This is not a request for help, but rather a trip down memory lane. I recently found an old cd with Kubuntu 9.10 on it (and another with 8.10, but it didn't load), so I decided to see if it was still good. I joined this forum at the end of 2009, so I was using this version when I signed up. I originally tried Linux with Ubuntu, which I read about in an article and decided to try out. This was in 2008, and after a year or so I decided to try other flavors, and ended up with kubuntu 8.10. I don't remember much about it, but the 9.10 version still loads and gives me a good glimpse of what I liked about Kubuntu nine years ago. I liked the blue tones of the desktop, the bubbles rising from the left corner, the icon progress chart as the OS loaded, the choice of programs when fully loaded. I don't know if this was KDE 3 or 4, but it looked better than Ubuntu's brown and orange wallpaper. Things were simpler then--I loaded Open Office Writer, and what a simple start page compared to Libre Office's latest! In retrospect, it all looks rather, well, old now.
Plasma is beautiful in comparison, and the graphics which go into the KDE presentation are far superior to what I thought was modern and advanced in 2009. Although I originally liked Ubuntu, Kubuntu seduced me and I've never looked back (I don't even understand the Unity controversy). The best version I had before was 14.04, and it was with much trepidation that I upgraded to 16.04. After a fling with Neon, I'm back with Kubuntu and still loving it. Plasma 5 is way superior to KDE 4, which I liked very much at the time. There certainly has been very much progress made, and all it takes is a glimpse into Kubuntu 9.10 to see how far KDE and Ubuntu have advanced.
Plasma is beautiful in comparison, and the graphics which go into the KDE presentation are far superior to what I thought was modern and advanced in 2009. Although I originally liked Ubuntu, Kubuntu seduced me and I've never looked back (I don't even understand the Unity controversy). The best version I had before was 14.04, and it was with much trepidation that I upgraded to 16.04. After a fling with Neon, I'm back with Kubuntu and still loving it. Plasma 5 is way superior to KDE 4, which I liked very much at the time. There certainly has been very much progress made, and all it takes is a glimpse into Kubuntu 9.10 to see how far KDE and Ubuntu have advanced.
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