Install KDE on Ubuntu

[dabster]

How can one install KDE 3.4 desktop(as I have heard it is really fast)...
on the gnome based UBuntu 5.04...
Also tell me the resources from where I can use the Package for KDE as ubuntu uses .deb packages ( I suppose tht KDE comes as a package only :roll: .)

 

[vignesh]

Why don`t you use kubuntu its ubuntu with KDE .

 

[kartik_mistry]

Simple: If you have good net

apt-get install kde

You can add kubuntu 5.04 CD to your repositories by,

apt-cdrom add

 

[sba]

KDE is not "really fast" when compared to GNOME. They give more or less equal speeds...

 

[dabster]

KDE is not "really fast" when compared to GNOME. They give more or less equal speeds...

I dun think so, KDE 3.3 is really fast....

 

[dabster]

Why don`t you use kubuntu its ubuntu with KDE .

Vignesh, I know about Kubuntu, But i am not finding it with any of friends, do you have it...

 

[GNUrag]

KDE is not "really fast" when compared to GNOME. They give more or less equal speeds...

You should see KDE with Plastik theme, it looks very neat and fast. But in my persnoal benchmarks i found GNOME to be more responsive than KDE on low memory systems.

 

[ujjwal]

KDE is not "really fast" when compared to GNOME. They give more or less equal speeds...

Actually, I found KDE 3.4 (running on the slax live cd) to be even faster than XFCE. There seem to have been huge performance improvements. But even Gnome is getting faster (thanks to optimisation of the GTK+2 toolkit).

 

[vignesh]

@dabster
Ya I have kubuntu.My friend downloaded both the versions live and install

 

[sba]

Actually, I found KDE 3.4 (running on the slax live cd) to be even faster than XFCE. There seem to have been huge performance improvements. But even Gnome is getting faster (thanks to optimisation of the GTK+2 toolkit).

May be I never experience this kind of slowness on my system with decent resources.

 

[kartik_mistry]

KDE 3.4 is actually great work. Fast, Great looks and what not ? I love both Gnome and KDE equally