Converting to Ubuntu

[Tim Wunder]

On Sunday 21 June 2009 09:47:02 am Joel Hammer wrote:
> Well, time to switch from my linspire/hybrid system.
>
> The only reason I am doing this is so I can get flash
> player to work on my computer. My current OS is just too
> old and messed up to upgrade.
>
> Ubuntu has a lot differences, but the main one is the
> desktop, Gnome vs KDE. I am used to KDE. Is there any
> reason why I should not just install KDE in place of Gnome
> with Ubuntu?
>

You could install kubuntu, but KDE anymore means KDE 4. From many accounts 
I've seen, KDE 4 might not be what you want if you're used to/happy with KDE 
3.5x.

As for installing KDE on Ubuntu, why not? Most distro's will happily let you 
install multiple DEs.

Tim

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