How To Ubuntu » kde http://howto-ubuntu.net Focusing on the Long Term Support release -- Lucid 10.04 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:30:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Try out different desktop environments http://howto-ubuntu.net/try-out-different-desktop-environments/ http://howto-ubuntu.net/try-out-different-desktop-environments/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 17:17:25 +0000 Eli http://howtoubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=9 If you use Ubuntu you’ve probably noticed that there are a few other versions of it out there. The main difference between Ubuntu and the other version is the desktop environment. That is, user interface, how the desktop looks & behaves, how the menus look, how it manages the file system, etc. [...]]]> If you use Ubuntu you’ve probably noticed that there are a few other versions of it out there. The main difference between Ubuntu and the other version is the desktop environment. That is, user interface, how the desktop looks & behaves, how the menus look, how it manages the file system, etc. Different desktop environments can vary greatly in how they look, and how fast your computer runs when using them. The most common desktop environments other than the default that comes with Ubuntu are KDE, and XFCE. Here is how you can install those onto your already existing Ubuntu installation very easily.

To download & install the KDE desktop environment that comes with Kubuntu…

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sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

To get the XFCE desktop environment that comes with Xubuntu…

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sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

The next time you login, find the choose session option on the login screen, and choose which one you want to use. In this way you can play with different environments without having to install different operating systems.

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