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On Thursday 26 October 2006 10:31, Neil Winchurst 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. > > Disk Partitioning > I have 134Gb free space on my HD. Some (lots?, most?) of that will need > to be allocated to kubuntu. Some will need to be kept back for Mandriva. > Can I expect the kubuntu installation program to handle this disk > allocation and partitioning for me, automatically? The (K)Ubuntu partitioning tool is not as good as the Mandriva one for ease of use. However, it isn't too complex to use. You can select the hard drive (by default it displays hda, so if you have 2 drives you may want to click that to select the other drive), then the partitioning tool gives a graphical display of the drive. From there, it is pretty much standard. > > Broadband > 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? > I do realise that I will need to configure any email clients for > myself, and I am happy with that. If you use DHCP, I would assume it will be detected. As I use static IPs, it never works for me on any distro - I always have to manually alter the settings to static and enter my IPs after setup is completed. > > 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? > > > 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? > > Any help will be gratefully received > > Neil Winchurst Gnome is not included by default, although you can easily install it. For something like Gnucash, simply selecting that from the package manager will install both Gnucash and any dependancies it needs. There are several ways to install programs in the Ubuntu family, but unless you know exactly what you need, then there are two graphical managers installed. One is a fairly basic one - which lives on the menu called "add and remove programs" , the other, which is much more useful and will show all the programs available in the Ubuntu repositories you have in your apt sources.list is found under System from the menu - that one is called Adept. For example, I use a genealogical program called Gramps. That needs not only Gnome libraries, but also a lot of very specific python libraries too - it is quite demanding on its requirements. In the past, using some distros, I have really struggled to get Gramps installed. Its list of dependancies is so long that eventually you simply give up. Kubuntu makes it work easliy - I simply select to install Gramps, and the Adept front end to apt simply adds all the relevant needs. Mark -- 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