KDE after Gnome

[Steven Vollom]

On Wednesday 04 February 2009 8:47:27 pm Paul Clark wrote:
> noob question: Kbuntu is Ubuntu withe KDE correct? If tha tis true, which
> is better -- fresh install of KDE or Fresh Of Ubuntu and adding  Kde...
> which one would be fatse rperformace wise and have less redundancies --> I
> guess what I am trying to say, is what are the MAJOR if any differnces in
> kbuntu v ubuntu

For me, I started the other way around.  First Kubuntu then Ubuntu upon advice 
from others.  Perhaps it is because my first taste of Linux was KDE, I became 
familiarized first and so preferred it first.  Nonetheless, I have noticed 
something of the evolution of Ubuntu.  All the changes I have resisted over 
the past three years I have come to prefer, once used to them.  And that is 
every change.  I have found myself complaining a bit when change first 
happens, because change is not always easy to accept, however, in time I see 
the additional benefit of the change.

Because KDE is a change coming after Ubuntu, and because of the fact that the 
authors of the package only make changed to impove the package, I am inclined 
to suggest you fresh install Kubuntu, which has KDE as the primary desktop, 
because in time you will appreciate the benefits from that choice.  It is 
likely that not doing so, you will miss many future improvements by sticking 
to yesterday's technology.  

Going from Feisty to Gutsy was a little difficult for me; going from Gutsy to 
Hardy was less difficult, and soon, I will change to Intrepid, when my new 64 
bit is up and running.  I hear the changes are dramatic, but my attitude is 
already set.  I anticipate liking it better that all the precedent issues, 
and because of that attitude, I am sure I will.

I am a less worthy person to give advice, but I am confident in this opinion.  
If change was not an improvement, we would still be taking 3 months to cross 
the USA in animal drawn carts.  Now we use trains and planes and cars, who 
knows about tomorrow.  We may dial a location on the planet, like making a 
telephone call and instantly be transported.

You want to eat in Hong Kong, dial for a reservation; when there is an 
opening, claim it and dial that location at the appropriate time and you are 
there.  Or perhaps Alpha Centori for something really different.  Hah!

Steven