole story of my life
) by a Ubuntu publicity on YouTube, I remember at that time I was trying to learn how windows was working, and I realized that I was going to be pretty limited. So I switched. Ubuntu was well, had a great bref experience there too, big community very lovable, and it does what they advertise for. But I wanted to go more at the sources so I learned that Ubuntu was derived from Debian so I stick with them, Debian, a while, learned a great deal there using it. There's alot of good Linux distributions I don't doubt it I just never had the time or never took it to check it out. But also, I have been always curious about BSD but more intimidated by it because overall it get very much less publicity then Linux and again FreeBSD make more publicity then OpenBSD and NetBSD and for the knowledge I have, I think it suits me better in the universe, then the others, that seem more less user-friendly if I could say and more technical. More for advanced admin and hacker. But I could be wrong, it's only my impression, I also know for example that NetBSD have a great deal of documentation. Recently I feeled more confident about my user admin skill n off to install FreeBSD so I just did it, not whitout taking a hit make a fool out of me and break everything but learned more and continue to learn this way. I'm reading a lot these days. I Will continue to do for a while. I'm really impressed by the manpages, their reputation is true, in Linux the manpages are not that well and it's not to dislike Linux they are not that bad too, I state honestly MY experience so far. And I found that the FreeBSD user handbook together with theses manpages is very well made and thought. Very instructive and generous, a power full tool to learn I feel, for example I didn't have that impression whit the Debian handbook which's great too, hope it will get even better. For my little experience accumulated with FreeBSD I really think we can see by the quality of this documentation combined with the quality of the user experience we get the quality of the community that is behind it. FreeBSD is very lovable.
I like the Unix world the free and open source, bsd or Linux it doesn't make a very big difference for me, much too learn. For example I know Linux is a kernel only I pretty much know nothing about it. But I feel I will learn about it with freebsd. It's my learning adventure in the Unix like OS that bring me here nothing else really.
That was a courtesy.
But to not deviate too much from the original post here that is why I don't think that a freebsd kumunity is needed or wanted. Me I don't want it. I want to learn BSD not just use it, I don't feel that KDE is the center of it but just another tool that work well, thanks to the maintainers, in it. And there too I have to learn cause I have not the knowledge yet too check the code and understand all the stuff for the KDE desktop environment that I like to use, but have some. But sure more contributors is not bad idea. KDE is great DE but not the center of my attention and I don't want it to be. I like the way I had to install it cause it make me learn more and the fact that it is a port. I like how I had to install FreeBSD, and that I was being free to install it, the DE, by the command line, and that it is minimal, FreeBSD, but not too much, well balanced, well maintained, and give ample room to learn about BSD and everything around it. Very great experience so far with FreeBSD the way it is for now. That's why I don't feel it's wanted nor needed to have a Kubuntu like community in FreeBSD. But I understand the entusiasm about KDE it's great DE in my opinion too, for older computer, XFCE is a very great one too.
Juste a simple user point of view. My point of view on that matter.
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