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   Subject: Re: KDE in Ubuntu   
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   On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:21:52 +0000, Paul-B wrote:   
      
   > BlackTopBum wrote:   
   >    
   >> Michael Fierro was all like, you know, and then said something like a   
   >> ...   
   >>    
   >> > Wow, that's amazing to me. I run almost nothing but KDE apps. I   
   >> > sometimes think I should really switch to KDE, but I love XFCE.   
   >> > After a few minutes using something else, my fingers are itching   
   >> > for XFCE's simplicity and speed. I would marry XFCE if it were a   
   >> > woman, and I weren't already married.   
   >>    
   >> LOL, I'm just the opposite: xfce4 and no KDE apps - go figure. Mind   
   >> you I'm not disrespecting KDE, it's that I prefer Gnome-ish apps   
   >> A.K.A pan, Thunderbird, FireFox, Listen, GnomeBaker, gnucash, etc.,   
   >> and then there's links2, xscreensaver ... all give me much fewer   
   >> .xsession-errors than KDE apps do. Of course, one of the many   
   >> beauties of Linux is that KDE users and Gnome users can use any mix   
   >> as they prefer.   
   >>    
   >> And, yes, I'd marry XFCE4, too!   
   >    
   > Linux noob here. Just out of interest, how do you install something   
   > like that on top of a standard Linux distro?. I'm making the looooong   
   > move from Micro$haft stuff here, and am playing with Ubuntu and   
   > PCLinuxOS (which I love)... is there somewhere I can find out how to   
   > install something like XFCE on my setups?   
      
   That's what Xbuntu is for. It's Ubuntu with Xfce windo manager.   
      
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