KDE/Kubuntu on Xubuntu

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:35:49AM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On 04/17/2015 11:12 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> >I'm running Xubuntu 15.04 on my desktop, but I was wondering about
> >taking a look at the new KDE, to see how it is. I haven't seen KDE in
> >many, many years, as I firmly hated it the last time, but that is so
> >long ago that it would be unfair of me to base my opinion of it on how
> >it was then.
> >
> >What is recommended to install when you are running a different Ubuntu
> >spin? I have a sneaking suspicion that the kubuntu-* packages could
> >possibly replace things that are in my Xubuntu installation?
> >
> >Simply put, there is no "kde-desktop"-package, so what should I install
> >to get a decent selection of the KDE universe?
> >
> >(Bonus points if removal is a simple apt-get purge <package>, followed
> >by an autoremove if I still hate it :)
> 
> You don't need to install the entire *kubuntu-desktop* in order to get some
> of the best kde goodies - for example *dolphin* with all its bells and
> whistles (especially the 'split wiev') or *k3b* or *digikam* or *kdenlive*
> etc., etc... All you need to do is making xubuntu 'kde-aware'. That option
> is hidden somewhere in xubuntu's settings manager.
> 
You can of course just install k3b, digikam (both of which I have on
my xubuntu system) and they work perfectly OK.  They do pull quite a
bit of KDE stuff in with them but you stay with an xfce desktop.

-- 
Chris Green