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kubuntu or ubuntu? pro's con's, need your input! thanks guys!

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so i'm completely new to linux. i want to try something new

kubuntu or ubuntu?
give the pros and cons please! thanks a bunch guys!
 
#2 ·
what exactly are you planning on using Linux for ?

If for server purposes than Suse / Debian / Fedora .

But if you are looking for a Desktop based than Mint / Ubuntu / Arch ( the system is linux but more orientated towards a desktop system) , I personally prefer Mint 12 and I have removed windows from my system
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Originally Posted by ironmaiden View Post

what exactly are you planning on using Linux for ?
If for server purposes than Suse / Debian / Fedora .
But if you are looking for a Desktop based than Mint / Ubuntu / Arch ( the system is linux but more orientated towards a desktop system) , I personally prefer Mint 12 and I have removed windows from my system
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regular user. i just wanna try something new
 
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Originally Posted by Skripka View Post

They are the same thing. Only difference is the GUI.
This. Kubuntu and Ubuntu use exactly the same packages, updates and configuration. Only thing different is some basic applications and the GUI as Skripka said. Personally I really don't like Kubuntu because it uses KDE which IMO sucks. I much prefer Ubuntu's Gnome look (Gnome 2 that is). It's all down to personal preference though.
 
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thanks guys. i'm going to give ubuntu a try :) i'm doing dual boot. so if it doesn't work out, i'll just remove it :-D
 
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IMO, Kubuntu's desktop kde4 is too heavy and Ubuntu using that Unity interface bites. If you must go Ubuntu-based give Lubuntu a try. Light on resources and very customizable once you get used to it. http://lubuntu.net/
 
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Originally Posted by z3r0_k00l75 View Post

IMO, Kubuntu's desktop kde4 is too heavy and Ubuntu using that Unity interface bites. If you must go Ubuntu-based give Lubuntu a try. Light on resources and very customizable once you get used to it. http://lubuntu.net/
Meh. ALL the Ubuntus require similar loads of packages. Even the supposedly "light" versions of it still require the hundreds of megabytes of desktop environs packages that Gnome and KDE do. None is really any lighter than the other. Besides any reasonably modern multicore computer can run any Linux without difficulty or sluggishness.
 
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OP: The difference is how much you like the ability to change your GUI. KDE is far better than Gnome3 and Unity (hey look Gnome fanboys I'm being unreasonably biased too
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PS: If you think KDE is too "heavy" there's always grabbing the "low fat" settings post install from the Kubuntu website. But KDE is no more heavy than the over-rated Gnome or Unity.
 
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Originally Posted by hot97integra View Post

thanks guys. i'm going to give ubuntu a try :) i'm doing dual boot. so if it doesn't work out, i'll just remove it :-D
Be aware that the order you install the OS's in makes a difference, as they use different bootloaders (NTLDR vs. GRUB). While GRUB will cope with both Windows & Linux, NTLDR won't. So, you'll need to use GRUB to access both. However, if you remove Ubuntu, it'll take GRUB with it, rendering your rig unable to boot. Once you remove Ubuntu, you'll need to boot with the Windows CD in, and boot to a recovery console and run "fixmbr" to install the NTLDR bootloader back to the boot sector of your HDD.

I believe, that if you make a separate partition for Ubuntu's /boot partition, in theory if you left that in situ when removing Ubuntu, your computer would still boot (to the boot menu), then you could select Windows from there. I haven't tried this, but in my head it works lol
 
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Originally Posted by chemicalfan View Post

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Originally Posted by hot97integra View Post

thanks guys. i'm going to give ubuntu a try :) i'm doing dual boot. so if it doesn't work out, i'll just remove it :-D
Be aware that the order you install the OS's in makes a difference, as they use different bootloaders (NTLDR vs. GRUB). While GRUB will cope with both Windows & Linux, NTLDR won't. So, you'll need to use GRUB to access both. However, if you remove Ubuntu, it'll take GRUB with it, rendering your rig unable to boot. Once you remove Ubuntu, you'll need to boot with the Windows CD in, and boot to a recovery console and run "fixmbr" to install the NTLDR bootloader back to the boot sector of your HDD.

I believe, that if you make a separate partition for Ubuntu's /boot partition, in theory if you left that in situ when removing Ubuntu, your computer would still boot (to the boot menu), then you could select Windows from there. I haven't tried this, but in my head it works lol
Yes OP could do this however it would require them manually adding an option to the windows bootloader. I have done this with my CentOS and RHEL installs. You can google on how to do this.

Hmm as far as KDE vs Gnome, you have fanboys on either side of the fence there are conflicts going back to the first releases of the two GUI's. I wish it were still possible to make them indistinguishable to one another like Red Hat used to do.

KDE is very similar to the windows shell, if you are comfortable with the desktop paradigm it may be the way to go for you.

Gnome has the same number of features and bells and whistles KDE does and you won't go lacking or missing anything in either environment. However a lot of people have grown grumpy about Gnome 3 and how much it has changed itself from Gnome 2. That is for you to decide.

If you really want to alienate yourself and try something new go Headless and learn commands
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been running linux mint 11 on my laptop and i have little to no experience with linux and i love it.
 
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