Switching to Kubuntu; problems?

[David Groos]

XFCE has the advantage of being really light weight, Right? That is a great advantage.  What would be lost by moving away from GNOME?  Wouldn't we loose the use of some current Edubuntu software?  In other words, what's the full range of pros/cons?

David G

On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:40 PM, dbclinton wrote:

> I would certainly cast my vote for XFCE. Besides sharing most of the
> problems other people have had with Unity, my networks generally use
> older hardware and we've had serious conflicts (like this one:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1828315) making Unity a
> non-starter. I'm very worried about the future.
> David Clinton
> 
> On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 17:11 -0400, Andy Figueroa wrote:
>> IT seems to me that an Edubuntu LTSP server with an XFCE desktop would
>> be pretty decent.
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>> On 10/23/2011 04:44 PM, Mike Biancaniello  wrote:
>>> I've noticed a transition lately to optimisations for  smaller screens
>>> and making more out of limited real estate and for tablets and phone and
>>> such, it's wonderful and quite innovative.  However, for those of us who
>>> still use an actual monitor, it's annoying at best.  From not being able
>>> to scroll my firefox by clicking the bottom of the scrollbar to the
>>> entire unity interface, it is not optimised in the least for anyone with
>>> a screen larger than 10".
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to like unity, I really am.  But if I wanted a Mac, I'd fork
>>> over the $$$ (maybe should be $$$$$) and get a Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From*: Robert Curriden <rcurriden at gmail.com>
>>> *To*: edubuntu-users <edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> *Sent*: Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 12:33 pm
>>> *Subject*: Re: Switching to Kubuntu; problems?
>>> 
>>> Let's all be honest. Fallback is not Classic; I'm hoping that 12.04 has
>>> more common sense, and maintains the Classic desktop.
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 19:11 +0300, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote:
>>>> Στις 23-10-2011, ημέρα Κυρ, και ώρα 12:02 -0400, ο/η Todd O'Bryan
>>>> έγραψε:
>>>>> I hate Unity. Sorry, but there you have it. Having to dig around to
>>>>> find programs, not being able to put applets on panels...it's just too
>>>>> much change! :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyway, I think I'm going to switch to Kubuntu for my lab. I should be
>>>>> completely to fat clients within a couple of months, but I was
>>>>> wondering if there are any gotchas I should be aware of.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Todd
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/08/return-to-ubuntu-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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