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Kubuntu, ArkLinux Announce KDE 3.4-Based Releases
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!"
What's the difference between KDE and Gnome?
I recently have obtained Ubuntu and I'm quite happy with it.
What's so good about KDE? - I've seen a few articles about 3.4 coming out but what does that mean to me?
Can I run both Gnome and KDE or would that be quite fiddly?
I'm assuming Gnome is the desktop front end / gui but I don't really see anything wrong with it, it seems pretty snappy and works fine.
Can someone please enlighten me - this is a serious q'n