Ubuntu arrives

[Matthew Carpenter]

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I'm running Ubuntu with KDE right now.  Here's the scoop as I see it (so
far, since I'm new to it still).  KDE is pretty vanilla (with a default
color-change or two) and "capable" but they have obviously spent their
time on making Gnome nicely integrated.  While I prefer KDE, their
implementation of the Gnome setup is quite pretty and usable.  From
someone who typically does not like Gnome's look and feel, that says a lot.

Biggest problems I have with Ubuntu's Gnome impl?  I find myself doing
"<ALT-F2> gg:some google search" all the time.  Or any of my several
other specific web-searches, which include corporate directory lookups
using either ID, Last Name, or First Name, Firewall Ruleset Request #'s,
and other things customized to take most of the "surfing" out of my job.

Other things I miss:
* Klipper (man, I hate the whole "One Clipboard to Store Them All, and
In the Darkness Bind Them")
* K-Applets (like K-newsticker)


On nice thing is that for the most part, the clipboard is accessed with
Copy and Paste (key-sequence or menu) and not the mouse...  While I love
that access, it is more difficult to explain to others.

I like the Ubuntu color-scheme, very earthy but nice.  The arrival was a
nice surprise, since the Intel version includes a Live-CD version!

ps.  I first told you all about Ubuntu (although probably not the first
time many of you knew about it) on the same day I ordered.  When was
that?  Check the archives, I don't remember.  If I have time I'll
search, but I have been working for 4 hours today and yet to touch my
to-do-for-today list.  ARG!


Douglas J Hunley wrote:
| In a brief moment of lucidty, Matthew Carpenter proclaimed:
|
|>It came!
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|
| can someone please let the list know when Ubuntu ships w/ KDE. I see it's
| planned, but I just don't have the bandwidth to keep track of when it
| actually gets implemented.
| thanks
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