On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 12:03 +1300, Robert Fisher wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:57:01 Tom Smith wrote: > >> What's the difference between kde and gnome? is it purely cosmetic? Eye > >> candy works better in kde? Is one less resource hungry? > >> > > > > KDE aims to give as many configuration options as possible while > > the GNOME team are terrified of including anything that granny won't > > understand. > > > > That's the way I see it anyhow. > > > If I do decide to change (from Kubuntu to Ubuntu), is it safe to use the > same /home partition and simply select the "do not format" option or > should I backup and then reformat the home partition? > Yes you can leave it alone. However, not backing up wanted data before an upgrade is always a gamble. Not something I'd recommend.
Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
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