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The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 11.10

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This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 11.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Kubuntu 11.10 is derived from Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and uses the KDE desktop instead of the GNOME desktop.

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 11.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Kubuntu 11.10 is derived from Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and uses the KDE desktop instead of the GNOME desktop.

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-kubuntu-11.10

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Comments (11)

Grishnakh ·
Can someone please explain why on earth you'd want to install RealPlayer? This isn't 1998 any more.
tracyanne ·
Falko does make some odd choices,never been able to figure them out.
gus3 ·
The freedom to make an odd choice is the sine qua non of Free Software.
helios ·
It's 2011 - we've wiped out Polio, we have rovers traipsing about Mars with more on the way, we can communicate across tens of thousands of miles in space and on earth.....

and Realplayer still sucks.
DrGeoffrey ·
Quoting:and Realplayer still sucks.


And so does Windows.

But millions think their desktop/laptop must have it.
BernardSwiss ·
There's still some old stuff on the web that was done in RealPlayer format, and is not likely to be re-encoded, if only because of sound-quality issues.

For example I know of an archive of recorded shortwave broadcasts that were originally recorded either on magnetic tape or possibly directly into RealPlayer. No one is going to re-transfer from tape (and the tape is mostly lost or degraded), plus the original sound quality is often marginal enough that converting is an unattractive option, even if someone cares to do the work.

I wonder how accessible those recordings will be in another decade...

Grishnakh ·
Can't MPlayer play these things? Or is that one of the few codecs it doesn't support?
BernardSwiss ·
I believe your right. Good point, I guess we don't need RealPlayer as long as we can play RealAudio format.

Perhaps there's some other logical reason? (Licensing issues?)



tuxchick ·
Copy-and-paste articles?
tmx ·
Wonder if RealPlayer in linux have that browser plugin like in Windows that can download flash videos from any sources, not just youtube.

But otherwise I prefer MPlayer or VLC with hardware acceleration turned on.
RockComputing ·
Actually I find realplayer on android to be pretty cool, sucks on the desktop, but on the mobile it's beat out a bunch of other android media player apps I had.

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