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   From: "Paul-B"    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: KDE in Ubuntu   
   Date: 23 Jan 2007 15:33:46 GMT   
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   Laszlo Lebrun wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   Thanks for your help. I'll give it a go... I don't mind working with   
   the console/konsole to tweak Ubuntu, just spent 2 hours doing just that   
   to get it to mount my NTFS drives, but it does eat up a lot of my time!   
      
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   Paul-B   
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