Kubuntu on top of Ubuntu?

[O. Sinclair]

On 08/10/2013 08:10, A.J. Bonnema wrote:
> On 08/10/13 07:50, Georgi Kourtev wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>   Few days ago I got a new laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed by
>> the OEM
>> (DELL).  As I would like to keep on Kubuntu (which I use since 2008) what
>> would be the better way -- to install the KDE over the Ubuntu that is
>> on the
>> laptop anyway, or to do a fresh Kubuntu 12.04 install?  Any advice or
>> experience is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> gk
>>
> Hey Georgi,
>
> There is no difference other then the initially installed packages.
> Use muon or muon-packages to install KDE in Ubuntu.
>
> Before you logon you can change the window manager, any time you want to
> switch. Prolly an option on your logon screen.
>
> I currently run  Fedora with gnome, KDE, mate and cinemon installed. I
> got tired of the KDE problems with Nepomuk hogging the cpu, and gnome
> with their new user interface that I find lacking (soz guys). So I
> mainly use mate at the moment. Once in a while I check whether the
> problems went away. So you can switch back and forth between window
> managers.
>

Dont you get rather messy menu system this way with a "mad mixture" of 
gnome and KDE applications?

I would opt for Kubuntu clean and add whatever repos and software that 
Dell might have added.

Regards
Sinclair