I've been using Ubuntu as my main desktop for the past year now and can say that it really works well right after install. If you want the codecs and extra stuff you can add the mediabuntu repository and get everything you need. The part I like the best is that I don't have to muck around with it much and can just start using it. For a daily workstation I'm done with compiling software every time I want a new feature *cough* gentoo *cough*. I've gone back and forth between KDE and Gnome throughout the years, but have settled on Gnome for now. It seems lighter weight and does all that I need it to while still providing a lot of cool features.
:wq! jason On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 03 December 2008 11:27 am, Brian Friday wrote: > >> So the motherboard sounds like that $229 (MB+Q9550 CPU) deal from >> Fry's that they just had. >> >> If so be aware that the motherboard is not out of the box compatible >> with the Q9550 processor. >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813135063 > > If Fry's sold a combo that wouldn't work out of the box, they put > themselves in a bad place. If that happens to me I'd simply stop > payment on my CC until their service department did the flash at no > charge. Really... > > But it looks like I may be okay... I paid $158 for the board/Q8200 combo > which looks like it's going to work for me. Quad Core 2.33 is going to > be fast enough for me <smile>. > > Also I forgot to add my video card: e-GeForce 7200GS, 256 MB. I'm not > sure I really need it, but it's free ($45.00 less $45.00 rebate). > >> For the core of your question. I honestly don't know. I have used the >> Ubuntu KDE default and "liked" it for what it was worth but even with >> my mac I am a minimalist preferring command line tools rather than >> the flashy styles. I follow this trend regardless of the OS I am >> using. I would, since you are running a newer distro install both >> disk space is pretty cheap and your 500GB hard drives won't feel more >> than a small pinch. > > Do you use KDE3 or KDE4? KDE3 is being left behind, and KDE4 is really > completely different; a lot of bad press. > >> KDE for changes things but I am not ready to say that Gnome is better >> either. This may be the best time for you to try them both out and >> compare what you like and do not like. I also would not discount the >> lightweight WM's but I also do not have any that I can recommend. > > I'm looking seriously at Ubuntu as a switch from the Mandriva I've been > used to. The key for me is I'm a user. Without getting into arguments > about free as in speech, I really need all those codecs, etc., > seamlessly installed. Does Ubuntu do that? Mandriva does if I buy the > "Cooker" and I've even considered the commercial Novell desktop; it's > $100 per year, and comes with (as many of us know, and some of us hate) > almost everything MS compatible. > > Anyway... any other ideas, anyone? > > I'm leaving for lunch, and when I get back I can get started on building > the machine <smile>. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
