Hi Billie, You switch back to Ubuntu or wait for the newer release thats expected in October 2007. The command line is not used very much in either Kubuntu or Ubuntu. These systems are much better then Windows and also they are not as vulnurable to viruses and worms as are windows. I have Win XP Home, Win XP Pro and Windows Vista Ultimate on 2 computers with dual boot system GRIB which is Linux based. Except for the Audio / Video chat which I have not been able to configure on Linux systems, all other things are equally user friendly like Windows. In Kubuntu its not possible to change the hardware address of the network card whereas it can be done in SuSE 10.2 or maybe I do not know how to. Stick to Linux and enjoy the freedom of opensource. Regards, Farid <div>On 9/17/07, O. Sinclair <<a href="mailto:o.sinclair@gmail.com">o.sinclair@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Billie Walsh wrote: > msmarti58 wrote: >> I am completely new to Linux, and following PC Magazine's tips, >> installed Ubuntu with no problems. However, I was curious about Kubuntu, >> so I deleted Ubuntu and installed Kubuntu. Well once I did that I could >> not mount my other ntfs drives. With Ubuntu, they showed up >> automatically on my desktop. I just wondered what the difference is. I >> won't be using Kubuntu, it's too complicated for me. I am strictly a >> Windows user, for the most part. I don't know how to do things in the >> command window or any of that. >> >> there is some difference with the gnome-vfs (virtual file system) that makes eg connecting to win2003 servers easier than the KDE file system. So it might be a related issue but I am not an expert. Sinclair -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>