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Anyone else here use it?

I used to use Mepis but it has a few minor problems so I wanted to try something new so I switched to Ubuntu. At first I didn't like it because it is missing alot of things in the default install, like java and mp3 support and alot of other things I took for granted from using Mepis for so long. However, I figured out that those things can be added easily enough if you go to ubuntuforums.org and they can answer all the questions. I am now doing things with Linux I never knew I could before.

It comes with Gnome as the default Desktop environment, which I find to be lacking in features so I installed Kubuntu on top of Ubuntu which adds KDE and now everything looks great.

First-time Linux user here! I'm using Ubuntu, and do you know how to access Windows partion from it (FAT32)? BTW, you could of easily just picked KDE from install/uninstall menu rather than doing whatever it is you did.

http://ubuntuguide.org/#mountunmountfat

Hopefully that will help.

What I did to install kubuntu was open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install kubuntu'. That does the trick quite nicely.

I installed Kubuntu through synaptic, cos I'm lazy

I have used Ubuntu since i decided to use Linux and ditch that piece of rubbish from the house of Gates. My system has achieved an excellent uptime record while running Ubuntu where as with "you know what" it kept crashing every so often. I've not bothered installing KDE as i seem to do alright with Gnome, i did have to use Synaptic Package Manager to install the compiler and a few other things but that was it. I tried getting my fiancee to ditch "the OS that shall not be named" from her laptop, but she didn't want to. the great thing i find is that it comes with Firefox and XChat, two programs i commonly use, the Gimp image editing software, OpenOffice, and Evolution groupware suite, this means i didn't have to add much though i did need Java and Flash for Firefox but i fixed that problem as soon as i got it.

I give Ubuntu 10/10 (why not, hehe)

Pikachu, how'd you mangae to get Java and Flash on Firefox (Linux)? I'm so used to a simple set-up programs, but the directions I've read elsewhere sound very complicated.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22646

Follow the directions and it will install flash, java, windows codec, etc. and make life alot easier for you on Linux.

simple, it's just a case of entering the commands into the terminal after downloading and extracting the files
I recommend using root terminal to enusre system wide

Trust me, it isn't that complicated once you know how