Ubuntu is under attack (longish)

[Jan Moren]

mån 2005-12-19 klockan 09:09 +0000 skrev Old Rocker:
> On Monday 19 December 2005 04:08, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> I download Kubuntu because I prefer the KDE desktop, and also want to 
> run some Gnome applications, but not the whole of Gnome.  I go to the 
> repositories and find I cannot download the Gnome desktop without it 
> taking out KDE.  So I try to download individual packages, then find 
> some will install but others won't as the basic dependencies are not 
> present and won't be installed. (This is my experience).
> 
> So I add the Debian repositories to my apt-get sources.list and from 
> there I download Gnome packages that refuse to run under Kubuntu 
> because there is an incompatibility between the Debian and Ubuntu 
> versions. (Again my experience).
> 
> So I ask that the necessary changes be made in the content of the CD to 
> allow packages from both the major desktops to be installed.

How about fixing kubuntu so it allows you to install Gnome as needed
instead? Feels like a much less convoluted solution, and one that will
not adversely affect a lot of people that do not have this problem.



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