Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Kubuntu, ArkLinux Announce KDE 3.4-Based Releases

Posted by timothy on from the by-any-other-name dept.

arexx writes "Kubuntu, the new Linux flavour based on the fast-climbing Ubuntu but with a KDE desktop as standard has reached its first preview release, with the first full release due next month. ISOs and torrents are available for all major architectures from cdimage.ubuntu.com. Kubuntu is the first distribution to ship with the new KDE 3.4, released just two days ago. Existing Ubuntu users can grab KDE 3.4 with a quick and customarily painless 'sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop' in the nearest terminal window." Kubuntu isn't alone, though: as reader fixertechno puts it, "After 3 years of development, testing, and me waiting patiently, the first stable release of Ark Linux has been released; Bero's announcement is here. Ark Linux is a KDE based desktop version of Linux with similar goals of 'it just works' to Ubuntu Linux. If you've been waiting to try Ark Linux -- or any Linux distribution for that matter, now's the time!"

11 of 176 comments (clear)

  1. afrolinux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    is there a distro that calls itself "afrolinux" or "ninux" or "libwackix" ?

  2. Finally by nekoes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another linux distribution! ::cool::

    --
    Hey, it's my OPINION that dogs have eight legs and make a sound like a car horn every time they take a piss.
  3. Re:to avoid misunderstood by tquinlan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean there's a Gubuntu? ;)

    --
    DBA? Software Engineer? My company is hiring! Click
  4. Re:Ark has a long way to go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "And they seem to have a problem spelling associated, there was no z in it last time I looked. "

    Must be the american spelling ;-)

  5. Re:to avoid misunderstood by rayde · · Score: 3, Funny

    don't you mean GNU/Ubuntu? ;-)

  6. Re:Kubuntu is a word! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, now what the fuck is Bemba?

    When did I miss the boat from Slashdot land to African linguisticville (I'm guessing to what Bemba is; I'll look it up later)? You gave the definition to keep people from thinking it's a fake word then expect us to know what Bemba is.

  7. Re:Kubuntu by Jellybob · · Score: 2, Funny

    apt-get install xfce not good enough for you?

  8. Re:Hippie Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    i've already put several of my friends on it who would never have gone near linux otherwise... explained to them how to ask smart questions, and sent them to #ubuntu on freenode... and they are happy as can be :-)


    Funny, I just point my friends and relatvies to #debian on just about any IRC network, and for some reason I never hear from them again. ;)
  9. Can someone help me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm looking for a Linux distro which I can follow and mindlessly defend with religious zealotry. Should anyone dis my new-found distro they shall feel the point of my sharp Slashdot wit!

  10. News just out .... by Kneewobbler-One · · Score: 2, Funny

    About a special windows license: Wubuntu (ancient african word meaning: blue screens for everyone). Wubuntu will use the upcoming Qt toolkit for Windows. Further down the road: Macuntu, OS2untu (pronounced: ozuntu). I can't wait. Gotta go now, strange beeps from my Nokia 7610. Guess Symbiuntu 0.01a is giving up.

  11. Re:to avoid misunderstood by leereyno · · Score: 2, Funny

    GNU/yes GNU/we GNU/do.

    --
    Muslim community leaders warn of backlash from tomorrow morning's terrorist attack.