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On 10/26/06, Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using Mandrake2006 at the moment and I plan to add kubuntu as an > extra system (dual boot). I have never done this before so I have some > questions. I am trying to be as prepared as possible before I start. > > Will the installation program find, setup and configure my broadband > connection (as long as the router is up and running, of course) for me > automatically or will I need to do some weird and geeky things myself? If your router is set up properly then plugging in other systems will just work. I presume its all dynamic ip and the router is dishing out IP addresses, if so just plug in and go. If you have booted a live cd and internet is all ok then its fine. > Gnome Programs > I believe that kubuntu is in effect ubuntu but using the KDE Window > Manager instead of Gnome. Does this mean that gnome will actually not be > present at all? It might not be installed as default, the buntus are all deb packaged based so it should be easy to add in gnome if you want with a simple apt-get or even via the graphical package manager (kpackage?) > > If that is the case then ...... > There are some programs (eg Galeon, Gnucash) which are officially gnome > programs, although they run happily under KDE. If the Gnome WM is > indeed not included does that mean that these gnome programs will also > be missing? Not necessarly, no reason why gnome/gtk based apps will not run on kde and kde/qt based apps will not run on gnome as long as the base libraries are there and frankly they would be nuts not to have the base libs installed. Again a simple apt-get or kpackage hack would install the correct libs. If you "apt-get install gnucash" for example and it depends on gtk libs that you don't have apt-get will install them all for you and it should all *just* work, cause thats the debian way and kubuntu is a child of debian. -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html