The distro matters less. What's important is how you set it up.

Ubuntu and Kubuntu look and feel very different due to their desktop environments, GNOME and KDE Plasma. While sharing the same software base, Ubuntu and Kubuntu have different default apps and are ...

Both Kubuntu and Fedora KDE Plasma are great distributions. One is based on Ubuntu, and one is based on Fedora. There are subtle reasons why you might gravitate toward one or the other. KDE Plasma has ...

There are lots of laptops—maybe all of them—on which you can run a Linux desktop. There are a few vendors that offer laptops with extensive Linux compatibility. And then there are a select few that ...

Kubunto is a user-friendly Linux distribution that combines the power of Ubuntu with the sleek KDE desktop environment. If you’re curious about trying out Kubuntu without installing it directly on ...

The KDE community has been hard at work since releasing Plasma 5.0 last November, which appeared as the default desktop in Kubuntu 15.04. KDE just released Plasma 5.4, which Kubuntu 15.10 will use ...

It’s the end of an era over at Kubuntu. Jonathan Riddell—who founded Kubuntu a decade ago—has stepped down as release manager and will be headed upstream to KDE. This comes after a lengthy period of ...

If you’re looking for a high-end Linux laptop for gaming or development work (or both), meet the new competitor to the mighty System76 Oryx Pro. It should even shake out to be a worthy competitor to ...

Tuxedo Computers and the Kubuntu Council recently introduced us to the Kubuntu Focus, a premium Linux laptop designed for power users, developers and gamers. I’ve cracked open my review unit and ...

The other day I posted a question which asked "Which is best - Ubuntu or Kubuntu?" Interestingly one of the most popular replies that I got was "it depends." With this phrase in mind I decided to take ...