Kubuntu
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Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak"
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| Developer | Blue Systems |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | April 8, 2005 |
| Latest release | 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) / October 13, 2016 |
| Available in | Multilingual (more than 55) |
| Update method | PackageKit or APT |
| Package manager | dpkg |
| Platforms | IA-32, x86-64, ARM |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface |
KDE Plasma Desktop Plasma Mobile |
| License |
Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | www |
Kubuntu (/kuː.ˈbuːn.tuː/ koo-BOON-too) is an official flavour of the Ubuntu operating system which uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu, and it is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu.
Kubuntu was sponsored by Canonical Ltd. until 2012, and then directly by Blue Systems. Now employees of Blue Systems contribute upstream, to KDE and Debian, and Kubuntu development is led by community contributors. During the changeover, Kubuntu retained the use of Ubuntu project servers and existing developers.
"Kubuntu" is a registered trademark held by Canonical. It is derived from the name Ubuntu, prefixing a K to represent the KDE platform Kubuntu is built upon (following a widespread naming convention of prefixing K to the name of any software released for use on KDE platforms), as well as the KDE community.
Since ubuntu is a Bantu term translating roughly to "humanity", and since Bantu grammar involves prefixes to form noun classes, it turns out that the prefix ku- having the meaning "toward" in Bemba, kubuntu is also a meaningful Bemba word or phrase translating to "toward humanity". Reportedly, the same word by coincidence also takes the meaning of "free" (without payment) in Kirundi.
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