Kubuntu vs .Ubuntu

[Man-Chicken]

On Saturday 03 March 2007 19:14:58 Donald Iddings wrote:
> On Saturday 03 March 2007 18:58, Man-Chicken wrote:
> > there are no real differences to watch out for.  The only differences are
> > desktop packages and artwork.  You can actually have both at the same
> > time.
> >
> > On Saturday 03 March 2007 18:01:46 Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
> > > I am looking at the discussion about Dell offering (at some point)
> > > computers with Linux pre-installed, and it seems that there is some
> > > likelihood that Ubuntu might be one of the options. But I don't know if
> > > that would include Kubuntu. I know I could just install it myself, but
> > > the real issue for me is having drivers for all of the hardware (what I
> > > really need right now is a laptop), and I would not want to take a
> > > chance on having something not work. Would changing the desktop from
> > > Gnome to KDE on an Ubuntu installation be identical to Kubuntu, or are
> > > there other differences I should watch out for?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL
> > > zwilnik at zwilnik.com Linux User #333216
> > > "I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not
> > > enough the bad luck of the early worm." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
> >
> > --
> > ~ Man-Chicken <><
> > (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nfluence with large hammer.
> > The number of the beast - vi vi vi
>
> yes I my base install was ubuntu edgy but I dual boot between just
> the two desktops kde & gnome, have a mail account in each etc, the reason
> is I used to use Mandrake which uses kde desktop so I was more familiar
> with kde not that I had anything against gnome, just wanted to experiment
> some see which one I really preferred over some period of time
>
> --
> iddingdj04 at comcast.net

Why dual boot?  You can use both desktop environments on the same machine at 
the same time if you so choose.  No need to dual boot.  There is no Ubuntu 
vs. Kubuntu, they're the same thing with different desktops.  They're even 
run by the same group of people.


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~ Man-Chicken <><
(A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nfluence with large hammer.
The number of the beast - vi vi vi