Kubuntu Pros and Cons

As it's based on KDE plasma desktop variant, its GUI is highly customizable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although it can be installed on a wide range of hardware systems. But it has its drawbacks too, like, in older or low configuration hardware, it may run slow or requires high skill to optimize it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love kubuntu as it is based on ubuntu and thus it is very easy to use and very power ful tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

for begineer sometimes command line can become difficult as there are not many tutorials available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kubuntu is very very good while using it through graphical user interface. Easy to understand and design is so good understandable for first time users worldwide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything have it's best and worst case scenario so here I have focused to get best from it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User interface is just awsome, really beautiful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It really consumes a lot of RAM, so to properly use it, you must have a more than 4GB ram, and better CPU as Core 2 Duo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kubuntu provides an additional layer of user oriented usability experience . Compared to Ubuntu, getting into Kubuntu is a much smoother transition for someone just getting started with the Linux based ecosystem. Having tried a wide range of Linux and Ubuntu flavors, Kubuntu had been the most easy one to get hands on experience with the Linux operating system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While there's alot to like about Kubuntu, it still can be sometimes convoluted for users coming from microsoft windows and or mackintosh operating systems. The overall design experience could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The KDE Plasma integration with Ubuntu packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not as seamless as original flavour of Ubuntu. Moreover, some packages are not fully integrated with KDE which makes UI/UX bit inconsistent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kubuntu is an Update version of ubuntu. Now it comes with a fantastic graphical user interface, tools and application as well. Kubuntu follows the KDE plasma instead of GNOME environment.

This time it comes up with a wide variety of applications for the user interaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As of now, there is no dislike comment in Kubuntu, it already fulfilled all the system or customer requirements with a wide variety of services.

It resolves all the user problems with the help of upgradation cycles and it serves the best experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Use the hardware in a very good way and gives opmtimzed performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Installation is little tricky, need an expert to install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pros:

1. Kubuntu is an official flavour of Ubuntu but uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. Some people like the simplicity of the KDE and and some find it unintuitive.

2. As it is part of the Ubuntu project, it uses the same underlying systems. It is robust.

3. Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu and is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. There can be a learning curve.

2. The interface is has new features that most people are not really familiar with.

3. Upon initial install, most of the software are not per-installed in the distro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that KDE is preinstalled. This makes it very easy for me to get my favorite desktop up and running in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The package manager seems buggy. Also the network interfaces notification seems buggy as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.