I don't want to deal with Mir. It seems like a bad idea having such an integral piece of the OS being specific to just one distribution. I don't remember offhand why, and a quick google doesn't tell ...

Ubuntu 15.04 wasn’t the only new Ubuntu desktop released last week . Seven of the nine official Ubuntu “flavors” released new versions based on Ubuntu 15.04. These all use the same low-level Ubuntu ...

Ubuntu might be considered the face of Linux, but that doesn't mean it's the best distro. In fact, some of Ubuntu's own spin-off flavors offer tools and features that can make them better suited for ...

Popular Linux distro Ubuntu launched version 14.04 this week, offering a new Long Term Support release that will be supported for the next 5 years. But it’s not just the main branch of Ubuntu that’s ...

The release of Ubuntu 13.04 is less than a week away, bringing with it some refinements to the Unity interface that users either love or hate. But Ubuntu with Unity is far from the only choice for ...

In the Introduction to this book, I mentioned that there are several distributed versions of Ubuntu. These include Edubuntu and Kubuntu, both of which are Ubuntu but with a different default ...

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 ...

This week Canonical released Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and while the company is emphasizing cloud features and performance, there are plenty of updates for desktop users too. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has a new Linux ...

The pre-built Linux Kubuntu Focus Iridium laptop line is an unexpectedly good alternative to running any Linux operating system on converted Windows PCs. Born almost five years ago, Focus Computers ...

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 ...