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Kubuntu 21.04 Testing Week

Kubuntu 21.04 Testing Week We’re delighted to announce that we’re participating in another ‘Ubuntu Testing Week’ from April 1st to April 7th with other flavours in the Ubuntu family. On April 1st, the beta version of Kubuntu 21.04 ‘Hirsute Hippo’ will be released after freezing all new changes to its…

Kubuntu 20.04.1 has been released today, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS

On August 7, 2020, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS “point release” is available today, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS: simple by default, powerful when needed. As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need…

Testing for the Beta – help needed!

On March 26, 2020, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Kubuntu 20.04 Testing Week The Kubuntu team is delighted to announce an ‘Ubuntu Testing Week’ from April 2nd to April 8th with other flavors in the Ubuntu family. April 2nd is the beta release of what will become Kubuntu 20.04 and during this week, there will be a freeze on…

Kubuntu 19.10 is released today

On October 17, 2019, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Kubuntu 19 .10 has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.16 desktop. Codenamed “Eoan Ermine”, Kubuntu 19.10 integrates the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. Under the…

Kubuntu Meets at Milan Akademy 2019

On September 12, 2019, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

A few Kubuntu Members (and Councillors!) met Thursday before KDE Akademy’s end. We discussed the coming release (will be 19.10) and the upcoming LTS (20.10) – which will be Plasma LTS *and* Qt LTS. This combination will make this LTS super-supported and stable. We also discussed snaps and when Ubuntu…

Trusty 14.04 LTS end of life, and end of Kubuntu support for Xenial 16.04 LTS

On April 21, 2019, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

As the newly released Kubuntu 19.04 makes its way into the world, inevitably other things come to their end. Kubuntu 14.04 LTS was released in April 2014, and reaches ‘End of Life’ for support on 25th April 2019. All Kubuntu users should therefore switch to a newer supported release. Upgrades…

Kubuntu Disco Dingo (19.04) Beta Released

On March 29, 2019, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

The beta of Disco Dingo (to become 19.04) has now been released, and is available for download at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/19.04/beta/ This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of the Disco Dingo are not encouraged for: * Anyone needing a stable system * Anyone who is not comfortable…

Kubuntu 18.10 is released today

On October 18, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Kubuntu 18.10 has been released, featuring the beautiful Plasma 5.13 desktop from KDE. Codenamed “Cosmic Cuttlefish”, Kubuntu 18.10 continues our proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features…

Kubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish (18.10) Beta Released

On September 28, 2018, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With No Comments

The beta of the Cosmic Cuttlefish (to become 18.10) has now been released, and is available for download at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/18.10/beta/ This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of the Cosmic Cuttlefish are not encouraged for: * Anyone needing a stable system * Anyone who is not…

Kubuntu 18.04 has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS

On April 26, 2018, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 18.04 LTS has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS : simple by default, powerful when needed. Codenamed “Bionic Beaver”, Kubuntu 18.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies…