Ubuntu arrives

[Ken Moffat]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:

>
> 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.


Their gnome implementation is the best I've seen.

Does kde come on the disk, or did you apt-get it?

>
> Biggest problems I have with Ubuntu's Gnome impl?  I find myself doing
> "<ALT-F2> gg:some google search" all the time. 


Is this a kde specific command? I don't know it.

> Other things I miss:
>
> * K-Applets (like K-newsticker)


There are some applets you can add using a right click on the toolbar.

>
>
> 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 use the mouse in ubuntu like in other distros, highlight then middle 
click to paste, and also the ctrl-c,x,v keys. Is this not true mostly 
everywhere?

>
> I like the Ubuntu color-scheme, very earthy but nice. 


Excellent, and if you use sound effects, theirs are interesting. bongo 
drums, etc.



-- 
ken