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I have ubuntu 13.04 and windows 7. I heard that kubuntu is more like windows, so I wanted to try it. Is it possible to triple boot them? If it is can you tell me how to. I have installed ubuntu on a partition.

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  • In my opinion, LXDE is closer to Windows than KDE, but that's just my opinion... – Thomas Ward Sep 26 '13 at 23:44
  • Ok thanks. I just thought I read a lot of other sites that said kubuntu is closer. Do you know how to triple boot though. – askubuntu7639 Sep 26 '13 at 23:49
  • I personally don't think you need to, you can install the KDE environment inside of Ubuntu 13.04 alongside it without actually messing with the hard drive partitions. Saves you the headache of dealing with partitioning for a triple boot environment. – Thomas Ward Sep 26 '13 at 23:53
  • Do I download KDE from the software center? – askubuntu7639 Sep 29 '13 at 19:18
  • If you want the complete Kubuntu software package as well, then you can install kubuntu-desktop, and that'll install all the software that comes with Kubuntu as well, if you just want the KDE environment, I'd have to go look up what the specific packages are for that. – Thomas Ward Sep 29 '13 at 19:23
  • Thanks!! Could you tell me what to look up to get the KDE environment? – askubuntu7639 Sep 29 '13 at 19:38
  • If I want to install Kubuntu desktop from the terminal, what command would I use? I know I am asking you a lot but thanks!!! – askubuntu7639 Sep 29 '13 at 19:40
  • Voting to reopen since he doesn't actually have 3 different OSes to triple boot; just wants two different ubuntu desktop flavors. – psusi Sep 29 '13 at 19:51
  • Thanks dude! Was the question closed? – askubuntu7639 Sep 29 '13 at 19:56
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    Check this question out: http://askubuntu.com/questions/228503/is-it-possible-to-use-multiple-desktop-environments-on-same-system Much easier than triple booting ;) (@psusi Wouldn't you consider this a duplicate of that?) – Seth Sep 29 '13 at 22:34
  • If you are not tripplebooting pleas edit the question to refllect that. – Mateo Sep 29 '13 at 23:23
  • @Seth, yes, that would be a more appropriate dup... good find. – psusi Sep 30 '13 at 02:23
  • I went to that question and I already installed kubuntu desktop and my grub menu shows kubuntu but when I log in it goes straight to ubuntu. How do I go to kubuntu too? I will try using the other question. – askubuntu7639 Oct 01 '13 at 03:09
  • I am making a new question to find out how to choose between kubuntu and ubuntu when I login. Please help me with that question. – askubuntu7639 Oct 01 '13 at 03:17
  • If I want to download other environments how do I do that? – askubuntu7639 Oct 02 '13 at 02:13

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There is no need to dual boot between ubuntu and kubuntu. You can simply install Ubuntu and if you also want to try kubuntu, you just install the kubuntu-desktop package and can select between the two desktops when you log in.

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