Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu ... just one!

[Rick]

Since several of my requests for information about applications to do 
certain things either went unnoticed or there simply was no one who knew 
the answers, I began to explore in Kubuntu. I used the following advice:


You could do $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop to cleanly
install KDE and $ sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop to cleanly
remove GNOME


Well, I did find some suitable KDE applications and gained a little 
insight into Kubuntu, BUT


the above command lines did NOT do what they were supposed to do. I have 
repeated the above lines several times to uninstall and install Ubuntu 
and Kubuntu. Right now I have both Ubuntu and Kubuntu  ...  and KDE 4 as 
alternatives at login. I do not want all those alternatives. There are 
some K-programs which are clearly superior to what I found in GNOME, 
like Dolphin and NoteCase and the font installation system. What 
confuses things to an incredible degree is that shortcut icons 
(launchers) are not deleted together with the program, and often they 
continue to work even after they have been deleted / uninstalled.


How can I now (short of a clean installation) return the computer to 
Ubuntu, with a few selected KDE programs to supplement the Ubuntu arsenal?


Rick




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This comes to you from Deep Thought VII on Ubuntu 8.04
Rick's Linux desk top digital Office, Classroom and Entertainment Center