Posted by: Bleuwinter | July 13, 2008

Kubuntu, Ubuntu or Xubuntu?

Like everyone else, I wasn’t sure which one is for me, I like graphics, I like speed and simplicity. Hmm…Well, no choice then, I just have to try out all.KDE (Kubuntu) has heavy graphics and is easier to configure to make it look like Windows Vista or XP. It has the best software based on looks and functions compared to the others. As usual good graphics comes with drawbacks, and that is you can’t install it on slow computers and even a fast computer will be not so fast when u have Kubuntu installed on it compared the other 2. As for loading at boot, it loads quite fast.

Gnome (Ubuntu) does have simplicity, it looks more like Mac and you can configure it to look like Windows. The graphics are simple and not heavy like Kubuntu. The software are not as good as KDE ones but you can install KDE, Gnome and XFCE software on all of them so it doesn’t matter so much, but KDE software look different than Gnome and XFCE so I prefer them to use their own type of software. My choice would be Ubuntu all because of its looks and simplicity.

Xubuntu (XFCE) looks the simplest but for slow computers it will work the best though not too slow computer. If you’re are going to use i486 kind of computer, please do download an alternate CD of Xubuntu and not the live CD. Not much of graphic effects but you can configure it too look much better but it takes a lot of work.


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