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Old November 13th, 2006, 06:26 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Which Ubuntu?

Hey guys,

I know this has probably been asked? anyways what i wana know is that I know Ubuntu is awesome for learning Linux and is a great Distro, but I want to know what the difference is between like regular Ubuntu and Kubuntu and all that?
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Kubuntu and Ubuntu are not meant to be seen as distinct projects; Kubuntu is part of the Ubuntu project, and they are both part of one development team that contributes to the whole. Kubuntu is Ubuntu with a different default setup, the Ubuntu CD contains only GNOME as a desktop environment; the Kubuntu CD contains only KDE, this is the primary difference

any time you see packages like xubunutu/kubunutu ect. they are optimized builds of the original. Typically the difference is minimal to a beginner usually things like software add-ons ect. But in this case it the difference between two desktop environments
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Ok but what I'd like to know is.....whats the diff between GNOME and KDE?.....are they like differently visually appealling or what?
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KDE is more geared towards window users while gnome is alittle bit more clean and small

Btw moved to the linux section
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so KDE is kinda more user friendly while GNOME is smaller but requires a little more effort?
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Meh not really


KDE is more eye candy.

Do a google image search to see the difference
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Old November 13th, 2006, 06:53 PM     #7 (permalink)
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Well....ok....what I want is to pretty much learn linux the easiest way.....now if Kubuntu is more eye candy....but still runs really well (which isnt really hard compared to windows) then ill use that.....but if i should just use ubuntu then tell me....lol im just trying to do this the easiest way possible :P
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easiest way possible is to download a few different live cd's and play from there that way you can see the differences without installing
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Try them out both, its all personal preference. Learning linux isnt learning how to get around the desktop. Its what you can make it do from the CLI
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Old November 13th, 2006, 06:58 PM     #10 (permalink)
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alright i guess ill do that.....download ubuntu and kubuntu lvie cd's.....try em out....see which one i like....then install them thanks guys
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