Kubuntu + Brandon = Accidental Love
So, I just installed Kubuntu this morning while I was getting ready. I did it to check the integrity of the boot sector on a cruddy old WD drive I borrowed from Steve. It worked, and I hadn’t used it too much before, so I went ahead and issued an “apt-get upgrade” and brought the “Hoary Hedgehog” (old) release up to date. That worked smoothly, so I did some research and changed my sources.list config file to “breezy” (the new version).
I typed “apt-get update” and “apt-get dist-upgrade”. It’s downloading some ungodly amount of upgrades right now, but the point is, it’s actually moving me to a new version. Gentoo-licious.
I’m not supposed to be liking Linux now. I’m a BSD dork now. CLI BSD.
The other thing I notice is the commented-out “universe” entries in the sources.list file. I also see from unofficial documentation that there is a “multiverse” repository that has sexy things like libdvdcss and other maybe-not-so-legal-but-essential-for-college-desktop goodies. Four uncommented and four added lines is not too shabby for Linux, and I think there is a .deb package you can grab that does this automatically.
I’m deeply impressed by Ubuntu/Kubuntu. And, with KDE 3.5 out today, I’m hoping to be even more impressed with Kubuntu. KDE is really coming along. People say it’s bloated, and it may be, but Slackware 10.1 with Dropline GNOME and Fedora Core with GNOME will both not run on our oldest box at home (P-II 400MHz), and KDE will run. So, the better of the two worlds?
And, no, XFCE is not a WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) / Grandma-Test compatible solution. Not enough stuff. At least the last time I checked.
Also, a good XFCE setup takes a week or so to get going. I did it one time. I don’t plan on doing it again.