I can't say much about Kubuntu, but I ran Xubuntu for a while. The prefs panel in XFCE is not nearly as full-featured as Gnome's, so there were some settings I just couldn't change without editing config files. I ended up switching to 'standard' Ubuntu and taking a performance hit on my 900MHz laptop.
The Ubuntu team has a very pulled-together Gnome environment; you should try it out as a LiveCD if nothing else. On 7/6/06, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think Kubuntu is really considered as a separate distribution. > Since the project's standardized on gnome they had to make things > separate. They use the same repositories.... > > I like Ubuntu and have no problems recommending it, especially since > they just released their new version, 6.06 LTS. Its my preferred desktop > distro. > > > -ray wrote: > > >List has been kinda quiet lately, so here ya go... In the past 7 years, > >I've used various distros on my workstation at the office. Been running > >Debian sid for a few years and think it's time for a change. > > > >Heard good things about Ubuntu, but i like KDE. Anyone running Kubuntu? > >They seem to stay current with ubuntu, i just wonder why there's another > >distrib instead of just KDE packages for ubuntu? > > > >What else do ya'll run on the desktop? Debian unstable has a few small > >annoying problems that i could probably fix, but i dont have the time to > >fix it nor do i think i should have to. It's to be expected with the > >unstable branch, so I guess i'm looking for something a little more > >polished. Suggestions? > > > >ray > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
