# Kubuntu\>SUSE\>xp **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444 "2006-07-12T07:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/1 "2006-07-12T07:28:51Z")
so i just recently made the switch. I found that with SUSE i was running into so many problems with package dependencies that it wasnt even worth installing any software that didnt come included with the os. After chatting with some guys at work about it, i decided on Kubuntu(i like kde). I have been enjoying it much better. Its the easiest thing in the world to install. I have since done away with adept and i am now using synaptic for package management(i was have an issue with adept). It is very easy to install programs once it is all configured. everything is really nice on the eyes and very customizable. I know that the mac users on here can appreciate it. If anyone is fed up with M$ and wants to learn a thing or two, this is the linux distro for you. Figured ide write a short write up on this because i was impressed. ditch ur m$ software, join the free world šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/2 "2006-07-12T08:14:01Z")
Fedora Core 5 FTW ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/3 "2006-07-12T09:23:46Z")
and of course iā€™m the one boardjnky4 comes to with questions with linux but yes right nowā€¦ ubuntu and kubuntu are very very very niceā€¦ and i canā€™t wait til kde 4 comes outā€¦ cause then iā€™ll be making the switch myself ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/4 "2006-07-12T09:26:22Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > Fedora Core 5 FTW im running that on my machine. i like it. we are running debian here on a bunch of other boxes, and it has given us no troubles ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/5 "2006-07-12T10:06:06Z")
never used fedora core or debian. i was pulled into ubuntu/kubuntu by a co-worker. let the distro war continue lol ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/6 "2006-07-12T10:07:45Z")
Its not a distro warā€¦ FreeBSD \> \* ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/7 "2006-07-12T10:08:45Z")
pfffā€¦ Win 98 nothing will ever top it ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/8 "2006-07-12T10:09:34Z")
is it pretty user friendly (for someone whos never run linux before)? I remember trying to install redhat linux on my machine a while ago but it wasnt very ā€œfriendlyā€ to a linux n00b ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/9 "2006-07-12T10:11:37Z")
mmmhmm the adept makes things much much more simple ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/10 "2006-07-12T10:32:57Z")
screw adept, i installed synaptics, much better. but yeah, u gotta setup ur repositories and once u do that u can just do a quick search(within the program) and install the packages u want ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/11 "2006-07-12T10:52:27Z")
All the GUI interfaces for unix varients now a days are easy/simple. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/12 "2006-07-12T11:14:35Z")
the SUSE gui was simple to use, but its a bitch when u try to install a package and theyre are about 10 dependency problems. my main thing is that i want easy installation of programs. i dont want it to take 10 hours behind a command line to get vlc up and running, that shit pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/13 "2006-07-12T11:47:51Z")
yea word to the VLC issue in suseā€¦ VLC is always a bitch to install ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/14 "2006-07-12T11:50:01Z")
> [@blacke36](#): > > yea word to the VLC issue in suseā€¦ VLC is always a bitch to install in windoze I just double clicked the install executible šŸ˜› what is so difficult about it in linux? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/15 "2006-07-12T11:55:42Z")
package dependencies ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/16 "2006-07-12T11:59:02Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > package dependencies Oh dear god the package dependenciesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/17 "2006-07-12T12:11:28Z")
Fedora FC5 has a program called yum when you use it to install a program it will also download/install all dependenciesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/18 "2006-07-12T12:17:03Z")
yeah so pretty much its the same as adept/synaptic(which are almost the same). so u never have problems with package dependencies? ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/19 "2006-07-12T12:39:28Z")
the only time i had an issue was with gcc tools other than that yum extender FTW ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444/20 "2006-07-12T12:47:51Z")
u say yum, i say synaptics?? shall we fight to the death? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kubuntu-suse-xp/14444.md?page=2)