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Kubuntu day #3: The Interview
You can read a short interview with Andreas Mueller & Jonathan Riddell, two of the guys who work on Kubuntu, at
OSDir.com Project of the Week: Kubuntu. The most interesting item
is that the goals of the next big Kubuntu release will be the inclusion of KDE 3.5 and a graphical installer.
Sweet!
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Kubuntu day #4: The Screenshots
The fine folks at OSDir have provided
102 screenshots of Kubuntu for
you to drool over. The installer currently ain't much to look at, but the rest of it is lovely KDE goodness!
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Kubuntu day #1: The Review
Sometimes reviews are good 'cause they let you know if a product sucks or not; other times reviews are good 'cause
they let you in the little secrets that it took the reviewers hours and hours of frustration to figure out. I like the
latter. Not 'cause I like seeing people suffer, but because I like to reduce my own suffering any chance I get. With
that in mind, Kris Shaffer of NewsForge's
"Review: Kubuntu 5.04 'Hoary
Hedgehog'" is great, because he let's you in on several VERY IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW if you're going to
use Kubuntu.
Here's a biggie: "Kubuntu does not allow root user logins by default (though one can execute su in a
terminal window), and all administrator tasks are done via sudo. Unfortunately, when Kubuntu installed, it
did not write any users to the sudoers file. As a result, any task attempted by sudo or KControlCenter's administrator
mode failed. ... Fortunately, Kubuntu did set up a root account on install, so this problem was easily fixed. ... I
opened a terminal ...
Kubuntu: Ubuntu with KDE
Man, Ubuntu is really hot in the Linux world. Buzz buzz buzz. One lil' problem: it doesn't support KDE out of the
box. Sure, you can add it in, but let's be honest: Ubuntu is all about GNOME. It's GNOME through and through. That's
fine for some folks, but not for me. If I can't use KDE, forget it.
Well, guess what? Now there's Kubuntu, a version of Ubuntu with KDE. Yup. Very cool. And now we've got a beta
release to play with. Read the press
release. Download the Live CD
ISO (Warning! 535 MB ISO!) or
get it with BitTorrent.
Or download it for non-i386 architectures. Or heck,
try out the upcoming KDE 3.4 packages with Kubuntu!
Wheeee!
Wanna see what it is you're going to install? Then go to OSDir & check out the
43 screenshots of Kubuntu they
have available.
Finally, for a review of the original Ubuntu, read
"Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog; The Linux Desktop IS
ready". It ain't long - heck, the user comments are waaay longer - but it's worth a quick read. ...
Ubuntu and Kubuntu new releases!
Ubuntu Linux 5.04, also known as "Hoary Hedgehog", is now
available for download as a 500 MB ISO in either install or Live CD
editions (& you can download via FTP or HTTP, or, better yet, use BitTorrent). Software includes GNOME 2.10.1,
Firefox 1.0.2, OpenOffice.org, and X.org 6.8.2. If you want to do some reading, check out the
announcement or the
release notes (and I strongly encourage you to read
the release notes!).
Ubuntu, as you probably know, is a GNOME-based distro; for the KDE fans (I'm one), there's
Kubuntu, also newly released at 5.04. It's also
available for download as a 572 MB ISO in either install or Live CD
editions (FTP, HTTP, or BitTorrent). Software includes KDE 3.4, that very nice Ubuntu-powered hardware config,
OpenOffice.org, Gwenview for images, amaroK for music, K3b CD or DVD burner, and Kaffeine for videos & music. Read
the announcement.
I've actually installed Kubuntu, & it was pretty good, & I've played with Ubuntu as a Live CD, and it ...
Kubuntu day #5: The Software
OK, I've been talking it up all day. Ya ready to actually download the dang thing? You can
download it directly or via BitTorrent (ya know which one I
recommend).
Orrrrrr … you can get the latest greatest ISO image, with KDE 3.4.2 & other bleeding edge goodies, by clicking
on this link (WARNING! 675 MB ISO image!)
Even better, if you want to upgrade to KDE 3.4.2 from an older Kubuntu, just go
here and add the lines you see to /etc/apt/sources.list, then do
ye olde apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade.
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Screenshots of Ubuntu & Kubuntu
Ub & Kub 5.10 - AKA "Breezy Badger" - is due veddy, veddy soon. Wanna see the future of your distro, oh
(K)Ubuntuists? Then hie thee over to O'Reilly's OSDir, where you can see
45 shots of Ub &
22 shots of Kub. Ohhhh … shiny!
