There is not much installed by default, but you can add whatever you want. It is all just an apt-get (or aptitude install) away just like debian. There is noting impoverished at all about Ubuntu. My Ubuntu installs are crammed full of software (multiple editors, compilers, DBs, vmware *and* virtualbox, my entire audio stack, you get the idea.
Having said that, I am big fan of sticking with what works. If you have a workflow that you are comfortable with, I would stick with it. Even with the recent attempts by Ubuntu to introduce a new workspace paradigm, I have it set the way I like (currently based around KDE 4.7, but I have GNOME, Unity, and several other DMs installed as well). The really big advantage with Ubuntu is the driver support. They take a more practical approach to things like binary firmware and proprietary drivers. I put Debian on my laptop and then spent the weekend swearing (Ubuntu worked out of the box, so I was surprised). On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:56 PM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: > I think you are right that I might not want to waste time with ubuntu. > > I've been quite happy with debian. I've just heard so much good stuff about > ubuntu. So I thought I would try it. > > Biggest issue for me is that there doesn't seem to be much there and this old > debian system is loaded to the hilt > > > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 04:42:05PM -0600, Mark Carlson wrote: >> Applications -> System... makes sense to me. >> >> What keyboard layout did you select (if any?) >> http://www.kubuntu.org/docs/kquickguide/C/ch03s07.html#regional-keyboardlayout >> >> Most desktop users with one hard drive have only a root partition. The >> other "partitions" you see from the 'df' output are pretty self explanatory >> if you use the 'mount' command instead of 'df' (search engines are helpful >> for this sort of thing as well.) >> >> If you want to reinstall and fine-tune the configuration (including the >> partition layout,) I believe you can still do this, but you may have to use >> a different install CD. >> >> Although, it sounds like you may want to just avoid Ubuntu altogether. >> Otherwise, you need to accept that it is different from what you are >> currently used to. If you continue with Ubuntu, you will need to re-learn >> many things, just like if you switched to any other distro. >> >> -Mark C. >> >> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:22 PM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: >> >> > >> > That helped. I found it! They put in under applications->system. WHat a >> > dumb place to put it. Next I see they have the KB map all screwed up! I >> > don't have a "/" key. the ">" is a period as is the ".". >> > >> > I did do a search but I looked for "bash" and it can't find that! >> > >> > Next I did a "df" to see how the default partitioning is done and well - >> > its all screwed up as well! I have / and that is basically it with a 3 >> > other partitions I've never seen b4. >> > >> > How to people feel about just running with "/"? I've always set up >> > something like this: >> > >> > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> > /dev/hda5 19222656 11999000 6247108 66% / >> > tmpfs 321016 0 321016 0% /dev/shm >> > /dev/hda6 9612100 4811292 4312536 53% /usr >> > /dev/hda1 14119 3400 9990 26% /boot >> > /dev/hda2 14149 1043 12376 8% /maint >> > /dev/hda7 9612100 1846100 7277728 21% /var >> > /dev/hda8 9612100 122404 9001424 2% /dbms >> > /dev/hda9 27854836 23416304 3023580 89% /home >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 03:55:28PM -0600, Mark Carlson wrote: >> > > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/terminal >> > > >> > > Does this help? >> > > >> > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:45 PM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: >> > > >> > > > I run gnome on my redhat box and kde on my debian box. I happen to >> > like >> > > > gnome terminal and it runs just fine on the kde gui. BUt these are >> > both >> > > > old systems. >> > > > >> > > > So I dont' know what the new gnome nor KDE are going to look like. >> > > > >> > > > At this point the new KDE is unfamiliar and I would execpt somehwere >> > there >> > > > would be some sort of terminal. I see what looks like a terminal and >> > its >> > > > titled "utilities" but there is no terminal in the list of utilities - >> > and >> > > > its a very short list indeed! Next there is an apps icon and no >> > terminal >> > > > there. >> > > > >> > > > This list is also short. I see only one editor. There should be a >> > whole >> > > > list of editors to choose from. I do not see the GNU tools. But maybe >> > > > they are installed. >> > > > >> > > > In short so far it looks like a really impoverished distro. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 03:27:29PM -0600, Mark Carlson wrote: >> > > > > Did you try installing Gnome Terminal? Kubuntu would not come with a >> > > > Gnome >> > > > > app pre-installed, but you should be able to run it on top of KDE >> > > > (although >> > > > > it will have a number of dependencies that need to be installed as >> > well.) >> > > > > >> > > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:12 PM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > I just realized. On this machine I have always used gnome >> > terminal... >> > > > and >> > > > > > the shell is bash. BUt this was the default and I was happy with >> > it. >> > > > Now >> > > > > > I don't see how its even configured to run bash. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > I guess what I'm really looking for in Kubuntu is gnome terminal. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 02:04:28PM -0700, terr@terralogic.netwrote: >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > I just installed Kubuntu... I forget the version but it was the >> > most >> > > > > > recent I could find. 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