KDE/Kubuntu on Xubuntu

[Petter Adsen]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:22:34 +0100
Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:35:49AM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > On 04/17/2015 11:12 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> > >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.

Of course, but the point of this exercise was to get a look at the KDE
_desktop_ :)

Thanks to all who have answered. It is installed now, and after
spending a bit of time playing with the settings it is actually quite
nice.

Petter

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