Hi, not really asking for answers to problems yet, just like to give my experiance of kunbuntu. I have used MS windows since the days of 95 and am at present using XP. Over the years I have dabbled with different versions of linux, but sadly never got the hang of it. Over the last month I have installed open Suse, simply mepis and unbuntu sadly I had one problem or another with each of those, suse kept crashing when I tried to configure my print server, both suse and mepis had problems with my monitor /vid card in that I could not set the resolution, being a TFT I wanted to use 1440x900@75hz but I tried everything I read on the forums I found, as well as any guides I could find, no success.
Anyway for the last 3 days I have been trying Kunbuntu, not only could I set my screen resolution easily, I also got my print server working, no problems, in fact from an XP user point of view, it was a lot easier with kunbuntu than xp. I still cant set up my rapsody media player because for some reason the NDAS software for unbuntu wont unpack but at least I had a working kubuntu system and was impressed even though it was a steep learning curve for me.
So while I understand its a community based operating system and I appreciate a lot of work goes into producing any distro of linux, I still find trying linux a very difficult thing and wish the documentaion could be written so windows users could try and get a grasp of linux a bit easier as I am sure there are lots of users out there, who like myself would move to linux at the drop of a hat because of what it offers.
I wont give up trying to work with kunbuntu as I really want to use it instead of XP but its going to take time and a lot of patience.
I had at the begining of my quest, tried Kunbuntu from the live dvd and everything worked once set up except the resolution but I beleive thats only configed when its installed which it was, but a few things caused problems after installing Kunbuntu, first was I could import my thunderbird profile, I could not find where the profile is stored, its not in my home directory so I searched every folder, no luck. Second was Amorok, it crashed when trying to download a codec for mp3 and I cant fix it so used Banshee instead and now my pc is going really slow for some reason, so I will reinstall Kunbuntu and play with it when I have time, I am not knocking it in anyway so dont get me wrong, I just wish it worked without the challenge because as i said I really want to move away from XP and all that it stands for.
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MartC
Anyway for the last 3 days I have been trying Kunbuntu, not only could I set my screen resolution easily, I also got my print server working, no problems, in fact from an XP user point of view, it was a lot easier with kunbuntu than xp. I still cant set up my rapsody media player because for some reason the NDAS software for unbuntu wont unpack but at least I had a working kubuntu system and was impressed even though it was a steep learning curve for me.
So while I understand its a community based operating system and I appreciate a lot of work goes into producing any distro of linux, I still find trying linux a very difficult thing and wish the documentaion could be written so windows users could try and get a grasp of linux a bit easier as I am sure there are lots of users out there, who like myself would move to linux at the drop of a hat because of what it offers.
I wont give up trying to work with kunbuntu as I really want to use it instead of XP but its going to take time and a lot of patience.
I had at the begining of my quest, tried Kunbuntu from the live dvd and everything worked once set up except the resolution but I beleive thats only configed when its installed which it was, but a few things caused problems after installing Kunbuntu, first was I could import my thunderbird profile, I could not find where the profile is stored, its not in my home directory so I searched every folder, no luck. Second was Amorok, it crashed when trying to download a codec for mp3 and I cant fix it so used Banshee instead and now my pc is going really slow for some reason, so I will reinstall Kunbuntu and play with it when I have time, I am not knocking it in anyway so dont get me wrong, I just wish it worked without the challenge because as i said I really want to move away from XP and all that it stands for.
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MartC
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