Star Kubuntu Gets Some Love
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Sep 2009 12:08 UTC, submitted by lemur2
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu It's no secret that when it comes to KDE-based distributions, Kubuntu isn't exactly the cream of the crop. With the release of Kubuntu Karmic Alpha 5, the KDE4 desktop delivered with Kubuntu received some much-needed love. Let's take a look at what the Kubuntu people are doing.
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RE: What exactly is this "love"?
by SlackerJack on Fri 4th Sep 2009 13:20 UTC in reply to "What exactly is this "love"?"
SlackerJack
Member since:
2005-11-12

Agreed but I like the look of the new installer.

Konqueror is good enough for most people and Firefox lacks any kind of KDE integration.

I think it's more 'polish' than "love".

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KugelKurt Member since:
2005-07-06

Firefox lacks any kind of KDE integration.

Wrong. http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/FirefoxIntegration

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SlackerJack Member since:
2005-11-12

"Work in progress" says it all, just like the Qt4 version which has yet again gone quiet.

Edited 2009-09-04 14:02 UTC

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vivainio Member since:
2008-12-26


Konqueror is good enough for most people and Firefox lacks any kind of KDE integration.


Not really - "most" people want a web browser that's good at browsing the web, and won't put up with non-renderable pages (esp. if the pages themselves are not relying on anything special like flash).

Arora is nice (it can actually be faster than FF 3.5), but perhaps Kubuntu should work on standardizing on Chrom[e,ium] instread. It already integrates with the kde desktop better than Firefox. And man, is it fast & light, even with slow hardware.

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marcgo Member since:
2007-11-09

I do miss konqueror. It was such a lightweight browser which worked fine for non-bloated pages. But I had to quit kubuntu (after 8.04), basically because of lack for a proper network manager. Now I am extremely happy with crunchbang.

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l3v1 Member since:
2005-07-06

Konqueror is good enough for most people and Firefox lacks any kind of KDE integration.


Well, maybe, but it can be made to look fairly nice. I'll put up a screenshot when I get home.

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yfph Member since:
2009-09-03

http://i29.tinypic.com/v6jli1.jpg

This on kubuntu jaunty. Also, the file picker and the rest of the menus are nicely intregrated. If you meant that firefox should look like this out-of-the-box without jumping through hoops, then you might have a point.

I tried arora and I like what I see so far. It is fast and simple reminding me firefox's early days (see phoenix).

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vivainio Member since:
2008-12-26

I tried arora and I like what I see so far. It is fast and simple reminding me firefox's early days (see phoenix).


Do yourself a favor and try chromium too:

https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa

You won't regret it.

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