Kubuntu ( /kuːˈbuːntuː/ koo-BOON-too) is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. However, Canonical will end the pay support for Kubuntu after the 12.04 version. Blue-Systems will take over as sponsor, and Kubuntu will retain use of Ubuntu project servers . It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the ...
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Kubuntu ( /kuːˈbuːntuː/ koo-BOON-too) is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. However, Canonical will end the pay support for Kubuntu after the 12.04 version. Blue-Systems will take over as sponsor, and Kubuntu will retain use of Ubuntu project servers . It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop (kubuntu-desktop) as well as the Unity desktop (ubuntu-desktop) on the same machine. Every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu. It is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu.
"Kubuntu" means "towards humanity" in Bemba, and is derived from ubuntu ("humanity"). The K at the beginning represents the KDE community on whose platform Kubuntu is built. By coincidence, Kubuntu also means "free" in Kirundi.
Ubuntu and Kubuntu differ typically in only the graphical applications and tools.
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