Kubuntu Adivce

[TheBilgeRat]

While I am am here, awhile ago I tried the 64bit version of ubuntu and it was flakey at best.  Are there any good 64bit dists for X64 and is there any point ?

Flash is still an issue.  I have used 64 bit Linux Mint and Arch (and Ubuntu), they all seem OK.  There are more issues with them, but it is the "way to the future".

I don't bother with them, much, as the most powerful computer in the house is a several years old Core 2.  Heck, my main computer is still my P4 :lol: (where I'm posting this from), so no 64bit necessary.

[TheBilgeRat]

The thing about Gnome is that it's not that slow as a Desktop environment. It's Window manager, on the other hand, is a big crappy piece of bloat.

It's perfectly possible to make a Gnome install run very fast; just replace Metacity with Openbox, and use the Mist GTK theme. If you want compositing, use Xcompmgr.

Meh - you want speed?  replace all of that with a clean install of Arch or ubuntu server and DWM :lol:

[ciento]

Three quick questions......
 
1)  Does anyone use this,  what are the pros and cons over ubuntu
2) Is anyone using the latest 11.04 Version.
3) Has anyone tried the PPC version on Mac, any issues to be aware of ?  Ubuntu seems to work fine on Mac, but any firsthand experience of Kubuntu would be good.
 
Thanks

for PC users only:
11.04 is a trainwreck :hammer:  head on collision when both trains were going backwards, as fast as inept planning and implementation could allow.
(hint: don't build new trains using parts pulled from old wrecked ones)

A good kde distro is Trinity, which is based on 3.5.10 and has continued its developement, now at 3.5.12 and ongoing. KDE 4 is terriible to use and configure, when compared to 3.5.12

bodhi is a good barebones distro, with full access to ubuntu and debian repositories, and PPAs, so
you can add just what you want, free of most bloat. The live CD is less than
400 meg, just a browser, text editor, software installer (synaptic) and E17,
with several themes to choose from when booting.
Cheers

[persia]

It's funny Canonical had captured well over half the Linux market with Ubuntu, how could they possibly come up with such an abomination as 11.04?  Perhaps they should call it Ubuntu Linux Vista....

[jj]

To be fair 11.04 is not LTS

[whabang]

Meh - you want speed?  replace all of that with a clean install of Arch or ubuntu server and DWM :lol:

Why would I install Ubuntu server, when I can install a Debian base system and apt-get the rest?

Arch linux is awesome, though.

[persia]

With a base Debian system you could conceivably install a non-lobotomised version of KDE....

Why would I install Ubuntu server, when I can install a Debian base system and apt-get the rest?

Arch linux is awesome, though.

[runequester]

I must admit, I dont get the hate for KDE 4.x.

Sure when it came out, it was pretty buggy and unstable but today ? I find 4.5 to be freaking awesome

[whabang]

With a base Debian system you could conceivably install a non-lobotomised version of KDE....

Absolutely! One could also do what I did with Gnome, and simply run the KDE environment with Openbox as window manager.

[nicholas]

I must admit, I dont get the hate for KDE 4.x.

Sure when it came out, it was pretty buggy and unstable but today ? I find 4.5 to be freaking awesome

KDE 4.6 on Opensuse 11.4 is fantastic. It fits my work flow better than GNOME 2 or OSX 10.6 do.

[nicholas]

Why would I install Ubuntu server, when I can install a Debian base system and apt-get the rest?

Arch linux is awesome, though.

Or just install Slackware.

[ciento]

I must admit, I dont get the hate for KDE 4.x.

Sure when it came out, it was pretty buggy and unstable but today ? I find 4.5 to be freaking awesome

Because their refusal of the most basic updates of 3.5.10, so it was effectively banned as an option for those who wanted it. The antithesis of linux.

Now, go and use KrummyDeadEelephant4xxx to create a tansparent panel, of the size and orientation you choose, and place your icons and elements on it, where YOU want them, instead of where the K family wants them. :roflmao:

Now do the same with Trinity 3.5.12 :rtfm:    (easy money)

When compared to 0sEX, and winxxx, 4.5 and newer versions, may be wonderfully awesome! (us old geezers rezists za change)
Cheers

[nicholas]

The great thing about FOSS is if you want functionality adding to something you can:

A) Add it yourself
B) Pay someone else to do it
C) Beg and plead for someone to do it for free

[TheBilgeRat]

For me, its pacman and yaourt.  Those two alone are worth it for me.

As for KDE, I don't HATE it... I just could care less about eye candy these days.  If I use DWM, I have all my apps mapped to f-keys.  Anyways, the only proggies I use most of the time are a terminal (for vim, mplayer, wodim, and other bashy stuffs), firefox, libreoffice and eclipse (or netbeans depending on mood).  Oh and sometimes Idle.  I don't need much GUI, and to get HD movies to play nice on my P4 with an Nvidia 7000, the less system overhead the better.  :lol:

[whabang]

Or just install Slackware.

Indeed. It's a matter of personal taste, really.