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Old 01-04-2008, 10:11 AM   #3 (permalink)
mehulved
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Default Re: ubuntu different versions

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then i tried fluxbuntu 7.10: having feedback from this forum that it is lightweight version of ubuntu i tried it. it was different from ubuntu's official derivatives and hard to get used to. i was not comfortable on fluxbuntu. most of the default packages were related to programming. i think it is good for expert linux users.
Fluxbox is for intermediate and advanced users, thus the target of this distros is obviously supposed to be those people. Except a lot more CLI usage in this distro.

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then i tried kubuntu 8.04 : it has very glossy looks and seems to be inspired from windows.
KDE can be much better. IMO, Kubuntu gives the worst looks to KDE.

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but some packages like games and gimp was missing in default package selection.
because they need gtk libraries. There's nothing gtk based on kubuntu by default.

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some features are missing (like: print screen key not working).
Well that needs to be mapped AFAIK. Anyways, I haven't really used XFCE so not much idea.

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in all the versions i have used internet using pppconfig (in kubuntu there was gui tool for it)
KPPP?
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Last edited by mehulved; 01-04-2008 at 10:12 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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