On 21/09/2007, Richard Smedley <smedley358@btinternet.com > wrote:

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

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