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Why do people always talk about Ubuntu here instead of Kubuntu? (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I've seen people suggest Ubuntu without mentioning Kubuntu, but it seems like most people (especially gamers?) prefer KDE Plasma. I've seen people complain about Ubuntu's GUI and lack of customization, but then no one suggests them to try Kubuntu instead. It seems like people just don't know that Kubuntu exists.

Also as an aside, people often criticize how slow updates are on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/etc, but if you enable the backports ppa then it's actually pretty quick!

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Isn't Kubuntu just the KDE UI on top of Ubuntu, I would imagine limiting conversions to operating systems made things or sysynced.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah but I'm thinking Kubuntu should overtake Ubuntu as the primary for discussion purposes

It's just generally the more appropriate choice over Ubuntu for most people

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

KDE is more than just a ui, its the set of preinstalled applications that plays a huge role. Kubuntu and Ubuntu feels like two different operating systems.