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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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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

*buntu are mainly beginner distros. They work fine out of the box, but many long-term users don't like them for ideological reasons.

The main advantage of Ubuntu over any other distro is that everything as an Ubuntu guide. The same is not true for Kubuntu, and if you stay in GUI, Ubuntu and Kubuntu share almost no similarities. The settings, the pre-installed default apps, all that differs greatly.

Thus the main reason for using *butnu is gone when using anything else than Ubuntu.

Which kinda sucks, because I like KDE much more.

[–] TeamAssimilation 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Except UwUbuntu. We don’t speak of that thing here, or anywhere.

Edit: that was a bad joke, but it seems something like it (UwUntu) does exist! https://uwuntuos.site/

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