It combines the powerful and eyecandy kde desktop environment with a stable and trusted ubuntu base. This release of plasma comes with some new components to make your desktop even more complete. Kubuntu has seen some exciting improvements, with newer versions of qt, updates to major packages like krita, kstars, kde connect, firefox and libreoffice, and stability improvements to kde plasma. When ubuntu is updated, kubuntu follows in its wake, and thousands of fans and users hurry up to. Our aim is to provide a robust, high quality, desktop computing experience based upon the kde software compilation installed as a distribution flavour of the ubuntu gnulinux operating system. Other images, including dvds and source cds, may be available on the cdimage server. Kubuntu is a free, userfriendly linux distribution based on kde s desktop software and on the ubuntu operating system. As the kubuntu developer acheron told the plasma 5. Oct 24, 2014 at the moment, the kubuntu plasma5 operating system is in heavy development, which means that its not ready for production use. The latest long term support lts version of the kubuntu operating system for desktop pcs and laptops, kubuntu 20. It might not work well on certain hardware components, especially proprietary graphics cards. There is also a new kde neon project which can serve to install. Watch the video below, download the iso and try kubuntu today. Choose your download 64bit recommended alternative downloads, torrents, mirrors and checksums.
Enable users regardless of their location, background, abilities, operating system and device. Nov, 2019 this screenshot tutorial demonstrates the steps to install kde plasma desktop environment on ubuntu linux. Name kubuntu is a registered trademark held by canonical. Kubuntu is mobileready, enabling easy integration between your pc desktop and phone or tablet. They give you the choice of the more stable plasma 4 release. Long term support means bugfixes and security updates will be added for the next 5 years, so you can be safe to use it until 2019. Nov 12, 2014 in this article i will show you how to install kde plasma 5. As kde produces free software, you can download and install kde programs in most cases free of charge. The previous version of the kubuntu operating system for desktop pcs and laptops, kubuntu 19. It is derived from the name ubuntu, prefixing a k to represent the kde platform that kubuntu is built upon following a widespread naming convention of prefixing k to the name of any software released for use on kde platforms, as well as the kde community. How to install kde desktop environment on ubuntu its foss.
This video shown you how to install kde plasma 5 on kubuntu 14. Download kubuntu and enjoy an easytouse operating system that is very stable. They give you the choice of the more stable plasma 4. This is the first stability update, and contains bugfixes and translation updates. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu ppa on launchpad. X they will be backported to the kubuntu backports ppa. Besides providing an uptodate version of the kde desktop at the time of the release, the project also releases updated kde packages throughout the lifetime of each release. Provide users with excellent user experience and quality.
Kubuntu linux has been my preferred linux distribution for more than 10 years. The application dashboard is a fullscreen app launcher for kde 5. Nov 20, 2014 for now, kubuntu users will still have to make do with kde 4. I posted this on the kubuntu forums, but no one else seems to be having these problems, or can reproduce them. Get kde software on your linux distro kde community wiki. Kubuntu unites ubuntu with kde and the fabulous plasma desktop. Significant additions in this release include adept package manager and guidance configuration tools. How to update kde version to kde plasma 5 on kubuntu 14. Here at kubuntu, we pride ourselves on being a friendly computing community. That wallpaper is the default and the only one installed on the system. The desktop image allows you to try kubuntu without changing your computer at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. Ubuntu used to have unity desktop in its default edition but it switched to.
Create software products which give users control, freedom and privacy. A special edition of the kubuntu linux operating system that uses the kde plasma 5 desktop. Kubuntu is a linux distribution that uses kde as a desktop environment. However, the kubuntu team advises users to stay with the kde plasma 5. Probably the best menu that kde plasma 5 has to offer is the application dashboard, a fullscreen app launcher thats available via a widget. Krunner on kde plasma 5 is missing some features of the kde 4 version, but. In the world of linux desktop environments, the ones that dominate are gnome and kde. Apr 24, 2015 however if you are running kubuntu 14.
There are several other desktop environments but these two are the leaders. Choose this if you have a computer based on the amd64 or em64t architecture e. Tuxedo computers unveils new infinitybook s 14 linux laptop. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include. This tutorial describes how to install kde plasma 5 framework on kubuntu 14. This screenshot tutorial demonstrates the steps to install kde plasma desktop environment on ubuntu linux. On this page can read below about various ways to get kde software. Kde is an open community of friendly people who want to. At the moment, the kubuntu plasma5 operating system is in heavy development, which means that its not ready for production use. Show new distribution releases to normal releases, update 14. I had this working by adding nf file in the etc dir containing. Packages for the release of kde s desktop suite plasma 5.
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