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[TcM]

Why are there so much ubuntus? There is the Ubuntu, eubuntu, kubuntu, xubunto gobuntu?? I mean for me they are nearly all the same! What is the big deal with all these?

[v0id]

The main differences between the different *buntu's are primary the desktop environment. Ubuntu uses GNOME, Kubuntu uses KDE and Xubuntu uses XFCE. Edubuntu, Gobuntu and Ubuntu Studio are different though. Edutbuntu are used as an educational Linux distributions, Gobuntu aims on making the entire distribution completely free, and Ubuntu Studio is aimed on multimedia creation.

[TcM]

Yeah... I discovered this a few days ago at school. Still thanks :)

[TotalNoob]

v0id said:

Kubuntu uses KDE and Xubuntu uses XFCE. Edubuntu, Gobuntu and Ubuntu Studio are different though.

What is the difference? I see the Desktop GUI nearly (if not) the same

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Edutbuntu are used as an educational Linux distributions,

Is it because of the softwares installed or what? What makes it Educational?

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Gobuntu aims on making the entire distribution completely free

Why? Isn't Ubuntu Free too?

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and Ubuntu Studio is aimed on multimedia creation.

Again.. what makes it? Does it render graphics faster? or because of the programs that come installed with it?

[v0id]

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What is the difference? I see the Desktop GUI nearly (if not) the same

There's a big difference between all of desktop environments. I think you should read more about them separetely.

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Is it because of the softwares installed or what? What makes it Educational?

It's both the software and how the operating system is build. The Edubuntu-team has worked together with teachers from all over the world to build the perfect operating system for education. It's also very easy to use, so teachers with limited knowledge in computing can easily set up computers for use in education.

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Why? Isn't Ubuntu Free too?

When I said free, I wasn't thinking about the costs. Ubuntu (especially 7.04) has been criticized for using application with non-free source (closed-source) Gobuntu aims on making everything free (freely available for everyone / open-source)

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Again.. what makes it? Does it render graphics faster? or because of the programs that come installed with it?

Ubuntu Studio's kernel has been modified heavily for fast and good audio-, video and graphics-processing. It also comes with a lot of multimedia-applications.

[TotalNoob]

Thanks for your dedication in explaining everything to me.

Thanks