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- Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 Beta (Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Karmic Koala)
- Why do we focus on UbuntuAll that is provided here is screen shots and Kubuntu is much prettier and has the potential to be a much more polished OS although currently it looks prettier Ubuntu is more polished (in a windows 2000 looking way).RE: Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 Beta (Ubuntu...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu, Kubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Parsing the nuances of OS decisions
- Parsing the nuances of OS decisionsApple is not the most likely replacement[i]Apple?s OS X is the most likely platform to replace Vista or Windows 7 with 27 percent eyeing the Mac platform.[/i]Um, 27% < 65%. 65% of respondents chose Linux.Most will stay with Windowsdue to either fear of the unknown,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Kubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, OS decision, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Does the new Windows 7 taskbar look like the KDE 4 taskbar?
- When I started posting screenshots of the new Windows 7 desktop several people commented both in the TalkBack and via email on how similar the Windows 7 taskbar is to the KDE 4 taskbar. Not being familiar with KDE (I'm more of an Ubuntu user rather than Kubuntu) I didn't...
- Tags: Kubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, KDE, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Free lunches for schools?
- Finally, I succumbed to the siren song of Linux and OpenOffice and built myself a computer lab from old donated machines using only some blank CDs from WalMart, the latest Breezy Badger release of Kubuntu (www.kubuntu.org), and a bunch of very wary students. by Christopher Dawson
- Tags: Kubuntu, CD, Computer, Linux, Productivity, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launch
- Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launchUBUNTU RulesI have tried numerous distros of linux and have found ubuntu the easiet to useI am downloading the latest version nowVersion 7 had drivers for all of the harder on my pc and installed everything automaticallyCool features!Have been looking forward...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Lord Jesus Christ, Ubuntu, KDE, KDE 4, corporate case, Ubuntu 8.04, Shuttleworth, Kubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Your mom Kubuntus!
- Your mom Kubuntus!Well done!Good article. I thoroughly agree. Although "your mom" will probably prefer the simplicity of Ubuntu over the tweakability of Kubuntu.... :-)There is one thing you can do, though, to improve readability: put the conclusion (the "home message" in the last paragraph) on top. Perhaps in bold type,...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE gui, Linux, grandma, Kubuntu
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- Your mom Kubuntus!
- Sorry, my students' steady stream of "your mom" jokes brings out my inner 14-year old. However, this is the first in my series this summer of training for the masses (see * for dummies) and the point is that your mom (or your grandmother, or your most typewriter-bound secretary)...
- Tags: Training for the masses, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- When discretion really is the better part of valor
- When you successfully triple boot XP, Vista, and Kubuntu, discretion is most definitely the better part of valor. Tread lightly here, folks, says the man overconfident in his Grub-fixing, partition-resizing, uber-geekness.Suffice to say, XP is gone although I actually was trying to do that, Vista wont boot, but at...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- News to know: Kubuntu; Vista betas; Google Apps; Amazon
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Kubuntu 7.04: Best distro for Windows users? Gallery rightDavid Berlind: Somewhere on a whiteboard at Google is a list like this. Donna Bogatin on Google.Mary Jo Foley: June 1 is D-Day for those still running Vista betas. Microsoft to roll out dynamic-language layer for .Net. Vista...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-04-25
- Kubuntu 7.04 (Kubuntu 7.04)
- Kubuntu 7.04 (Kubuntu 7.04)A long ways to go...Nice, but they've got a long ways to go to even approach Windows. Take the Crash Handler dialog box, under "what can I do": "You might want to send a bug report for this application. Check if it is listed on...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Kubuntu, Kubuntu 7.04, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- Kubuntu 7.04 - Is the the distro for those coming from a Windows background?
- Kubuntu 7.04 - Is the the distro for those coming from a Windows background?You recommend using MS tech illegally?Last time I looked there was an EULA that goes with Windows and their fonts.Dayam!I don't remember having to go through all that. At least not in Gentoo. Installing two packages (corefonts...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, KDE, Kubuntu, distro, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- Kubuntu 7.04 - Is the the distro for those coming from a Windows background?
- The other day I posted a question which asked "Which is best - Ubuntu or Kubuntu?" Interestingly one of the most popular replies that I got was "it depends." With this phrase in mind I decided to take Kubuntu for a spin and see for myself which I...
- Tags: My Linux Experience, Linux, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Kubuntu 7.04
- Taking a look at Kubuntu 7.04.
- Tags: Kubuntu 7.04, Kubuntu
- Image galleries 2007-04-24
- Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu
- Ubuntu vs. KubuntuIf you are coming from a Windows background....... then the K-desktop will be more "familiar" as it is more Windows-like in operation and appearance. I always think of Gnome as a "minimalist" desktop - a bit like of of those house interiors upi see where a large room...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Kubuntu, KDE, Ubuntu, GNOME, ice cream, Linspire, Minty Chocolate
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu
- Simple question to start Monday with: Which is best, Ubuntu or Kbuntu? Why?Last Friday I posted my first thoughts on Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" and this post was very well received (the feedback to this post has been amazing - I havent had time to read or be as...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Controlling the kernel - It's all about DRM
- Controlling the kernel - It's all about DRMMessage has been deleted.You're just figuring this out now?Anyone paying attention could have told you this years ago, back in the Palladium days.One always has to remember--you, the user, are not Microsoft's customer. Microsoft's customers are the OEMs and the companies...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Kubuntu, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Kubuntu (The Breezy Badger) 5.1.0 (Mac)
- KubUbu is a small project Open Source that supports Redmond's virtual machine, VirtualPC. KubUbu comprises two disk images that let you run the Ubuntu and Kubuntu distributions of Linux, respectively, in a Virtual PC environment.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Kubuntu, Giardina Software, KubUbu, Desktop Virtualization, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-02-11
- Not your father's SDLC
- In my last posting, I talked about a Kubuntu Linux implementation in our ailing and aging computer lab. So we've lived with it for a while and we learned a few lessons. The most important actually has nothing to do, though, with whether or not we like Linux. Overall, it's...
- Tags: Kubuntu, distro, SDLC
- Blog posts 2006-02-03
Additional Resources
- GNOME delays 3.0 release
- normal people use kde anywaygnome should never have existed at all, it's just a waste of developers time.they should have join XFCE and KDE projects.KDE 4.3 ....Just plain stinks ... not ready for prime time.Me, I prefer 3.5.10 ...kde 4.3. doesn't stinkyou are just spoiled by the extremly high standards...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Firefox 3.5 (Gallery: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)
- Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic KoalaSome nice and welcomed touches but not enough on their own to get people to switch. - Especially me!I left the Ubuntu Family when upgrading to the next version failed on ALL levels! The biggest disaster was changing the repositories to point at the new version....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
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