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Kubuntu 7.10 released today too
by Brad Linder Oct 18th 2007 at 11:00AM
Kubuntu, if you're not familiar, is basically Ubuntu with the KDE interface instead of Gnome. You can easily turn Ubuntu into Kubuntu by installing the KDE packages from Ubuntu's repository. Or you can download it directly from Kubuntu.org.
Here's what's new in Kubuntu 7.10:
- KDE 3.5.8 is the new default desktop manager, but you can also install KDE 4 Beta 3. This is an unstable release, but it's a dramatic redesign of the KDE Linux desktop environment.
- Dolphin is the new default file manager. It doesn't replace Konqueror, which acts as a file manager and web browser. But Dolphin supports split views, undo and redo, renaming of multiple files, and other features familiar to Windows users.
- The enterprise version of personal information manager Kontact is available.
- There's a new KDE front end for the APT package manager. GDebi KDE lets you install Debian based packages with a single click.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jonathan Harford said 11:40AM on 10-18-2007
I've always preferred Kubuntu's KDE when dabbling with LiveCDs -- GTK applications always seem to have strange layouts and unnecessary vertical whitespace. (That said, I do like an orange and brown colorscheme.)
Regardless... one Ubuntu feature that's been widely touted is the default Compiz integration. Now I might be wrong, but I don't think Kubuntu has that.
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JeremyS said 12:21PM on 10-18-2007
What ver is that screen shot from?
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Brad Linder said 12:25PM on 10-18-2007
Jeremy: That's a shot of KDE 4. You'll need to download and install the KDE 4 Beta 3 update to make your desktop look like this. The default desktop manager in Kubuntu 7.10 is KDE 3.5.8.
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Mark said 4:21PM on 10-18-2007
Yeah, that screenshot is totally misleading. KDE4 isn't exactly ready for primetime and you can of course install it on any distro. Wouldn't it make more sense to post a screenshot of what Kubuntu 7.10 actually looks like when you install it?
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Andrew Min said 3:59PM on 10-19-2007
I'm pretty ticked off. Kubuntu 7.10 basically adds all the new features Ubuntu 7.04 had.
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