Kubuntu

 I'm going to try and install kubuntu.
(given some time to avoid procrastination and get rid of homework backlog).

This isn't my first experience with linux--I tried xandros for a while. It kind of sucked, ended up getting all screwed up and crashing, and it was years ago. So it might as WELL be my first experience. All I remember is that manually unwrapping tarballs is annoying and that there can be inadequate information on compatibility with certain programs.

So, is there anything anyone can tell me about what to expect, what to watch out for, etc?

I've read the documentation on the Kubuntu site; I'm looking more for tips that would have been left out or not mentioned. There is no substitute for person-to-person advice.

Since I'm trying to share the drive with an install of windows, would you advise installing kubuntu within windows, or doing the wacky partitioning stuff?

Reason I ask is that there's a partition on my drive that I would LIKE to use for kubuntu, but It has had some problems, so I might just take it apart and make a new one. It's not as if there's anything important on it.

I started to wonder if installing Kubuntu on windows might be easier-there could be some slowdown, but...I have a quad-core CPU. I doubt there's be any appreciable difference.

So, which would be better, given those circumstances?

I have been a reguler user of Ubuntu, but have just ordered for Kubuntu so which it has something newer and more improved then Ubuntu, but to be honest and not baised non of them can even get near WINDOWS.

Originally posted by hugoestr Games are the main reason to keep using windows. :)

Which is part of why I want to learn to use linux...in a matter of months months, I'll be heading off to a a very interesting place which, sadly, will probably not involve a lot of powerful gaming computer-building opportunities. Since I won't really need to be playing games much, I figure I'll pretty much exclusively be using some other operating system than windows...and to be honest, I'm not really enamored of Macs. There's something a little totalitarian about how you can't build your own mac and so forth, I don't really care much about design, since that's pretty subjective--and linux is even MORE secure. And from all acounts, the desktop GUI is pretty nice-looking. And  "easy to use" is the worst excuse I ever heard to pay hundreds of dollars.