As a Fedora user since switched to GNU/Linux almost two years ago, I haven’t tried any other GNU/Linux distros besides Fedora. Although I tried KDE interface of Fedora for some times before, I always switched back to GNOME because my familiarity of GNOME interface.
Today I decided to switched from my long-time used Fedora to the more popular Ubuntu distro. I began by backup all the files in my home directory, created an Ubuntu live USB using UNetbootin and Ubuntu live CD, and installed it. It all went well until I installed VLC player and played a video file. It didn’t display any video image other than audio. As a result, I reinstalled using Kubuntu live USB. Once it was installed, I installed VLC and tested it with the same video file. This time, it was audio problem. Luckily I found the solution. For unknown reason, the PCM slider in the sound mixer property was set to mute. I also installed Choqok for work with identi.ca and Twitter. I think Choqok is better than Gwibber because of the new messages counter feature and convert the emoticons to the real pictures. For some reason Gwibber crashed each time while starting in the KDE environment. As I am almost like a new KDE user, I have to learn where to configure the specific settings. For instance, I wanted to change default browser from Konqueror to Firefox. I learned that this configuration is inside Default Applications of System Settings window.
I have begun to like KDE as I learn more and more tricks on how to using KDE. Therefore, I decided that I will continue to use Kubuntu on my laptop for home use, as well as Ubuntu on my netbook for school use. As for Fedora, I will compare new features of the newest version of both distros have when they come out later this year. Then decide whether or not I will switch back.
