Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, utilizing the KDE desktop environment
Not to be confused with Ubuntu.
Kubuntu
Kubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat"
Developer
Community-driven, previously Blue Systems[1]/Canonical Ltd.
OS family
Linux (Unix-like)
Working state
Current
Source model
Open-source
Initial release
April 8, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-08)
Latest release
24.04 (Noble Numbat)[2] / April 25, 2024; 13 days ago (2024-04-25)
Marketing target
Home computers, business use
Available in
Multilingual (more than 55)
Update method
PackageKit or APT
Package manager
dpkg and Snap
Platforms
IA-32, x86-64, ARM
Kernel type
Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Userland
GNU
Default user interface
KDE Plasma Desktop Plasma Mobile
License
Free software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official website
kubuntu.org
Kubuntu (/kʊˈbʊntuː/kuu-BUUN-too)[3] is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu[4] and is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu.[5]
Kubuntu was sponsored by Canonical Ltd. until 2012, and then directly by Blue Systems. Now, employees of Blue Systems contribute upstream to KDE and Debian, and Kubuntu development is led by community contributors. During the changeover, Kubuntu retained the use of Ubuntu project servers and existing developers.[6]
^"to be Sponsored by Blue Systems". Kubuntu. April 10, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
^"Kubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat Released | Kubuntu". Retrieved April 25, 2024.
^Canonical. "About the Ubuntu project". www.ubuntu.com. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
^"Is Kubuntu a fork?". Archived from the original on March 7, 2008.
^"KDE Community Wiki". Kubuntu. March 22, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^Garling, Caleb (April 11, 2012). "Kubuntu Linux Gets New Sugar Daddy". Wired.
libraries and headers). Because Kubuntu has the KDE Plasma suite on an Ubuntu base OS, KDE neon often is mistaken for Kubuntu and vice versa. However, the...
Additionally, USB flash drive installations can be used to boot Ubuntu and Kubuntu in a way that allows permanent saving of user settings and portability...
Kubuntu's 10.10 Maverick Meerkat release switched the default browser from Konqueror to rekonq, as well as a Firefox installer being added. Kubuntu subsequently...
was released for Ubuntu 8.10, and is currently included by default in Kubuntu installations. The KDE and Ubuntu frontend go under the names "usb-creator-kde"...
most prominent as a major KDE supporter and previous driving force behind Kubuntu with a number of KDE developers working for Blue Systems. According to...
the 11.10 release, for Lubuntu since the 12.04 release until 16.10, for Kubuntu beginning with 12.10 until 15.04 for Linux Mint and Antergos. Features...
5 replaced Plasma 4 in many popular distributions, such as Fedora 22, Kubuntu 15.04, and openSUSE Tumbleweed. Feature releases are released every four...
no native client integration for the Kubuntu variant of the Ubuntu operating system, as of January 2013. Kubuntu integration was under development and...
Mint began in 2006 with a beta release, 1.0, code-named 'Ada', based on Kubuntu and using its KDE interface. Linux Mint 2.0 'Barbara' was the first version...
environment with a number of free software operating systems, such as Chakra, Kubuntu, Mageia (DVD version), openSUSE, or TrueOS. From KDE SC 4.0 to KDE SC 4...
originally created by Timothy Pearson, who had coordinated Kubuntu remixes featuring KDE 3.5 after Kubuntu switched to KDE Plasma 4. TDE is now a fully independent...
security bugfixes from upstream Kubuntu. Quark 21.10 'Impish' testing was announced on October 9, 2021, based on Kubuntu 21.10 and tools backported from...
its cross-platform nature. Since the release of Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Quassel is Kubuntu's default IRC client. Quassel uses the Qt application...
Ubuntu that mainly replace the GNOME stock desktop environment, like: Kubuntu based on KDE, Lubuntu based on LXQT, Xubuntu based on XFCE, Ubuntu MATE...
prominent Linux distributions, such as openSUSE, the KDE spin of Fedora, and Kubuntu. Konversation supports IPv6 connections, offers SSL server support, and...
framework supports. It was the default video player in the KDE 4 version of Kubuntu from 8.04 to 14.10. Simple interface Resuming videos Support for subtitles...
ISO files can also be tried against several unlisted ISO options Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu Debian Live Linux Mint Kali Linux OpenSUSE Fedora Damn Small...
In such a configuration, a central core server (a standard PC running Kubuntu) does most of the storage and processing functions, while peripheral PCs...
2006, as part of the Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake line, which also included Kubuntu and Edubuntu. Cody A.W. Somerville developed a comprehensive strategy for...
environment with a number of free software operating systems, such as Chakra, Kubuntu, Mageia (DVD version), openSUSE, or TrueOS. With the release of KDE SC...
org. Archived from the original on 2005-10-13. Retrieved 2005-10-15. "Kubuntu - Friendly Computing". Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved...
PIM applications. These days many popular Linux distributions such as Kubuntu hide the individual applications and only place Kontact prominently. The...
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