I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, and I was wondering what Kubuntu would be like on the same system.
Is it as easy as apt-get install kubuntu-desktop and logging out/in (or rebooting)? Are there any gotchas to look out for? I've installed a couple of apps, specifically VMware Workstation and Google Chrome. Will they continue to work transparently? That is, I don't need to re-install them, do I?
On 2014-10-27 Kevin McGregor wrote:
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, and I was wondering what Kubuntu would be like on the same system.
Is it as easy as apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
In Fedora you can do something like that and make it work, rather than a reinstall with the "KDE spin". There will always be little tweaks and gotchas though, to get it set as the default, etc. One would guess you could do the same with Unbuntu, but I don't use Ubuntu so I can't speak to that (sorry).
At least you're not facing what I'm (still) facing: changing from Fedora 32-bit to 64-bit!
Should be as easy as apt-get install. Be ready to have some daemons from KDE running even if you don't use it in the future. My experience years ago was that they got installed and setup in the runlevels without waiting to see what desktop environment you logged in with.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Trevor Cordes trevor@tecnopolis.ca wrote:
On 2014-10-27 Kevin McGregor wrote:
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, and I was wondering what Kubuntu would be like on the same system.
Is it as easy as apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
In Fedora you can do something like that and make it work, rather than a reinstall with the "KDE spin". There will always be little tweaks and gotchas though, to get it set as the default, etc. One would guess you could do the same with Unbuntu, but I don't use Ubuntu so I can't speak to that (sorry).
At least you're not facing what I'm (still) facing: changing from Fedora 32-bit to 64-bit! _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
-
Kevin McGregor -
Robert Keizer -
Trevor Cordes