[ubuntu-za] Kubuntu questions

[Raoul Snyman]

Hi Wikus,

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0200, <wikus at cheetah-microsystems.com>
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.


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