[wellylug] Installing Ubuntu on older PC

[Mark Foster]

>> 
> BTW once you have an Ubuntu system running it is very easy to try out the 
> various desktop set-ups if you find you prefer one over another for some 
> reason (or like to have the choice of all of them in any session!)  to 
> install the respective desktops on a Ubuntu base (you need broadband 
> connection):
> for Gnome desktop do:  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
> for Xfce desktop do:  sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
> for kde 3.5 desktop do:  sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> for kde 4 desktop do:  sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop
>

Thanks Rob.

Can any Learned types clarify the precise differences between Ubuntu (7.1) 
and Kubuntu (7.1) ?

Is it just Xfce instead of Gnome?