[hblug] Ubuntu or Kubuntu

[Michael Adams]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:17:12 +0900
Jim Tittsler wrote:

> 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).
> 

And i swear by IceWM as my main clean minimilist looking desktop.
Mandriva optionally installs about 9 desktops for you to choose from. If
you have a recent grunty processor and like eye candy, then SLED is
definately the way to go. Even changing desktops in SLED involves 3D
effects.