Basic newbie question

[jerry]

Arthur H. Johnson II wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 16:29 +0100, Severin Schoepke wrote:
>   
>> Hi Jerry
>>
>> jerry schrieb:
>>     
>>> I've been using Kubuntu (KDE) for a while now and really like it for it 
>>> ease of use and have had very few problems. I am running Dapper 6.06 
>>>   
>>>       
>> You write that you use KDE...
>>
>>     
>>> I frequently see instructions such as: "The easiest way to do this is by 
>>> going to System -> Administration -> Networking 
>>>       
>> ...and these Instructions are for GNOME. I don't use KDE, so I can't 
>> tell you, how to do it. But the reason for you not finding these menus 
>> is that they are mostly instructions for Ubuntu/GNOME.
>>
>> HTH, Severin
>>     
>
> Since your using Kubuntu and not Ubuntu, I would subscribe to the Kubuntu-users mailing list:
>
> http://kubuntu.org/support.php
>
> Ubuntu is Gnome specific, so any questions regarding desktop usage is
> going to be in a Gnome context.
>
>
>   
Thanks to everyone for your response. I   have played around with Gnome 
in some other distros but did not realize that the menu paths were 
incompatible. I will subscribe to the Kubuntu list.

Jerry