Re: Dapper installation experiences
Glad you're learning a lot. Regarding MP3s, the steps to enable MP3 playback in Ubuntu and Kubuntu are different, because Ubuntu/GNOME uses GStreamer, while GStreamer is broken in KDE so Kubuntu is forced to use xine. In Kubuntu it is easy, just install the libxine-extracodecs from the multiverse repositories and your set to go. Of course, for other formats such as MOV, WMA, etc, you need to do something else.
Also, you do know that you could always change the color schemes, window decorations, icons, and widget styles of KDE so that it could look like the GNOME-ish color/style you want? But anyway, your choice on what to use. GNOME or KDE or Xfce, whatever you are happy with.
My personal take: I like KDE far better than GNOME, and for me KDE has everything I need/want. Although I have to admit that if you put Kubuntu side by side with Ubuntu, it's obviously clear that Ubuntu is more polished, more dapper (the adjective). But that's just comparing Ubuntu's GNOME and Kubuntu's KDE, not GNOME and KDE themselves. Maybe some other more KDE-focused distro might feel a bit more polished. But that's just my own opinion.
Btw, I just might do a complete reinstall of Dapper. I currently have 1196 packages installed (that's after I removed over 50 unused ones) and I don't know how they got there. I'm not sure I want to see those many packages even if they don't take up that much disk space, especially if I don't have any need for them. Anyone can point me on how to use deborphan properly?
Last question: how many packages are installed by default on a fresh install of Dapper? I somehow forgot to take note when I made a test install of Dapper RC.
Glad you're learning a lot. Regarding MP3s, the steps to enable MP3 playback in Ubuntu and Kubuntu are different, because Ubuntu/GNOME uses GStreamer, while GStreamer is broken in KDE so Kubuntu is forced to use xine. In Kubuntu it is easy, just install the libxine-extracodecs from the multiverse repositories and your set to go. Of course, for other formats such as MOV, WMA, etc, you need to do something else.
Also, you do know that you could always change the color schemes, window decorations, icons, and widget styles of KDE so that it could look like the GNOME-ish color/style you want? But anyway, your choice on what to use. GNOME or KDE or Xfce, whatever you are happy with.
My personal take: I like KDE far better than GNOME, and for me KDE has everything I need/want. Although I have to admit that if you put Kubuntu side by side with Ubuntu, it's obviously clear that Ubuntu is more polished, more dapper (the adjective). But that's just comparing Ubuntu's GNOME and Kubuntu's KDE, not GNOME and KDE themselves. Maybe some other more KDE-focused distro might feel a bit more polished. But that's just my own opinion.
Btw, I just might do a complete reinstall of Dapper. I currently have 1196 packages installed (that's after I removed over 50 unused ones) and I don't know how they got there. I'm not sure I want to see those many packages even if they don't take up that much disk space, especially if I don't have any need for them. Anyone can point me on how to use deborphan properly?
Last question: how many packages are installed by default on a fresh install of Dapper? I somehow forgot to take note when I made a test install of Dapper RC.
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