Kubuntu/KDE: Taming the beast

[cessanfrancisco]

I really like (almost love) Kubuntu and KDE. However, is it just me, or at times does it feel like, when you use them, you're trying to tame a wild stallion?

Sometimes Kubuntu just seems to have a mind of its own.

[whatthefunk]

Really? What exactly are you trying to do?

[claydoh]

I really like (almost love) Kubuntu and KDE. However, is it just me, or at times does it feel like, when you use them, you're trying to tame a wild stallion?

Sometimes Kubuntu just seems to have a mind of its own.

It could be just you Or not. This of course depends on the person and what is trying to be accomplished. I use KDE and Kubuntu because it does what I want it to do very well with little taming, but also is easy to configure those bits that do need it. Put me on Unity or some other Gnome-y thing, and I definitely feel like it has it's own mind and will not listen to me.

But that is just me.

[Robtygart]

I really like (almost love) Kubuntu and KDE. However, is it just me, or at times does it feel like, when you use them, you're trying to tame a wild stallion?

Sometimes Kubuntu just seems to have a mind of its own.

Accept for the Firefox Flash problem, Kubuntu has been very nice to me.

[verndog]

I really like (almost love) Kubuntu and KDE. However, is it just me, or at times does it feel like, when you use them, you're trying to tame a wild stallion?

Sometimes Kubuntu just seems to have a mind of its own.

If you are fairly new to KDE, then yes it can appear unwieldy at first. Especially if you come from Gnome. or Windows It just takes getting use to the system and how to manage its innards.

System Settings can seem daunting until you work with it, screw it up, fix it, screw it up again, fix again, finally to leave it alone until you learn from your mistakes... I have done countless adjustments in the past, like I wonder what this does..oops, that didn't work. I wonder if I can delete this config file...lucky I had backups

It just takes time to learn to tame the beast or stallion. Know how to use backups - partition backups, ~home backups, etc, works wonders. Especially if your prone to experiment.

[Robtygart]

System Settings can seem daunting until you work with it, screw it up, fix it, screw it up again, fix again, finally to leave it alone until you learn from your mistakes... I have done countless adjustments in the past, like I wonder what this does..oops, that didn't work. I wonder if I can delete this config file...lucky I had backups

That is exactly what I did with my first Window$ computer, I had to restore it more times then I can remember, its the best way to learn.

[notabug]

I've been trying to learn to use Linux operating systems for several year and I'll probably never get real good at time, but this much I have learned, I like the KDE DE better than any alternative, it was the easiest for me to accomodate to my tastes and use. I like the Debian package system the best. Through trial and error, I've narrowed my Linux OS choice to Kubuntu and if for some reason Kubuntu lost traction and disappeared, I guess I'd probably give up on Linux. This is just me.

[life0riley]

I started using Linux in April 2009. I started with Debian based live distributions which included Damn Small Linux and Knoppix. My first true desktop was Fedora 10. After that Ubuntu 9.04 LTS, and then Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I installed VirtualBox and tried out a number of distributions, Debian, DreamLinux, Xubuntu, openSUSE, and Slackware included. Unity drove me to a quick stint with Linux Mint Mate. I was not totally satisfied with Linux Mint and decided to try Kubuntu. I installed Kubuntu 12.04 LTS in January 2013. It was a battle with my graphics card, but with a lot of Googling I managed to get it done. Kubuntu exceeded my expectations. I was never satisfied with KDE in a VirtualBox guest where performance seemed to be poor, but KDE on bare metal is fantastic!

I know I'm on a steep learning curve and haven't scratched the surface with KDE. God forbid if Kubuntu should loose traction disappear. If it did I would find another Linux KDE distro. The members of this forum have been extremely helpful, notabug included. I hope I can contribute in some meaningful way so that others can benefit like I have here.

[perspectoff]

I really like (almost love) Kubuntu and KDE. However, is it just me, or at times does it feel like, when you use them, you're trying to tame a wild stallion?

Sometimes Kubuntu just seems to have a mind of its own.

I tried to get my girlfriend to switch from her Macs to Kubuntu, and her comment was the same about both of us.