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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!"

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  1. Kubuntu is a word! by sethadam1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Before anybody starts up with the name, let me quickly quote the Kubuntu FAQ:

    What does kubuntu mean?
    It means "towards humanity" in Bemba.

    1. Re:Kubuntu is a word! by zecg · · Score: 3, Informative

      It's nice that both Ubuntu and Kubuntu have meaning and that they both imply humanity.

      Ubuntu = humanity towards others Kubuntu = towards humanity

      --
      .i lu doi ringos.star. xu do puku'aroroi dunli dopecaku leni virnu li'u
    2. Re:Kubuntu is a word! by Trailwalker · · Score: 4, Informative
      Great, now what the fuck is Bemba?
      Here Windows is available in Bemba.
  2. to avoid misunderstood by netdur · · Score: 5, Informative

    kubuntu is not based on ubuntu, kubuntu is ubuntu with KDE instead of gnome, it's from the same ubuntu team, anyway kubuntu mean "to humanity", it's real word

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    "Steve Jobs invented the world" -- Bill W. GATES
  3. kubuntu-default-settings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    To get the full Kubuntu feeling (like themed kdm, Kubuntu wallpaper etc.) and not pure KDE 3.4 alone you have to "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-default-settings" additionally/instead.

  4. Re:Ark has a long way to go by nutshell42 · · Score: 5, Informative
    I've downloaded the kubuntu preview today and it had neither a graphical network configuration client (you could install one from a different repository but a lack of answers in the channel leads me to the conclusion that there's no gui way to change repositories) nor a way to change the (apparently hardcoded) settings for your monitor (I had to switch to a different virtual terminal, stop kdm, adjust xorg.conf and restart kdm to get 1280x1024 at a reasonable refresh) while the ark screenshots at least make me hopeful that it offers just that.

    Oh and they should really disable kde's ipv6 support by default, it makes some web pages incredibly slow because afaik it spams your nameserver with ipv6 lookups and it can be disabled with a simple environment var (reuters.com took 40s (!!!) to load with standard kubuntu and 6-7 with the variable set). I've already written that in the channel and I'm also aware that I've tested a preview version and I am hopeful that they'll do a lot of polishing in the weeks ahead. Just wanted to mention it.

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    Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
  5. Just for clarification: by stanthegoomba · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kubuntu is not just a derivative of Ubuntu like many Debian based distros. Kubuntu and Ubuntu are not meant to be separate, competing distros. In fact they are basically the same thing- you can apt-get install KDE in Ubuntu and Gnome in Kubuntu. The main difference is that Ubuntu COMES with Gnome and Kubuntu COMES with kde, instead of the Ubuntu team providing multiple CD's like most distros. Kubuntu FAQ

  6. Just got it last night... by dcuny · · Score: 3, Informative
    To use a cliche - Move along, nothing to see here...

    I really like the Ubuntu distro, and I'm seriously thinking of going that route with my next upgrade. Ubuntu really shows off the nice things about Gnome. (Except for the Human theme - give me Gorilla, please).

    In contrast, the Kubuntu doesn't really show off much of the latest KDE release. I booted it up, had a look, and [i]Zzzzzzz[/i]. Heck, it hasn't even got any games! I rebooted, and wiped the .iso from my disk.

    I'm hoping that someone else puts out a nice Live CD distro to show KDE off, but Kubuntu isn't it.

  7. Re:Ark has a long way to go by Bero · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thanks for the bug report! We've fixed the typo in the network config in current CVS, so feel free to update (and given the fact the tool was written by a German guy and a Swiss guy, enjoy the fact that the English translation works, apart from a typo ;) ).

    As for "Ethernet adapter" etc. being too hard to understand, this is quite possibly right, but how do you want to manually configure a network without knowing what it is?

    We'd be glad to hear of possible fixes for the next release.