ehh, What can i say about this linux distro or any other linux distro in general?
I will tell you only one thing, which is that you won’t regret giving a try at all.
One simple reason, It has everything you might ever think of!!!
Linux is an Operating System created by a guy called linus torvalds as a simple OS project which then developed to be a competitive for the Microsoft Operating System.
Linux is not the operating system it’s self, it is the kernel that all Distributions are based on. A distribution is an operating system based on this kernel and improved to be useable by the distribution’s target platform and user group. There are hundreds if not thousands of distributions for linux created by differant companies. Some of top distributions to mention a few are: Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat and SUSE.
Personally, i have tried all of these distributions and each one tends to have a certain set of advantages and disadvantages. Kubuntu was my choice for different reasons ofcourse which i will mention later in this post.
Kubuntu is an Ubuntu Linux distribution which uses the KDE desktop environment. Yes, there are other desktop environments like Gnome which Ubuntu uses. Both are quite good environments but KDE is almost closer to the Windows desktop environment and keeps you closer to windows. This is a good thing for a person who has to use both operating systems (Linux and Windows) because if using Gnome, you will tend to get confuse things while using windows and vice versa.
I recommend you to download and try this distro LIVE from the CD without having to install it on your computer. Live CD is safe and will not do anything harmless to your hard disk content as it loads the operating system from the CD and executes in your computers memory without having to install anything to your hard disk. Download mirrors can be found at www.kubuntu.org.
Screenshots? you can check em out at http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?linux_distribution_sm=Kubuntu%207.10
And here is a video tour on how to install kubuntu on your computer:
http://www.linux.com/feature/117051
I will tell you what i think about them. I liked Linux because i found every single thing that i wanted in my OS here. One of the main thing was theming which is not available on Windows unless you buy the Themes application. It is freely available on Linux and built into it, hell, you can even add a picture for boot screen and splash screens.
Alot of open source applications are available for download and install including:
- Programming IDEs
- Chatting applications (Pidgin or Kopete for MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, ICQ)
- Multimedia apps including MP3 players, DVD and video players
- Office suite
- Utilities
- Browsers
- Graphics applications
All that can ofcourse be installed using apt-get command in console or by using Adept Package Manager that is available in Kubuntu.
As a conclusion, the only problem with linux is configuration. Once you are done with that you will be happy with what you got. Damn my Windows must be missing me at this moment :p
Happy Linux’ing
Rakan
Filed under: Linux
Greetings on your new blog,
However, your saying that Kubuntu is like your best choice of Linux.. how about telling more about the latest ubuntu (Gutsy Gibbon) Release ?! I’d be more interested in knowing how VirtualBox can work with different Operating Systems at the same time including linux (if perhaps u have any idea about it)..
I can’t see any difference in using Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu as you mentioned above; since I can install Ubuntu and then add KDE to it or install the Kubuntu Metapackage; therefore one can avoid limiting the use of one OS to mixing features from other Operating Systems…
also, I am more interested in VirtualBox, where one can run different OS at the same time, giving each one different amount of memory allocation and space (for example: u could run Ubuntu Linux, WinXP, FreeBSD, and probably another extra OS such as MacOS X); so only then the user can benefit from the use of multiple operating systems..
For example, for some linux user like you who is also a .NET developer, i’ll give u an extra hint; Mono.. an open source C sharp compiler.. could be used under different operating systems; i think u would find it hard to switch between linux and windows to work on C sharp.. so here u go..
anyway since I myself have problems with VirtualBox, I’d be happy if we could try to figure out how we could benefit from it efficiently and try it out..
just waiting for a new post..
Good Luck
Hello Ward,
This was a simple introductions about kubuntu and linux in general that’s why i did not get into details of features of the new 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon because i would like to express how much i liked linux as a windows user for new comers. Because average computer users like to read what they understand, once you get them going to try Kubuntu linux and get them to check it out for sometime you can then post some of features.
You can install ubuntu then install KDE on it and transform Ubuntu to Kubuntu but why all this hassle? You can just download Kubuntu and get done with it
Actually, i dont have any idea about VirtualBox but i am assuming it is a Virtual Machine simulator. I think some advanced topics like these will not fall into the category of the post title, hence “Introduction”.
Regarding the .NET developer. I am not really a .NET developer but you can call me more of a .NET beginner because i only started using .NET recently and i did not have the chance to get any deaper as i have alot of work on other projects. But again, for introduction i did not mention anything about mono project and .NET development in this post because it is an introduction.
Mono is not a compile for C#. Here is a quote from monoproject.org
“Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.”
Thanks Ward.
Rakan
Thanks for your
Mono is a project that’s goal is to create a set of .NET compatible tools, including among a C# compiler..