Installling non-k/ubuntu programs

[Derek Broughton]

paul cooke wrote:
 >
 > as far as I know, Acrobat reader 7 is in backports al ready 
converted. > All you have to do is add the backports repository to synaptic.

Don't know about "backports", but I do know there are debs out there.

 > Personally speaking, the best way to install software is to use > 
synaptic and

Ugh! What is with this ubuntu urge to synaptic?  What's wrong with the 
perfectly good KDE kpackage?  imo, synaptic isn't even close to being as 
capable as kpackage.

(btw, it's kynaptic under kubuntu, and even if you're not using kubuntu, 
it's nicer not to advise people to be installing gnome apps here).

 > note, I don't have Kubuntu, I installed Ubuntu and then added KDE. I 
think it
 > works better that way. Your results may differ ;)

In what way does this actually result in non-kubuntu?  afaik, kubuntu is 
just ubuntu hoary with kubuntu-desktop.  kubuntu-desktop is just a 
(overly broad) metapackage for KDE.  It comes with every @#$%^ ttf font 
package under the sun, which is annoying for anyone who doesn't need 
Arabic, 3 kinds of Chinese, Malay and two kinds of Japanese (iirc).