kde-full or Kubuntu ?

[realzippy]

Since gnome's road seems to go in a direction I don 't like,I
decided after a few happy years to have a closer look on KDE.

Short question:
Install kde-full or a fresh kubuntu?
Advantages/disadvantages ?

[raja.genupula]

its better to go with Kubuntu . then you can install all the things what ever you want .

[RichardLinx]

I'd personally go with vanilla KDE to avoid the bloat that comes with Kubuntu. Then if you're missing anything essential you can just apt-get it.

Kubuntu has gotten better, but it's still not the type of KDE distro that I think is near-perfect from a clean install. Besides, you'll be wanting to upgrade to a newer version of KDE anyway since 4.7 is out and Kubuntu 11.04 comes with 4.6.x installed iirc.

[realzippy]

Kubuntu has gotten better, but it's still not the type of KDE distro that I think is near-perfect from a clean install.

So which distro would you suggest ?
Btw,I don't mind tweaking...
KDE 4.7 not in proposed updates?

[RichardLinx]

Well, if you want a nice KDE experience from the get-go, then I'd say openSUSE. But that's just my opinion - and this is coming from someone who thinks YaST is a great tool, and I know a lot of people think otherwise. If you've used suse before and liked it then jumping the gun and going with openSUSE 11.4 + KDE will be a great move.

But if you're comfortable with apt, go with ubuntu minimal and install KDE from there and build it to your preference.

[Ichtyandr]

So which distro would you suggest ?
Btw,I don't mind tweaking...
KDE 4.7 not in proposed updates?

If you install 10.04, you should add ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports for KDE 4.7, or ppa:kubuntu-ppa for KDE 4.6.5 (bugfix release). Have a look at kubuntu.org
Sometimes people advise against ubuntu with kde, suggest other distros, like suse or mandriva/mageia. I have nothing against those (actually mandrake was my first linux).
On the other hand I think there is nothing wrong with Kubuntu. It will be very familiar if you are used to ubuntu system. It has improved a lot recently with kubuntu-backports you can always get the latest KDE with ubuntu.

[kellemes]

So which distro would you suggest ?
Btw,I don't mind tweaking...
KDE 4.7 not in proposed updates?

Myself, I'm using Kubuntu with 4.7.0 from ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports. Use only if you need to go bleeding edge..
It's a very cool environment!!
I always install Kubuntu fresh.. My personal experience is that *most* applications I use are kde- or qt-based and so I don't need the extra bloat from the Gnome-environment.

Edit: as previous poster said.. you can also get 4.6.5 which seems to be somewhat more stable on my system, and have better performance with my specific NVidia-card/driver.

[elliotn]

after I installed ubuntu 11.04 and decided to try kde I installed kubuntu-desktop and I fell in love with it and now I upgraded to kde 4.7, I love it

[realzippy]

Ok,just started downloading kubuntu 11.04...

Using Kubuntu with 4.7.0 from ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports. Only if you need to go bleeding edge..

...don't need,but like to.Also this will not be my "working" system,so I will include the backports ppa.Thanks for this.
Any other suggestions for KDE "Must Have" tweaks/apps ?

[kellemes]

Ok,just started downloading kubuntu 11.04...

Using Kubuntu with 4.7.0 from ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports. Only if you need to go bleeding edge..

...don't need,but like to.Also this will not be my "working" system,so I will include the backports ppa.Thanks for this.
Any other suggestions for KDE "Must Have" tweaks/apps ?

Depends on what you need..
Personally I can't live without Krusader but that's because I'm a sucker for twin-pane filemanagement.