User:SamiZhan/a Beginners' Guide for KDE Software/Where and How to get KDE Software

Most Linux distributions has already contained KDE. But KDE may not be the default Desktop Environment. If you use distributions such as Mandriva , OpenSUSE , Kubuntu etc. , you may have alerady installed KDE by default. But if you are using distributions like Ubuntu , fedora , debian etc , you may be using GNOME because GNOME is the default Desktop Environment of these distributions. However , no matter which distribution you are using now , you can install KDE Software on you own.

If you are just considering switching to Linux...

for the most end users

If you are just considering switching to Linux platform , you'd better choose a distribution contains KDE as the default Desktop Environment.If you want a system easy to get started , distributions like Mandriva Linux,OpenSUSE etc is quite great. These distrobutions are easy to install , you can just install them without removing your Windows system. After a try you may considering replacing MicroSoft Windows with Linux platform and KDE Software. These distrobutions use KDE as their default Desktop , they also contains many other software such as openoffice.org , Adobe flashplayer and some non-free hardware drivers. These packages give you a better experience of the operating system.

But if you want nothing but pure KDE Software , you could try Chakra GNU/Linux, but please noticed that Chakra may not be suitable for most end users! On the one hand , Some packages useful for end users such as flashplayer is not contained in this OS , becasue Chakra is gtk2-free. On the other hand , Chakra haven't provided the function of automatic partitioning , this means you must partition the disk manually. It's a bit difficult for new users.