Ubuntu, KDE interface

[Phil Waclawski]

I've never tried to install KDE onto Ubuntu, I just use the Kubuntu
distribution. Unity was usable at first, as you could still reasonably
customize it, but then they disabled a lot of options when they realized
folks who did work didn't like the unity layout, and that's when I switched
to Kubuntu and never looked back. Though I may check out Mint, several
friends really seem to like it.

Phil W

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 12:07 PM, koder <iscreamkid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mint is nice, but when I put it on this machine about one in three times
> it would not recognize the USB keyboard and mouse. Damned difficult to log
> in under those circumstances. After this happened three times on one boot I
> decided there was a problem. Mine or theirs, i don't know, and don't care.
>
> HM
>
>
> On 06/18/2016 11:54 AM, Michael wrote:
>
> I've been with mint since version 12.
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> glad I never got into Ubuntuu. I went redhat to debian to mepis to mint.
>> I like mint! no problems and everything I have or get just works.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 2:48 PM, koder <iscreamkid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What problems will I encounter installing KDE onto an existing Ubuntu
>>> load?
>>>
>>> The reason is an echo Pa Kettle's noting of problems with Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> In my case, it is manifests every time I boot Ubuntu and it tells me it
>>> had a problem that must be reported. he problem, according the message,
>>> which I am paraphrasing as Unity-settings-utility has had a problem. When I
>>> did a web search I find that problems with this interface have existed for
>>> four or five years. Seems that they either aren't interested, or aren't
>>> capable of fixing it. Perhaps the utility needs to be replaced with
>>> something else that will work.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu has also mandated that I install an extra external fan as its
>>> demands on the system as it seems that it heats the whole system up to the
>>> point where it locks and becomes totally unresponsive.
>>>
>>> Not ready for Prime Time, in spite of the prostelyzations of the AZ Loco
>>> group.
>>>
>>> HM
>>>
>>> On 06/18/2016 11:16 AM, Phil Waclawski wrote:
>>>
>>> Not sure I can help. I personally prefer Kubuntu  as I like the present
>>> KDE desktop, and I like how fairly easy it is to configure the desktop the
>>> way I want it to be.
>>>
>>> Phil W
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Dennis McClellan <pademc1 at cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been using Linux for about 10 years now. Mostly Mint (latest
>>>> 17.3), but I have tried almost every distro. I keep trying Ubuntu (latest
>>>> 16.04).
>>>>
>>>> I like Ubuntu although I’m still trying to get used to Unity. My
>>>> problem with Ubuntu is the frozen gray screen. It doesn’t matter what
>>>> program or website I’m on, I get the gray frozen screen, not always, but
>>>> often. After a few seconds or sometimes minutes a message pops up and
>>>> states “Ubuntu has a problem and needs to shut this program down. This had
>>>> happened on 3 different desktop computers, so I know it’s not the CPU. Mint
>>>> works and worked fine on all three. I guess just for general principle I
>>>> would like to get a version of Ubuntu to work properly.
>>>>
>>>> I check daily for any updates and do them immediately.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>> --
>>>> Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
>>>> Pa Kettle
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