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Kubuntu day #2: The Other Review
Tux is a mag for the Linux newbie, & that's cool. It's well-written, extremely informative, & even
experienced Linux users will find something useful in it. A very short, very succint look at
"The Kubuntu Distribution" is available, which covers the basics.
Be sure to read the comments below, too - they're full of good stuff (& some crap too, but that's what comments are
for, right?)
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Ubuntu and Kubuntu root and sudo help
Tip #1: "sudo means superuser do. sudo will prompt for Password:. Please
specify your user password" (found at Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide, which
is excellent). In other words, if Ubuntu or Kubuntu asks for the root password, enter your user password
first. That should work most of the time.
Tip #2: "If you are tired of typing sudo all the time, switch to root user by issuing sudo -s
-H followed by your user password" (found at Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter
Guide, which is excellent).
Tip #3: If you try to login as Administrator to the KDE Control Center, you will find that it doesn't work. Here's a
workaround: first enter kcmshell --list, then, when you find the module you wish to edit, enter sudo
kcmshell moduleyouwanttochange. This is SUPER annoying, and I really hope they fix it in Kubuntu.
Tip #4: If you need a root user, enter the following: sudo passwd root. Enter a root password, and
you've now got a root user. To disable the root user, use the following: sudo passwd ...
Kubuntu, a KDE version of Ubuntu
The word I'm getting is that Ubuntu is really good. Really, really, really good. But - and this is a big but - it's
currently GNOME only, and since I don't do much GNOME, and in fact rely on several KDE apps, I can't do Ubuntu.
Nonetheless, I've downloaded it, & I'm going to give it a whirl soon. In the meantime, some folks have gotten
together & started the Kubuntu project, to create "a great
integrated distro with all the great features of Ubuntu, but based on the KDE desktop". It's a young project, and
there's a ton to do, so if you are interested & willing to help, jump in. I'm looking forward to this one! ...
A good look at the (K)Ubuntu phenomenon
As I've remarked a couple of times in this blog, I'm now a Kubuntu user, & I'm totally digging it. Debian-based,
well-designed, totally up-to-date … what's not to like? CNET ran a good article examining the K/Ubuntu phenomenon,
"Ubuntu carves niche in
Linux landscape". It explains why K/Ubuntu is different, looks at the astonishingly rapid growth the distro has
seen, & even covers some of the controversy it's generated. Wanna know why folks are getting worked up about
K/Ubuntu? Read this article.
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Pimp out your K/Ubuntu
So there's a new version of K/Ubuntu out, and it's awesome, but it could still be better. To help you get all the
nifty little goodies on your brand spanking new Breezy Badger, arnieboy has created
Automatix, a nifty lil' script that will install
multimedia codecs, install Skype & Acrobat & Mplayer & Opera, enable prelinking, wash your car, & feed
your cat. Check it out if you're interested in pimping out your K/Ubuntu - it's pretty awesome.
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Brilliant guide to installing software in K/Ubuntu
Windows & Mac OS make it really, really simple to install software because there's really only one way to install: click on Setup.exe or Install.exe in the case of Windows, or a .dmg in the case of Mac OS. Linux is more difficult because there's such a variety of packaging formats. Now here comes the excellent How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!, which delivers exactly what it says. This puppy covers the package manager as a concept, the APT GUI Synaptic, using APT via the terminal (my preferred method), and how to install a package manually, no matter if that package is a .deb, .rpm, .tar.gz, .sh, .bin, or even a .exe. And while the title is for Ubuntu, this guide works for pretty much any Debian-based distro. Read & bookmark this one, guys - it's a keeper!
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One of the many reasons I like K/Ubuntu
K/Ubuntu has its own bug-tracking system, Launchpad. Go check out bug #1, available at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1.
Awesome.
I heart Mark Shuttleworth.
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What's coming up with the next K/Ubuntu?
Breezy Badger is the current K/Ubuntu distro, but Dapper Drake will drop on us in April ... and that ain't too far
away. Wanna know what's coming up in the next release of the best Linux distro out today? Then check out DapperFlight4, the official list on the official wiki of the official
changes coming to the official Dapper Drake release. It's full of all sorts of interesting goodies. If you're a
K/Ubuntu user, go check this one out!
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