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Page 4 of 5 I know that it is a matter of personal preferences but I miss the GIMP. It is not included in the default installation, while for both Ubuntu and Edubuntu it is. Instead, there is Krita, another graphics program. It is a very nice program, I can't argue, but still I am so much used to GIMP that I didn't find Krita to be a substitute. You can have a look at Krita in the next screenshot.  The screenshot on the right shows 3 multimedia applications that are included in Kubuntu. Unfortunately, I didn't have the pleasure to enjoy any of them. The topmost application is K3b – the CD and DVD recorder. I have used its earlier versions and wanted to see if it is still that good but with only one CD/DVD device on my system, which was occupied by the Live CD, I couldn't try it in a real situation. Probably my biggest complaint is about MP3s and movie files – I could not play MP3s at all, and of the two video files (1 .mpg and 1 .avi) one had picture but no audio, while the other had brilliant sound but no picture. It might not be extremely difficult to change a setting or two in order to make music and video files play but since Kubuntu is considered a distro for beginners, I think this is a hurdle for them. In this aspect Kubuntu is not different from Ubuntu and Edubuntu. Still, the second screenshot above pictures the two media players Kaffeine and Amarok.
Edubuntu – Ubuntu For Kids Although the main accent in this article is on Kubuntu, I think mentioning the third “brother” in the Ubuntu family – Edubuntu - is necessary. Edubuntu is also still in Beta 2 and at the time of writing this article (mid May 2006), its latest flight was 6. I had similar troubles installing it but I hope that for the final version these issues will be solved. As already mentioned, Edubuntu is Ubuntu for kids. This is obvious, when one looks at the default desktop and at the selection of packages. The default look-and-feel for Ubuntu 6.06 is colorful and joyful, as seen from the next screenshot. 
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