Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make. If you have been following my blog, I thank you wholeheartedly. I now regret to inform you that I need to slightly inconvenience you by asking that you now refer to HERE to read my blog entries. I will no longer be writing much in this blog. There is no real reason why I have changed blogs, it is just one of my many whims. Mainly, it is because Windows Spaces looks nice and works better in Windows Live Writer.

I will still come regularly to check the chat box, and even if I don't reply, I DO read them, so feel free to say anything you want, like things I should talk about, or things I shouldn't talk about. Stuff like that.

Thank You, and I apologize again for this minor inconvenience.

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Kubuntu, First Impressions

0 comments Posted by Mangenkyo on Tuesday, January 06, 2009

I have installed a variant of Ubuntu on my laptop, and it's called Kubuntu. The main difference is that it utilizes the KDE (K Desktop Environment) as opposed to GNOME which is used by Ubuntu. I don't really know what GNOME stands for.

I like Kubuntu a lot, but I don't really find it very feasible, as, because it is still in it's early stages, it is laggy, and it, like all other Linux distros, is very bad when it comes to installing things. Installation is troublesome and slow. You need to use the Terminal or "Konsole" as it is called by Kubuntu. Also, many things require other programs, or pre-requisites to be installed, making installing a single program a long and ardous task.

On the other hand, Kubuntu has all the makings of a good operating system. Firstly, it looks good, and the way the desktop is organised is innovative. Secondly, many of the Windows programs we need have similar Linux equivalents.

So, unless you have a really bad computer, don't like experimentation, or want to play a lot of games, I recommend Kubuntu.

 

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