Kubuntu? Kasual!

Kubuntu is installed and running on the beach house network. This is the Linux flavor Ubuntu with the KDE desktop, which is pretty dang awesome. Being opensource it is free to download and you are encouraged to copy and distribute it. The machine is a 400 Celeron, 512megs of SDRAM, with a 10gig hard drive. Beyond any doubt this installation was the easiest EVER done at the beach house.

A few simple questions have to be answered (time zone, name, etc.) and then in less than 30 minutes it asks you to remove the disk and reboot. It comes with the Amarok audio player which rocks! OpenOffice is also installed as part of the default package. After opening the web browser it was apparent the network settings were configured properly by the OS during setup since it jumped right on the internet without a bit of tweaking. If this is a sign of things to come from the Kubuntu people all I cay say is - Windows watch out!

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older."
-Larry McMurtry