OK. I've been up about 24 hours. Ubuntu Natty (amd64) on a Dell somethingorother. Install of Ubuntu was smoooth. Did the steps Tim outlined: On 09/12/11 12:11, Timothy Pearson wrote: > I suggest you start with a default Ubuntu (not Kubuntu) installation. Add > these four lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: > > deb > http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-build-dependencies/ubuntu > natty main > deb-src > http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-build-dependencies/ubuntu > natty main > deb > http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-builds/ubuntu > natty main > deb-src > http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-builds/ubuntu > natty main > > The, from a terminal, execute: > sudo apt-get update > sudo passwd > <enter a temporary root password> > sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop-trinity > sudo passwd -l Be sure to specifically choose a TDE session on the login screen. If you are untarring an old $HOME onto your new installation simply make a symlink from .kde (if you used Kubuntu previously) or .kde3 if you've used one of Tim's previous kits/distros and all your stuff comes back magically. Hurray! Note that there is still an issue with keys and mirrors, so you will likely still see: W: GPG error: http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net natty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 43F1DC4F2B8638D0 W: GPG error: http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net natty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 43F1DC4F2B8638D0 Thanks, Tim, for not forcing me (and the rest of us) to have to make a new desktop layout just because KDE4 is "better" in some programmer's mind. I've had mine for *years*, even under Solaris(!) and didn't see the need to change. Some reports on issues a little later ... :-) -- Peter Laws / N5UWY National Weather Center / Network Operations Center University of Oklahoma Information Technology plaws@... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feedback? Contact my director, Matt Younkins, younkinsm@.... Thank you!