Goodbye Kubuntu

[teemac]

I must sadly say I have to say goodbye to Kubuntu.  :sg1:

After using the 64bit version for several years, I just can't stand the new version with kde4.x.x I have tried and tried and tried to give it a chance.

With the old version of kde 3.5.x, it was so tidy and easy to find and alter anything or use anything - so easy to fix the very rare bug.

The new version (Kubuntu 9.04 64bit) I have tried on a separate machine for a couple of months and it seems that I have to spend an hour or 2 each day trying to find things or browsing forums for a fix or work a round for something that doesn't exist anymore in the new version. They have made it look like Vista and have hidden everything away several layers deep like Vista - even if you knew where to look in the first place.

It is a shame as I really enjoyed Kubuntu up to ver 8.04 using the old kde 3.5.x interface. I could jump on it and do anything at anytime - it was very intuitionalative (? spelling)

Bluntly - the new one SUX - with large wheezing sounds coming from all areas.

So, starting with the 2 new I7's I am just completing for crunching, I will be jumping back to the old Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit, even though I don't like it's minimalist system. It works and most things for a cruncher box can be found pretty quickly.

My waterBox Q6600 uses Kubuntu 8.04.x now for the next couple of months until I see if the I7's are worth the extra dosh they cost. I will then make a decision whether to strip the Q6600 out and I7 it with new water as well, or stay with the Q6600.

If I make my main box into an I7, I will probably go with Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) 64bit as it's OS - I have tried Mint a couple of times over the years and have followed it's progress and it looks very good now and is in 64bit from version 7, 32 bit only being available until now has stopped me from using it for years. It has all the tools etc that can be used for quickly changing screen res, safe updates etc. Not big things in themselves, as Mint is built on Ubuntu anyway, but these little things make the OS invisible in the day to day work the machine is used for by me.

I want an OS that works, is easy to fix if necessary etc, looks can be so so and doesn't bother me with dumb messages persistently. I know I'm dumb - it doesn't have to keep telling me this 50 times a day !

Mint is that OS after Kubuntu 8.04 reaches the end of it's life later this year.

I am so sad - I loved my Kubuntu  :cry2: :cry2: :cry2:

[veebee]

I swapped from Kubuntu to Ubuntu when Kubuntu 7.04 came out.

I was having problems here and there (and I am even dumberereer than YOU Teemac!!).

Someone (Methinks Yoda) suggested Ubuntu so I gave it a go and haven't looked back.

One thing though, I am heading towards picking up a bit of gaming to kill time, and so have just gotten a disc of Vista 64 bit. I have used/ currently use, Xp 32bit for the occasional gaming attack, but I hate the pain of having to shut down, then reboot Ubuntu, but shut THAt down again if I wanna play again...

but XP (esp 32 bit) is so slow for crunching. Thats whyI got a copy of Vista x64. I will probably load it up after this aa... I have a LOT to do after the AA.. a big clean out of all the machines, swap the water cooling to the i7, put the Zalman 9700 back on one of the Q6600's, etc etc...

all good fun !

I hope that the swap to Ubuntu sees you get what you need mate..all I know is I am stoked with its behaviour thus far.

[Wang Solutions]

I still run older versions of Kubuntu on some machines, but the newer ones all have Ubuntu instead.

I have Windows 7 too and must say it is phenomenally better than Vista (which would not be hard).

[Rob]

I know what you mean with Kubuntu 9.04. It's pretty but simple tasks now seem to be all but impossible.
For example, my internet connection regularly drops out which requires a modem reboot to rectify. Since my wireless modem & network switch don't seem to be on speaking terms a modem reboot also usually needs one or sometimes several network switch reboots, which is where the problem comes in.
With 9.04 when I unplug the switch it breaks the network connection. On older versions of Kubuntu this wasn't a problem as when I plugged the switch back in it automatically found the connection and all was well, the same as Windows. With 9.04 it just remains broken :cry2:. I can't find how to restore it without a system reboot. So if my connection is having a bad day, I have to reboot my Linux computers several times throughout the day. Very frustrating :hbang:

[yoda]

Hmm, sounds like they wanted to make it too much like Windows!  Glad I stuck with Ubuntu all the time.

Of course, you could try to "upgrade" to an old version of KDE, or just install an old version of Kubuntu. 

[teemac]

@veebee - let me know how that new water block goes on the I7 please - thanks mate.

@others

I am trying to keep all 6 boxes on the same OS, so it is easy to fix something if it goes bung.

Kubuntu 8.04 is still my main OS of choice for my main water box quad, but it is getting harder and harder to find current programs for it's kde 3.5.10 interface. Most programs are therefore about a year out of date now - they work ok but I am missing out on any bug fixes or new features I have wanted.

KDE 4.2.x looks and operates very similar to Vista which I despise - I see dozens of machines every day with bugs, viruses or clients just unable to use it for the simplest tasks. KDE 4 is turning out the same way - very pretty but unusable.

Oh well over the next month or so I will see how things work out.

Thanks everybody for the condolences for Kubuntu's passing 

[BF]

Been testing out Windows 7 for a couple of months..  seems it IS what Vista was meant to have been..  Will probably upgrade my boxes to that once it's out..     :sg1: