installing kubuntu over ubuntu

[jackwarr]

I want to change from Ubuntu to Kubuntu. How much, if anything, will I lose as far as settings and such? Is there anything to look for here?

[icanfly0307]

Hi,
Changing from Ubuntu to Kubuntu will make you lose settings as they are not both the same. GNOME and KDE have different settings and are not intercompatible. To remove Ubuntu, type:

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop

And finally, to install Kubuntu, type:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Let me know what happens. Good Luck! :)

[snova]

I suggest you just install the 'kde' package. Don't remove anything yet.

There's also 'kubuntu-desktop', which depends on a few other things, one of which is 'kde'.

[icanfly0307]

If you're looking for KDE 4, try sudo apt-get install kde4. However, this will not install the full functionality of a Kubuntu desktop.