<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.30.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> If you have your Ubuntu setup the way you like it, you can also just install KDE and then choose between Gnome and KDE at startup. You will pull in a lot of Qt dependancies, and you system will have both gtk and qt stuff, but if you have a decent machine, you wont notice any performance issues. I'm currently running Ultimate Edition on this machine, and it's pretty much a cherry pick flavour of Gnome and KDE bits. I find it very good. On standard Ubuntu, I find myself installing qt stuff anyway, cause things like Brasero are garbage, and k3b works well for me. I have been running both Gnome and KDE versions of various *nix flavours for several years now, so I like some bits of both. Except for Fedora 15a, I am slowly falling in love with Gnome3... J <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> -----Original Message----- From: Raoul Snyman <<A HREF="mailto:Raoul%20Snyman%20%3craoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za%3e">raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za</A>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <<A HREF="mailto:Ubuntu%20South%20African%20Local%20Community%20%3cubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Kubuntu questions Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:41:48 +0200 <PRE> Hi Wikus, On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0200, <<A HREF="mailto:wikus@cheetah-microsystems.com">wikus@cheetah-microsystems.com</A>> wrote: > I am thinking of trying Kubuntu. I have only used normal Ubuntu before and > build up a huge base of manualsand documents on how to do things. My > question is , how much of that is the same in Kubuntu and how muchwill I > have to start from scratch learning again. Most of the concepts are the same, even if you're using a different app. For instance, a text editor is a text editor, whether you're using gedit or Kate. > 1. Installing software (apt-get and synaptec the same in Kubuntu) Kubuntu has apt-get, but uses KPackageKit instead of Synaptic. > 2. Installing multimedia support In Ubuntu you install "ubuntu-restricted-extras". In Kubuntu you install "kubuntu-restricted-extras" > 3. Installing encoders such as ffmpeg4. > Installing LAMP You'll install the same packages in Kubuntu as you would in Ubuntu. > So basically what I want to know is everything under the hood the same and > is it only the desktop environment that differs ? Yes. -- Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering) Saturn Laboratories m: 082 550 3754 e: <A HREF="mailto:raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za">raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za</A> w: <A HREF="http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za">www.saturnlaboratories.co.za</A> b: blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>