[hblug] Ubuntu or Kubuntu

[Jim Tittsler]

On Aug 30, 2006, at 06:55, Tony Hughes wrote:

> Hi guys, without starting up a war about the two, does anybody have  
> some good comparisons to make about the two desktops?
> Any real or imagined advantages between the two?

There is also a third variant, Xubuntu.  Xubuntu is built around the  
Xfce Desktop environment and tends to be a little "lighter weight"  
which makes it well suited to older or low-end machines.

There is a link on the main Ubuntu home page or go directly to:
   http://www.xubuntu.org/

As Chris mentioned that KDE has a bit more eye candy than Gnome,  
Gnome has more than Xfce.  :-)  But they are all functional.  And  
regardless of the desktop, you can run applications of the "other"  
type(s), it just means more libraries get loaded behind the scenes.   
If you have time to experiment I'd suggest trying them all before  
deciding which one you like (and which perform well on your hardware).