Kubuntu

“But it has not happened on Ubuntu or Kubuntu since I started using them in 2006.”

“I love working with Linux, wether it's on Bazzite or Kubuntu, or server environments”

“the distro had problems getting to the desktop after post-install reboot”

“Plain Kubuntu on an Asus Zenbook OLED 14 laptop looks and feels pretty great”

“It was impossibly slow, and Wayland did not even render colours correctly on the screen.”

“She loves Linux compared to Windows, her new laptop came with Windows and she bugged my for months to upgrade it to Linux”

“Kubuntu (Ubuntu with the KDE plasma desktop) is quite windows-like without the advertising and crappification.”

“Kubuntu has way easier integration for windows people migrating and expecting similar mouse and touchpad interactive and intertia”

“I just installed Kubuntu last week so I could get the additional shift-drag targets”

“made ultra-simple by the installer for Ubuntu (25.04 at the time)”

“The linux distribution installers help to resize partitions etc.”

“The default KDE ui has that windows start menu and looks roughly the same so they can hit the ground running.”

“install a Kubuntu 25.10 and have all good modern amenities without a fight”

“Use a standard Linux distro like Kubuntu if you like KDE (Windows like)”

“you can remove snap and all of its packages, and install Firefox and Thunderbird .deb's from the Mozilla repo”

“I like Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE) for its rock solid stability.”

“I was rather shocked at how bad Kubuntu is out of the box”

“Kubuntu seems like a reasonable alternative for people coming from Windows or MacOS”

“I have been recommending Kubuntu to Windows people. I find it's an easier bet than Linux Mint.”

“Something with KDE. Never used KDE extensively because I hate non-tiling WMs, but something like Kubuntu would give you a more windows-esque experience by default.”

“The recommendation for the average inexperienced user trying out Linux for the first time should be Kubuntu.”

“There really isn't much to set up especially for anybody diving in with Kubuntu”

“migrated my thinkpad from windows 11 to Kubuntu a few days ago with almost zero friction”

“All you need is a linux box :) I use kubuntu.com 24.04.3LTS with updates.”

“it felt too "complicated" and distracting, not very good looking OOTB”

“it subjectively felt "snappier"/faster in terms of UI speed with KDE Plasma than Kubuntu”

“KDE with Ubuntu is the best balance of performance and clean design and support”

“must be a distro targeted for normal people not the extreme dev/game/nerd targetd distros”

“It always seems like Ubuntu has the best compatibility with stuff overall”

“I wanted the compatibility of Ubuntu, but not the horrible UI.”

“My previous setup with Kubuntu was quite developer friendly with workspaces”

“Runs great and with RAM prices high and people looking to make their older machines useful instead of trashing them”

“Kubuntu is the same but more customizable slightly more developer-focused.”

“combination of peak windows UI with the ease of Ubuntu baked in”

“my grandfather was happy with it. He only needed a working web browser and a program to use the TV tunner.”

“running Kubuntu on it for around a year with almost zero issues”

“the whole system just... froze and needed a hard reboot”

“It is just as easy to install as any other mainstream Linux distro”

“I will use Kubuntu LTS and hopefully when it drops X11 the Wayland implementation and the X11 fallback would be usable”

“I think Kubuntu looks very reasonable and switching KDE themes is as simple as it gets.”