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Why do people always talk about Ubuntu here instead of Kubuntu? (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 4 months 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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[-] marighost@piefed.social 0 points 4 months ago

I think Ubuntu (and consequently some of its derivatives) gets a bad rep for some of their proprietary stuff like Snap packages. I have no clue about Kubuntu though, other than that it's flavored Ubuntu.

I'd wager many users here prefer other distros, and because there are so many to choose from, Kubuntu doesn't get mentioned.

[-] paper_moon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Ubuntu gets a bad rap on the snap stuff because its kinda hard to ignore, for example of you do an apt-get install firefox it overrides your apt install command to install the snap version instead, which has its own implications with extension access, etc.

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