KDE Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu?

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Aug 24 15:05:51 UTC 2005


Brian Astill wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:27 am, Steve wrote:
>> I am using Ubuntu (Gnome) currently. If I just apt-get KDE and all
>> associated libs, will I be able to log in with a fully functioning KDE
>> desktop? Or are there some issues with that?
> 
> This is getting to be a FAQ!  :-)
> You can indeed do as you wish and the result will also be as you wish.
> I should know - that's what I did, so I know it works flawlessly.
> Also gives you a MUCH more full-featured KDE and apps than are available
> in Kubuntu.

Like what???  I've installed kubuntu-desktop over ubuntu, and installed
kubuntu from CD, and didn't see the difference (except that there are gnome
apps that I don't want in the former method).  I have to admit though, that
in both cases I promptly reinstalled all the kde extras that I'd had under
Debian.
-- 
derek





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