Kubuntu vs. Ubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Steven Vollom wrote:

> I am confused.  Aren't they basically the same?  

Sure they are - as I said, the non-GUI parts are identical.  So are 
things like OpenOffice and Firefox.  But the core desktop components 
aren't.

> What I heard was that Kubuntu had more configuration problems.

I believe you heard wrong :-)

> Doesn't Ubuntu use KDE?  

No.  Ubuntu uses Gnome.

> With my new computer, I would like to make the best first
> install, so that all the little hidden files that  I never am aware
> of, come from the better first install; I am not sure if that matters,

No, it doesn't.  Anything that uses the same files in both versions is 
identical.  

> About
> the Ubuntu users list.  Is it like this list, where we receive emails
> and post on emails?

Exactly the same, but for all users of all Ubuntu flavors (Ubuntu, 
Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc), but with a heavy bias towards the base 
Ubuntu/Gnome product.
-- 
derek