Two Monitors + Kubuntu ='s Love At First Sight

Two monitors can be a configuration nightmare (I hope future realeases of (K)Ubuntu will tackle this... I eventually had to cave in and sacrifice my left orientation for a "TwinView" setup, but boy was it worth it. The EyeCandy in KDE/Kubuntu is absolutely stunning! Don't let this deter you though if you have one monitor and/or monitors normally oriented, because the setup is usually less demanding. (K)Ubuntu is getting easier and easier to use and its a great open source alternative to other Os's. (For the curious I'm using an Nvidia 9800 GT graphics card, on an Intel Core Duo Quad Core).

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[Raja221]

i love linux but i use gnome. i use dto love KDE 3.5 .. after KDE 4 came out .. i kissed KDE a goodbye and went with gnome .. i use linuxmint.

[dansrev]

I used to hate KDE until Kubuntu; every distro presents it differently , and whomever I used last time had it configured so that it was extremely buggy. Kubuntu however works pretty much flawlessly on my system... this could be a configuration/hardware coincidence or they are getting better... Either way, Gnome wasn't doing what I wanted... As for linuxmint I've been wanting to try it out.

[Raja221]

Gnome on linuxmint is awesome. gnome on ubuntu is ugly. they configured it differently on linuxmint. but yeah kubuntu is nice. but in my honest opinion. i find kde 4.xx to be really slow compared to gnome. im not saying KDE 4 doesnt look nice. it looks great. but a bit too slow on my rig (AMD x2 @ 6000) and the whole desktop being a big widget on kde 4. xx turn me away from it. :) i might try KDE 4.5 when it comes out. till then ill stick with gnome on linuxmint :)

[dansrev]

Yeah, I hate the widgets. Its pretty minimal when you start Kubuntu, its just one for Twitter (Which impressed me since I'm a Twitter Addict) and you can add more. Linux Mint looks really nice and the fact its an Ubuntu variant is even better. One day when I have plenty of time and a computer I'm not afraid to hurt I want to try Gentoo. That day will never come, but it'd be neat to build your linux from the ground up and have more control over it.

[sjeses]

@dansrev

If you want to take Gentoo for a testdrive, I can suggest Sabayon Linux.

They offer a Live CD as many distros do, but when you install it, it automatically configures heaps of stuff.

I haven't tried the latest version, but a couple versions back it automatically configured my 8800GT gfx card and Compiz Fusion.

Installing/maintaining software was a time consumer back then, but that may have been improved in the meantime.