Comments on: How To Switch Between GNOME & KDE 4.5 On Ubuntu 10.04

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:59:00 +0000

@dave: try to look at query and simply remove quotes like amp; before last sudo put ;
and that’s it :-)

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:59:09 +0000

@dave: try to look at query and simply remove quotes like amp; before last sudo put ;
and that's it :-)

By: dave

dave — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:47:00 +0000

tried to remove KDE and got this error message in terminal
bash: syntax error near unexpected token ‘;&’

By: dave

dave — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:47:25 +0000

tried to remove KDE and got this error message in terminal
bash: syntax error near unexpected token ';&'

By: Imran Akhtar

Imran Akhtar — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:58:58 +0000

Gnome is much easier to configure than the latter. Ultimately, I cannot give Linux and the open source world enough praise for allowing one to experiment and enjoy so many different OSes and desktops.
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By: Rbrownlie

Rbrownlie — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:40:00 +0000

After I installed KDE, my subpixel rendering for my fonts stopped working.

By: ShmuelNyssen

ShmuelNyssen — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:08:22 +0000

Hey!
Im starting to convince my self to get in to the Ubuntu side cause Windows is VERY slow.

The point is that i have both Gnome and KDE and i wanted to uninstall KDE since months ago cause i dont use it, and (may be not) i feel my booting process is slower.

Thanks for the Extra Easy Gide! I relay appreciate so! :)

By: ShmuelNyssen

ShmuelNyssen — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:08:00 +0000

Hey!
Im starting to convince my self to get in to the Ubuntu side cause Windows is VERY slow.

The point is that i have both Gnome and KDE and i wanted to uninstall KDE since months ago cause i dont use it, and (may be not) i feel my booting process is slower.

Thanks for the Extra Easy Gide! I relay appreciate so! :)

By: Tim Brookes

Tim Brookes — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:58:00 +0000

Thanks, we’ll get this fixed asap :)

By: Marco Ghirlanda

Marco Ghirlanda — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:14:00 +0000

The second link for the txt is wrong, it should be 2 instead of 1 (you get the same txt than the one for removing kde)

By: Rawnut

Rawnut — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:51:28 +0000

There is no need to add repositories. KDE 4.5 is already in the main repos.

“sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop” is all you need. If you don’t want to use the command line, it’s in the software center. Just search for kubuntu.

By: Rawnut

Rawnut — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:51:00 +0000

There is no need to add repositories. KDE 4.5 is already in the main repos.

“sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop” is all you need. If you don’t want to use the command line, it’s in the software center. Just search for kubuntu.

By: McStud

McStud — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:51:00 +0000

I get so bored with one desktop environment. Therefore, I have tried numerous flavors. Blackbox is minimal, lightweight, but very cool. Did not care for Openbox, not skinnable enough. Fluxbox is very similar to Blackbox and it too is quite cool. KDE is very pleasant looking, but draws more resources than any of them. The plasmoid effect is too slow for me. Gnome is snappy and I love the interface. It is very intuitive, and highly configurable as is KDE. The two “Big Boys” would definitely be Gnome and KDE. In my opinion, Gnome is much easier to configure than the latter. Ultimately, I cannot give Linux and the open source world enough praise for allowing one to experiment and enjoy so many different OSes and desktops. Think about it. Here is a trustworthy saying: “We will never be able to choose XP, Vista, or 7 at login!”

By: Tim Brookes

Tim Brookes — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:33:14 +0000

There's also the xubuntu-desktop package in the repositories, which should work (though you'll get all the Xubuntu software packages too, in case you just wanted the GUI).

You can of course use the command line interface, it'd be:

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

I believe...

By: Tim Brookes

Tim Brookes — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:33:00 +0000

There’s also the xubuntu-desktop package in the repositories, which should work (though you’ll get all the Xubuntu software packages too, in case you just wanted the GUI).

You can of course use the command line interface, it’d be:

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

I believe…