Re: [Staffslug] Kubuntu musings...

On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 17:34 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote: > Hmmm, do I like the latest Kubuntu? As you know, I installed 7.04 on > a spare PC yesterday afternoon. I went on a treat and runs reasonable > quickly (AMD AthlonXP 1800 with 356mb of 2100 DDR RAM). What I don't > like is that it is not easy to work out how to actually install new > (other software) In most versions of Ubuntu the first thing to do in the package manager is to enable the Universe (&, if wanted, the multiverse) repositories. After that a lot more packages will appear for you :) > and when it does there is no indication of it having > done so. I also found that I needed to log out and back in for a > couple of things. I'm not too used to that with Linux. Yes, for > Windows it's the norm' but Yes, that's quite bad. On the plus side Feisty and Gutsy (7.4 & 7.10) both have KDE4 packages :-) [1] Anyway, if you want a distro with the convenience of debs, and none of this re-booting hassle, just install Debian Sid. You'll never look back ;o) - Richard [1] See kubuntu.org _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug