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Kubuntu (/ k ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / kuu-BUUN-too) [3] is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems.
Ubuntu GNOME (formerly Ubuntu GNOME Remix) is a discontinued Linux distribution, distributed as free and open-source software. It used a pure GNOME 3 desktop environment with GNOME Shell, rather than the Unity graphical shell. Starting with version 13.04 it became an official "flavour" of the Ubuntu operating system. [1] [2]
K Desktop Environment 3 (KDE 3) is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called KDE Software Compilation).It was one of the two major desktop environments for GNU/Linux systems between 2002 and 2008.
The version of GNOME Panel available in the repository for Ubuntu 12.04 offers a modified version of Fallback Mode with the addition of a custom theme and ports of Ubuntu's own Indicators from their old GNOME 2.x desktop. [115]
KDE Plasma 6 was designed to not be a very large departure from KDE Plasma 5, instead being a series of improvements. [5] KDE Plasma 6 is built using Qt 6 , KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02 . [ 1 ] [ 6 ] In addition, support for the Wayland protocol was mainstreamed as the default graphical session, with X11 support made secondary. [ 7 ]
GNOME 3 pre-releases used a 2.91.x versioning scheme. [13] The first beta version of GNOME 3 was debuted on February 23, 2011. [14] Having shipped GNOME as its default graphical environment on Ubuntu since its debut, Canonical initially collaborated on development, but eventually became disillusioned, and halted their efforts. [15]
Ubuntu uses GNOME Shell by default since 17.10, October 2017, after Canonical ceased development of Unity. [36] It has been available for installation in the repositories since version 11.10. [ 37 ] An alternative flavor, Ubuntu GNOME , was released alongside Ubuntu 12.10, [ 38 ] and gained official flavor status by Ubuntu 13.04.
A KDE Patron is an individual or organization supporting the KDE community by donating at least 5000 Euro (depending on the company's size) to the KDE e.V. [29] As of February 2024, there are nine such patrons: Blue Systems, Canonical Ltd., Google, GnuPG, Kubuntu Focus, Slimbook, SUSE, The Qt Company, and TUXEDO Computers.