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From: Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us>
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Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:03:43 +0200
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:48:15 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>> ... does the normal Ubuntu really only offer GNOME?
>
>I don’t think it does. The different flavours are really just different 
>choices of default installations.

And still Jörg says that he stopped using Ubuntu because he "didn't
liek the orange". I wonder why he didn't just change the theme or the
entire Desktop if he was fine with Ubuntu otherwise?

>I remember installing “normal” Ubuntu on my Asus Eee 701 (yes, it was a 
>long time ago), and discovering I should have chosen Kubuntu. Adding the 
>KDE Plasma option was as easy as “apt-get install kubuntu-desktop”.

So it is just like Debian, just louder in its Marketing of the
different Desktops?

Greetings
Marc
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