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   From: "Laszlo Lebrun"    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: KDE in Ubuntu   
   Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:14:57 +0100   
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   Paul-B wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   a) don't believe the regulars here, if they tell you would have to do    
   everything from the commandline and tweak configuration files.   
   They have been doing that since years and did not recognise that the world    
   around have changed.   
   b) fire up the installer (Synaptic for Ubuntu, Adept for Kubuntu) and extend    
   the standard repository with "universe" and "multiverse":   
   for example in Kubuntu: Go to Adept --> manage repositories. The line    
   http://**.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe   
   is greyed, right-click on it, choose enable. Fetch updates.   
   Synaptic is not that different, quite easy to find out.   
   c) you have now got a library of around 20.000 programs that install with    
   just a few clicks. (Request install, Commit: you're done!)   
   d) enjoy the new world of Ubuntu.   
      
   Laszlo   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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