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The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 9.04 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 9.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Kubuntu 9.04 is derived from Ubuntu 9.04 and uses the KDE desktop instead of the GNOME desktop.

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By: Matey

Hi;

Thank you very much for the excellent How To & Instructions.

I was just very disappointed with the new Ubuntu 9.04 and I wish to reinstall 8.x back on my machine!

jaunty has a lot of annoyances to me, I dont know? But for instance the video drivers are so hard to set it is impossible to set/change monitor type and for what I have hear the display drivers have been integrated into HAL which (If true) makes no sense!

It is like integrating a printer into HAL.

If I remember correctly the Hardware Abstract Layer is one of the main layers of the OS (like in the center or nuclei) and cannot/should not be messed with.

There are more annoyances which I cannot remember right now small things like moving a panel around which we used to could drag using the mouse now you have to take more steps. etc, etc..

 May be the people who design Ubuntu do something about those problems in near future by putting patches up on the net?

Thanks a lot!

By: Matey

Hi;

Thank you very much for the excellent How To & Instructions.

I was just very disappointed with the new Ubuntu 9.04 and I wish to reinstall 8.x back on my machine!

jaunty has a lot of annoyances to me, I dont know? But for instance the video drivers are so hard to set it is impossible to set/change monitor type and for what I have hear the display drivers have been integrated into HAL which (If true) makes no sense!

It is like integrating a printer into HAL.

If I remember correctly the Hardware Abstract Layer is one of the main layers of the OS (like in the center or nuclei) and cannot/should not be messed with.

There are more annoyances which I cannot remember right now small things like moving a panel around which we used to could drag using the mouse now you have to take more steps. etc, etc..

 May be the people who design Ubuntu do something about those problems in near future by putting patches up on the net?

Thanks a lot!

By: Anonymous

Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04 is not the perfect desktop if you need your INTEL graphics to work.

By: Chris Howard

The issue with Intel graphics chips was fixed two weeks after 9.04 was out.  The issue was with the new version of Xorg and the Intel drivers.  BTW, if you do have Ubuntu on Intel graphics (GMA945/950) there is a trick to makeing it a bit faster depending on if it is an older version.

Open a terminal (oh nose a terminal!) and type:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Look for this section:

 Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
 EndSection

Change it to add the uxa rendering option for older chips:

 Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
    Option        "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection

Save, and restart.  I have been using Ubuntu from version 7.x to 9.04 on this 3 year old notebook (with crappy GMA945).  9.04 is the best yet.  

Also, Ubuntu on Intel GMA is faster and smoother than Windows 7 on GMA. 

Chris

By: LinuxUser

Kubuntu 9.04 is a free, user-friendly operating system based on the K Desktop Environment and on the award winning Ubuntu operating system. With a biannual release cycle and at least 18 months of free security updates for each release, it is the secure, stable computing environment you've been waiting for. To know how to install Kubuntu 9.04, visit http://www.techarena.in/guide/9797-installing-kubuntu-904.htm.