How to install KDE on ubuntu

The default desktop of Ubuntu is Gnome.If you want KDE, you can install Kubuntu.

Alternatively, you can install Kubuntu on Ubuntu using Synaptic Package Manager.

Here is a step-by-step guide to install KDE on ubuntu.

UNetbootin - create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads

ubuntu 8.10

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KDE 4.0.1 available

KDE is an international technology team that creates Free Software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. More...

KDE 4.0.1 available.
On 5th February 2008, the KDE Community released the first update to the fourth major version of the K Desktop Environment. The release contains numerous bugfixes, performance improvements and translation updates.

BlogBridge - A FREE powerful blog and feed reader

BlogBridge is Free Open Source! It runs on Mac, Windows AND Linux.

BlogBridge the most powerful blog and feed reader. Are you an info-junky? Here's a high end aggregator that runs on any platform and is free to boot. You gotta check it out.

BlogBridgeManage your hundreds and hundreds of RSS subscriptions with an elegance and style, build rivers of news, perform complex queries -- all of this is and many more is delivered to your very fingertips.

NetBeans IDE 6.0 released

The NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications, in Java, C/C++ and even Ruby. The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris; it is easy to install and use straight out of the box.

The 6.0 release includes significant enhancements and new features, including a completely rewritten editor infrastructure, support for additional languages, new productivity features, and a simplified installation process that allows you to easily install and configure the IDE to meet your exact needs.

GIMP 2.4.0 Released

GIMP 2.4.0 Released on 2007-10-24.

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

NetBeans IDE 6.0 Beta 1 is available

NetBeans IDE 6.0 Beta 1 Information

The NetBeans IDE is a modular, standards-based, integrated development environment (IDE) written in the Java programming language. The NetBeans project consists of an open source IDE and an application platform, which can be used as a generic framework to build any kind of application.

The focus of NetBeans IDE 6.0 is improved developer productivity through a smarter, faster editor, and the integration of all NetBeans products into one IDE. Please download it, check it out and let us know what you think. The NetBeans IDE 6.0 is scheduled to be released in November 2007.

NetBeans

PeaZip

PeaZip free archiver utility is a portable, open source archiving, encryption and file split tool. PeaZip archiver is cross platform, it runs on Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista and on Linux and supports handling of many archive and compression formats:
- create: 7Z, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, TAR, UPX, ZIP;
- open: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DEB, ISO, LHA, RAR, RPM and more archive types...

Provide Installable application's packages & Natively portable application packages.

Miro

Miro, Free and open-source video player.
- Play any video file
- More HD then anyone
- Free internet TV
- Download YouTube
- BitTorrent Power

Qt

Qt sets the standard for high-performance, cross-platform application development. It includes a C++ class library and tools for cross-platform development and internationalization. Qt also provides unique solutions to inter-object communication, goes beyond C++ to add flexibility for advanced GUI development and provides a special edition for back-end server applications.

EasyEclipse

EasyEclipse packages together Eclipse, the open-source software development platform, and selected open source plugins.

An EasyEclipse Distribution is a prepackaged release of Eclipse that provides a fully functional Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for a specific type of development.

Each distribution contains everything you need to start developing code, without any additional downloads.

Available in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

Stellarium

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

Available in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

eUML2

eUML2 for Java is a powerful UML modeler designed for Java developer in Eclipse. The main features are:

* Real-time code/model synchronization
* UML2.1 compliant and support of OMG XMI
* Advanced reversed engineering
* Powerful true dependency analyze tools
* JDK 1.4 and 1.5 support
* Customizable template support.

GIMP

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Eclipse

Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on building an extensible development platform, runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know us, and hopefully love us, as a Java IDE but Eclipse is much more than a Java IDE.

With suitable plug-in, ıt can be used to develope Java, C/C++, web application, mobile application, and much more.