[PLUG] 'buntus

[David Kaplan]

If you like KDE over Gnome, Mandriva 2010 One is an excellent choice. Try it
out and see for yourself.
Mandriva does a better job with KDE than Kubuntu.
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05749



On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Bruce <kd7vvk at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I have been, with the help of this list, weaning myself and family from
> the world of Micro$oft.  I started out with SUSE somewhere around the
> 6.* version.  I followed a small crowd running the other direction when
> Novell started contracting with the Redmond community.
>
> I landed in the Kubuntu environment.  Kubuntu 9.10, in my experience,
> fell flat on it's ISO.  I assumed it was growing pains of the latest
> KDE.  I installed Ubuntu on my "it has to work" machine and then used
> the other laptop to tinker with 10.04 (starting with Alpha 2) of both
> Ubuntu and Kubuntu.  Neither seems to be very spectacular in what it
> does.  I haven't had any major problems, though I am far from a power user.
>
> I ran across this article this morning and wondered what other folks
> might think.  I hope I am not inviting a flame war.  I am still a
> husband/father/truck driver and don't have time to research this myself.
>
> I would like some comment from your vast pool of experience as to what
> this writer said.  Most of my curiosity  stems from the latter half of
> this article.  Pointers to articles, other distros, etc. are all
> welcomed.  If they come with your observations or opinions, so much the
> better.
>
> http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/04/where-is-ubuntu-going-to.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
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