Kubuntu on Dell Mini 12? OpenSuSE?

The Dell Mini (and in fact all netbooks I'm aware of) will boot from external CD/DVD or from USB. I've successfully installed Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Mandriva on a selection of netbooks.

Regards,

Andy

Why not set up a dual-boot or multi-boot? Note that Ubuntu needs about 8Gb fre at minimum but Kubuntu will probably need a bit more. 15Gb should give it enough 'elbow room'. This link is for people with little or no experience with linux so i'm sure you can work it out from this, if you haven't already ;)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

I don't think you need to worry about dual booting. Ubuntu and Kubuntu are nearly identical except for the desktop and default apps. I'm not 100% sure about the Dell version of Ubuntu but with any standard Ubuntu install you can add in all the KDE features and choose between a KDE or GNOME session at login time. It's the same OS so not a dual boot but you have both options. With the Dell version that may or may not be the case but I suspect it is as it uses the same repositories with an extra one for the Dell add ons.

To do this, you can open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

and all the needed packages will be added. Next time you boot you can choose a KDE session (at the login screen) and even set it to default. The downside to this is you end up with a lot of apps as you have both KDE and Gnome tools that do roughly the same thing (like rhythmbox and amarok for example).

If you really just want Kubuntu you could install that over the Dell version. You may to manually set up a few things but since we know Ubuntu works on them it shouldn't be too much to make Kubuntu work.

Thanks very much for the response. I won't know for a while (until I
get my Dell Mini 12) whether this works. I'll respond more completely
after I try your solution.

Thanks very much again!

Jim Jensen

Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> Your question #62590 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/62590
>
> Jim Hutchinson proposed the following answer:
> I don't think you need to worry about dual booting. Ubuntu and Kubuntu
> are nearly identical except for the desktop and default apps. I'm not
> 100% sure about the Dell version of Ubuntu but with any standard Ubuntu
> install you can add in all the KDE features and choose between a KDE or
> GNOME session at login time. It's the same OS so not a dual boot but you
> have both options. With the Dell version that may or may not be the case
> but I suspect it is as it uses the same repositories with an extra one
> for the Dell add ons.
>
> To do this, you can open a terminal and type
>
> sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
>
> and all the needed packages will be added. Next time you boot you can
> choose a KDE session (at the login screen) and even set it to default.
> The downside to this is you end up with a lot of apps as you have both
> KDE and Gnome tools that do roughly the same thing (like rhythmbox and
> amarok for example).
>
> If you really just want Kubuntu you could install that over the Dell
> version. You may to manually set up a few things but since we know
> Ubuntu works on them it shouldn't be too much to make Kubuntu work.
>
>

I think Jim Hutchinson has the best answer. Dual-boot might be away of testing out Kubuntu on your machine first but you could probably do that by booting off a LiveCd of Kubuntu more easily. Dell have perfected the install on the machine and made sure that all the tweaks are set up right for you. Also it's worth keeping their warranty and their help-desk support - which makes Jim's answer easily the best by a long way, in my opinion.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Thanks to Tom and Jim and all those who responded so helpfully! I've
never before experienced such great service and thoughtful, informative
answers to my questions. I think you folks may have just made a convert
to [K]Ubuntu!

Best regards,
Jim Jensen

Tom wrote:
> Your question #62590 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/62590
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Tom proposed the following answer:
> I think Jim Hutchinson has the best answer. Dual-boot might be away of
> testing out Kubuntu on your machine first but you could probably do that
> by booting off a LiveCd of Kubuntu more easily. Dell have perfected the
> install on the machine and made sure that all the tweaks are set up
> right for you. Also it's worth keeping their warranty and their help-
> desk support - which makes Jim's answer easily the best by a long way,
> in my opinion.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>

Welcome to linux & unix-land, especially the *buntu corner ;)
Good luck and hope you have as much fun as we have
Regards from
Tom :)