Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu ... just one!

[Karl Larsen]

Rick wrote:
> 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:
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> You could do $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop to cleanly
> install KDE and $ sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop to cleanly
> remove GNOME
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> Well, I did find some suitable KDE applications and gained a little 
> insight into Kubuntu, BUT
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Rick
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    The simplest is to not stop at the step where you login. I have no 
reason to protect the computer from my wife. Click on 
System-Administration- Login Window. Select Security and there select 
your login to be automatic.

    Why you want so many Desktops is odd to me. I am happy with Gnome 
and one or two kubuntu applications.


Karl


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