Ubuntu versus KUbuntu

Bill Christiansen bill.christiansen at paradise.net.nz
Fri Apr 8 19:57:55 UTC 2005


On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:42:58 +0200
Johannes Behr <johannes.behr at igd.fhg.de> wrote:

> 
> On Apr 8, 2005, at 9:30 PM, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 12:26:39PM +0100, Keith Powell wrote:
> >
> >> Is there any advantage in running KUbuntu rather than installing 
> >> KDE3.4
> >> on Ubuntu?
> >>
> >> At the moment, I am enjoying using Gnome rather than KDE, but I was 
> >> just
> >> wondering.
> >
> > That will give you a system with both KDE and GNOME, whereas Kubuntu 
> > will
> > give you a system with only KDE.
> 
> But can I use both in parallel? Can I install (ubuntu-desktop and 
> kubuntu-desktop)
> on one machine. What login manager do I get? GDM or KDM ?

Yes, you get a dialog that lets you choose GDM or KDM and it wont hurt your ubuntu-desktop.
> 
> I have a (almost :) perfect running ubuntu system and love my 
> gnome-desktop but
> just would like to see how the kde desktop looks and feels. Can I just
> install kubuntu-desktop without ruining my gnome desktop and settings?
> 
> Regards,
>    Johannes
> 
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