Dual Boot Ubuntu & Kubuntu
Donald Iddings
iddingdj05 at comcast.net
Sun Jan 14 17:24:34 UTC 2007
thanks all for the feedback. In the Synaptic Package Manager what is the
difference between "KDE Desktop Environment" & "Kubutu-Desktop"
On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 11:02 -0600, Lokeey wrote:
> i've done it this way where i've installed ubuntu and not a big fan of
> gnome, so i would install kde off the pkg mngr, but then you end up
> with a ton of other stuff, like, games, dev stuff, languages, etc etc,
> but this way you have an option of choosing which desktop to use,
> fluxbox, xfce, etc...so i tested out the two different builds and
> since i'm a kde fan, i ditched ubuntu and switched to kubuntu.
>
> you can definitely do the dual boot if you like, but if you're like me
> and prefer kde over gnome, then just install Kubuntu
>
> On 1/14/07, Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > like it lots, but wanted to try Kubuntu as uses the KDE
> desktop , can I
> > install Kubuntu on the same pc & dual boot between Ubuntu &
> Kubuntu?
> Far as I know you can install KDE by:
> sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
> But you better check the Ubuntu forums for particulars and
> repos etc.
> Once you have that done, it's a matter of figuring-out how to
> boot into KDE or
> Gnome as you want to. I think you can switch at the login
> point. If you
> install other desktops (like XFCE or Fluxbox or E17) you get
> them as choices
> too.
>
> HTH
> /d
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