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    #1

    After upgrading to 12.10, KUBUNTU changed into UBUNTU

    Hi everybody,

    I've just updated to KUBUNTU 12.10 and... surprise!!! Now I got Ubuntu

    Code:
    lsb_release -idrc
    Code:
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
Release:        12.10
Codename:       quantal

    how could that happen?
    what can I do to sort this out?

    After GRUB, I got two options on LOGIN menu:

    Code:
    KDE plamsa
GTK (GNOME)

    thanks a lot!
    Andy
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    #2
    Originally posted by G.Threepwood View Post
    I've just updated to KUBUNTU 12.10 and... surprise!!! Now I got Ubuntu

    Code:
    lsb_release -idrc
    Code:
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
Release:        12.10
Codename:       quantal

    how could that happen?
    what can I do to sort this out?
    That's normal and you can't change it.

    Whether you install Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu or Lubuntu lsb_release will always show that you are running Ubuntu. Kubuntu in simple terms is a minimal installation of Ubuntu, KDE and a few other distribution specific programs.
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      #3
      Yup, think of the Ubuntu family as being like pizzas. Take a standard base (the core system), then add your choice of topping (the Desktop Environment, eg. Unity, KDE, GNOME, Xfce, etc.)

      LSB = Linux Standard Base, so it is to be expected that it reports on the base, not the topping
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      "Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."
      -- Douglas Adams
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        #4
        I love the pizza analogy! Can I borrow that?

        Please Read Me
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          #5
          Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
          I love the pizza analogy!
          I loved it too.

          Originally posted by G.Threepwood View Post

          After GRUB, I got two options on LOGIN menu:

          Code:
          KDE plamsa
GTK (GNOME)
          I only have the KDE plasma option on 13.04 (alpha/beta).

          Have you installed any other desktop environments such as Gnome Shell or Unity? What happens if you select GTK (GNOME) and then log-in?
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            #6
            Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
            I love the pizza analogy! Can I borrow that?
            Sure, but I can't really take credit for the concept - I borrowed it from the automotive industry, where (for example) a VW Golf and an Audi A3 are good examples of a common base (frame, gear train, etc) being topped with different body shells.
            sigpic
            "Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."
            -- Douglas Adams
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              #7
              Originally posted by PaulW2U View Post
              I loved it too.



              I only have the KDE plasma option on 13.04 (alpha/beta).

              Have you installed any other desktop environments such as Gnome Shell or Unity? What happens if you select GTK (GNOME) and then log-in?

              thanks everybody for your answers.

              I don't think I've installed Gnome/Unity... maybe that issue came when I tried a splash screend from kdelook.: I had an error message on startup so I removed it.
              The thing is, now booting my pc seems to take a lot more time than before.

              How can I check if I installed some gnome libraries (and eventually remove them)?

              thanks again
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                #8
                You can, like I did, change Ubuntu into the more appropriate Kubuntu by using the Grub2 bootloader editor.
                It's in the repositories and called kde-config-grub2.
                It adds an option to the startup section of System Settings.

                It's near certain GTK/Gnome libraries are installed, they are used by many applications.
                As such they should not cause a slowdown, they are only called if those applications are run.
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