Breezy Badger - Ubuntu Kubuntu mix

[Antony Gelberg]

Bjørn Ingmar Berg wrote:
> Hi people.
> 
> 
> On my desktop computer I am running Ubuntu 5.10.  A short while ago
> I decided I wanted to have a look at Kubuntu as well.  So I installed
> kubuntu-desktop with all the packages it depends on.  This worked out
> well.  Or at least as well as I could expect...
> 
> At login I can chose wether I want to start Gnome or KDE and both work
> very well.  Even so I'm not completely satisfied.  The problem is that
> in the menues in Gnome I now have lots of KDE-applications, and in KDE
> I have lots of Gnome-applications.

This is really quite a normal thing.  Many users wish to run Gnome or 
KDE, but use apps from the other.  If a Gnome user wants to run k3b, 
should it be left off the menu?  It just doesn't make sense (to me) to 
limit the user in that way.

> It's understandable that this happened and that the installer thought this
> was what I wanted.  But now -in hindsight- I wish Gnome had kept itself
> Gnome-only and KDE had ended up KDE-only.

Why?

> If I want to have both a "clean" Ubuntu and a "clean" Kubuntu on the same
> computer, do I have to set this up as dual-booting two independant
> operating systems?  Or is there a brainier way to achieve this?
> 
> Setting up Ubuntu and Kubuntu "on top of eachother" can be an ok way
> to let a potential convert have a look at both before she decides.  If I do
> this, what is the best way to remove only the packages that belongs to
> the flavour that she doesn't want?  I mean, if she decides she likes KDE
> better, how do I remove the Ubuntu-only packages in a way that doesn't
> mung Kubuntu?

Why not just leave as is?  What if she likes KDE and rhythmbox?  The 
fact that Gnome and KDE both come with a set of apps should be seen as a 
bonus for those that want to use those apps (and a downer for those that 
don't ;).

It's funny, in my short time here it's amazing to see how people view 
Ubuntu as a monolithic entity, in a way that I've never seen in other 
distros.  Or Ubuntu and Kubuntu as such different entities.  They're 
just a kernel, apt, and some other packages.  :)

> 
> Apologies if I have been too verbose...
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Bjørn Ingmar Berg
>