Will Ubuntu use KDE instead of Gnome ?

[Scott]

Old Rocker wrote:
> On Sunday 15 Jan 2006 08:49, Jan Moren wrote:
> 
>> Kubuntu comes on a CD as well.
>>
>> Why is this a problem?
> 
> Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I always that the free CD came only with 
> Gnome.  If you wanted Kubuntu, you could get it only by burning a CD of 
> your own or updating through Ubuntu using
> 
> sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> 
> or
> 
> sudo apt-get install kdebase kde
> 
> Kubuntu does not come on a free CD that is given away, or that was my 
> understanding.

You must be on dialup. I've never ordered the free CD.  I just download
the ISO and burn it (both Ubuntu and Kubuntu).

> 
> If it does, could someone post the link to the website where I can order 
> a Kubuntu CD for free and so have only those Gnome applications that I 
> think necessary.... On the Kubuntu page are links to shops where I can 
> BUY Kubuntu, but not order it without cost.....

Is £1.00  or £2.00 too expensive?

http://tinyurl.com/9szyr

http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/general/#pid81532


> 
> Now to go back to the original question.  Gnome is free as in beer and 
> as in freedom.  KDE uses the Qt libraries from Trolltech which have 
> been made freely available but have a tighter licence.  In other words, 
> they are not as free as in freedom as Gnome.

This was accurate a long time ago.  It's no longer the case.

http://kdemyths.urbanlizard.com/topic/10
http://developer.kde.org/documentation/licensing/licensing.html
http://developer.kde.org/documentation/books/kde-2.0-development/ch19lev1sec2.html


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