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Gnome or KDE?
It's about time I get Linux back on my HEL80. I like Slackware, but the laze (laze being the noun form of 'lazy' of course) in me is pulling pretty hard towards Ubuntu. If I do choose Ubuntu, I get to choose between KDE and Gnome (I could do that in Slackware too, but it defaults to KDE, so I'd stick witih that probably).
So which do I choose? Real reasons only please. :rolleyes: ;P
(A real reason is "Gnome is hot." -- an imaginary reason is "Gnome is blazing fast because I think it is because some idiot told me it was once." err... I'll try to not rant any more ;) )
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Use what you feel most comfortable with.
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Linux is all about choices as I'm sure you know. Personally, I prefer KDE just because things are where I expect them.
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KDE doesn't bother me, and I use both. However, if you're going to be using Ubuntu, I would recommend that you stick with Gnome. Kubuntu just doesn't offer all the features and applications that I like in Ubuntu (it tries to stay a pretty pure KDE OS). If you want to use KDE, go for something else like Slackware, PCLinuxOS, or something comparable. Just my opinion.
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I've tried them both a bit and don't really have any strong impressions either way. Thus, this thread.
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KDE vs Gnome, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference? You can customize the interface in so many ways it hardly matters which you go with.
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That's not helpful! :P
How about this: will I get the same experience as kubuntu if I install ubuntu and then kde on top of it? How about vice versa?
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That's not helpful! :P
How about this: will I get the same experience as kubuntu if I install ubuntu and then kde on top of it? How about vice versa?
You'll get the best experience if you install Ubuntu and then install kubuntu-desktop on top of that. It will basically transform your Ubuntu install into a Kubuntu install, but you'll have easy access to things such as Ubuntu's update manager (rather than Adept, which is confusing IMO), the Add/Remove Applications program, and apps like Gaim.
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hm i didnt like kubuntu..... i guess thats bcoz I am used to Ubuntu already.
i heard ubuntu is more stable.
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hm i didnt like kubuntu..... i guess thats bcoz I am used to Ubuntu already.
i heard ubuntu is more stable.
I don't really see how that could be true. Kubuntu is Ubuntu, just with KDE thrown on top of it and some stuff removed from it. The only way Kubuntu would be less stable is if KDE were less stable than Gnome, which, from what I hear, things are probably the other way around.
But anyhow, I agree that Kubuntu is odd... especially coming from Ubuntu. If I had started out with it, it may not have been so bad. But I got used to all the things that Ubuntu offered, and Kubuntu doesn't offer all those things.