Netbook Evaluations
Kubuntu Netbook Edition ten.04 critique
For people who usually do not know, Kubuntu Netbook Edition created it towards the leading of our checklist of “Best Netbook Linux Distro” and why not, it has an innovative approach of how an running technique should be personalized for the netbook, to create lives simpler for end users like you and me.
Now, just before I transfer in advance, let me make clear handful of points – this evaluation is completed keeping in brain how a casual netbook person would use Kubuntu. Sure, you can install Gnome surroundings as opposed to KDE and make it look just like a standard Ubuntu, but that isn't we are going to cover right here.
Installation
The set up is dead easy, just like Ubuntu. When you have put in any Linux OS currently, you ought to not have any dilemma installing Kubuntu Netbook Edition. I set up it using UnetBootin which makes it possible for 1 to create a bootable USB push.
Out with the box, everything worked, from Ethernet to Wireless LAN – everything! This really is wonderful as a lot of the netbook customers tend not to like wandering more than Ubuntu/Kubuntu community forums trying every little thing to function. Even the operate keys labored.
Looks
The Kubuntu Netbook Edition utilizes KDE desktop instead of Gnome. Following using the Gnome desktop for nearly like three decades,
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For the techies, the Kubuntu uses Plasma Netbook Shell and it seems to be a lot more futuristic than the Ubuntu, at least to me and my team. I absolutely love the animations and how the windows behave. Excellent – Very. But, here can be a word of caution – as you would have already noticed from the screenshots, it seems to be quite a lot different from the existing netbook distros, chiefly because all of them use Ubuntu Netbook Edition as their base. So, it will take a day or two in getting used for the KDE+Plasma Setting.
All the applications run full display, similar to Ubuntu netbook edition. However,
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The desktop is divided into three parts – best bar, favorites panel and application panel. The best bar contains the basic buttons for shutting down, locking the display,
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Second is the favorites panel. It is possible to add application by hovering the mouse over an icon and then clicking on the little golden star on the prime left in the icon.
While on the desktop, you either use the categories to get to your desired application or you start typing the name of application and Kubuntu will automatically start to short-list the applications as you type. It also finds your documents too – similar to spotlight search on Mac
Switching applications is finished by clicking a button present on the top-right in the display,
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Alternatively,
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Boot Up time
Boot-up time is extremely important for mobile devices like netbooks since nobody wants to wait for 2-3 minutes for an OS to complete its boot. Everybody wants to go online as-fast-as possible. Kubuntu Netbook Edition (referred to as KNE from this point onwards) does exactly that.
Having the netbook set to auto-login, from grub to desktop took 50 seconds and shut down time was 6 seconds. So, the boot-up times are fairly impressive.
Applications
Office:
·OpenOffice Word Processor
·Openoffice Presentation
·OpenOffice Spreadsheet
·OpenOffice Drawing
·Okular
·KtimeTracker
·Korganizer
·Kontact
·KaddressBook
Education
·Kanagram: Letter order game
·Ktouch
·Parley: Vocabulary Trailer
Games
·Kmahjongg
·Krerversi
·Lsat
·Ksudoku
·Kmines
·Kdiamond
·Kpatience
Graphics
·Ksnapshot
·Gwenview: Image Viewer
·OpenOffice Drawing
·Okular: Document Viewer
Internet
·Mozilla Network Installar (more on that later)
·Network Connections
·Konqueror
·Ktorrent
·Kmail
·Kbluetooth
·KPPP
·Quassel IRC: IRC Client
·KRDC: Desktop Terminal
·Kopete: Instant Messenger
·Krfb: Internet Sharing
·Blogilo: Blogging Client
·Akregator: RSS reader
·KnetworkManager
·Browser Identification
·Windows Share
Multimedia
·Kmix: Sound Mixer
·Dragon Player: Video Player
·Amarok: Audio Player
It just kept saying that the requested packages are already put in and the installation of Firefox never actually happened. But, we had no problems with the Konqueror, which is the default web-browser for Kubuntu.
Suggestions?
Well, I do feel that the close button really should always be accessible in an application. It really should not be hidden in the top-bar which hides itself every time to give you more pixels to perform with. Secondly. Plasma Setting could be a bit faster.
Firefox set up just fails. Go for the Chrome browser from Google or the Opera. It is magical on the Kubuntu (actually on any Linux distro out there).
Flash player, just like other Canonical distributions, does not come pre-installed. Same can be said about MP3 and other video codecs. There is an easy solution to this – just install VLC or Audacious. :)
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