Comments on: Kubuntu 9.04 review

By: Warren Turner

Warren Turner — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:16:26 +0000

Great difficulty trying 9.10 from 8.04.
I found it unworkable.
I don’t get why the K desktop would have been so totally re-invented that it would be more difficult to use and navigate….all known things seeming to have been re-invented and harder to intuit. Upgrade ran but would not re-install raw on my machine. Very problematic for a novice. I liked the former desktop. It was quick and functional. The new one was impossible and a major time waste to try and use.

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:59:29 +0000

@Szilveszter Csaba: Desktop effects are not downloadable – they come with the window manager, KWin. New effects are often added with new releases of KDE, but you can’t just download new effects. You can install Compiz, if you like it better, although you may lose some KDE-specific integration by doing so.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:54:49 +0000

Yea jaunty is a great step forward in desktop computing. Liked your review just one thing wrong i noticed.

Kde DOES NOT have compiz. All the window effects are done through kwin.

By: Joe Stermer

Joe Stermer — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:55 +0000

I’ve worked with Kubuntu since version 7 and found it to be the friendliest linux distro v. SuSe or RedHat. However in version 8, when I expeimented with KDE 4, I thought it was too fractured and left it alone. I was hoping for a better integration of KDE 4 in Jaunty. And, that may be but I have one major hurdle to get over.

I dropped a direct broadband internet connection for an EVDO usb modem and went for a clean install of 9.04. Oops! Jaunty has no support for an EVDO connection. I say oops because Hardy-did have support with kppp. Without the Internet my computer is useless. I hope the issuse is resolved in version 10 and I can start over again.

By: Daly

Daly — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:28:12 +0000

Thanks for the great screenshots.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:35:54 +0000

I would rather have Kubuntu 9.04 than the ubuntu 9.04 b/c the KDE enviroment looks better.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:22:45 +0000

Yup, finally i use Kubuntu 9.04 after use PClos2007 for a year. My hardware detected nicely by kubuntu. And my AdsL work fine, without any setting first

By: Szilveszter Csaba

Szilveszter Csaba — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:17:54 +0000

Would you know of any downloadable desktop effects? Kubuntu Jaunty rocks, btw.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:57:43 +0000

I am downloading Kubuntu Linux now and I am hoping it is good if it is I will tell you.

By: sunny

sunny — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:03:53 +0000

i have problems with linux, when i press install, it shows the kubuntu sign for about 7 minutes then has a black screen. i am using half a partition of windows vista and i wanted the other half kubuntu. i am using a dell inspiron 6400 intel centrino. PLZ email me