Installing Kubuntu on Dell Mini 9?

[DMGrier]

I have A Dell mini 9 with Ubuntu that came with it, I want to put on Kubuntu on there because I feel the desktop is more attractive but is there a way without having to install using disc? And will my ubuntu drivers from Dell work with Kubuntu? Thanks, Devon.

[reed9]

Here are some guides:

Howto install/remove Gnome,KDE,Xfce in Ubuntu | linuxine
How to install KDE on Ubuntu
How to Install KDE 4.1 on Ubuntu 8.04 - Step-by-step tutorial with screenshots! - Softpedia

You can also download Kubuntu to a USB flash drive and install from that. The mini comes with Ubuntu 8.04, right? The corresponding KDE version in 8.04 is, in my opinion, still too immature for real use. I recommend upgrading to 9.04, with KDE 4.2, which is the first of the useful KDE4 releases.

[DMGrier]

Thanks for the help.

[Rubberman]

You can download and install KDE with the package manager, I believe. Doing it that way would not harm your current installation, but would give you the option of logging in with either Gnome or KDE when you want.

[devils casper]

How much disk space do you have in your Dell Mini?
As Rubberman suggested, if you have enough space then install kubutu-desktop. You will have an option to load either DE ( Gnome or KDE ) at Login Screen.

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop