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Kubuntu is an official flavor of Ubuntu, using the KDE Plasma desktop environment. Use this tag for questions specific to this flavor.

Kubuntu uses KDE Plasma in place of Ubuntu's GNOME Shell. KDE Plasma is a simple and elegant desktop environment with a large amount of useful applications included.

KDE applications include:

  • Dolphin (file manager)
  • Kate (text editor)
  • Krita (painting)
  • Kdenlive (video editing)
  • KMail
  • Kalender
  • Konsole
  • And many more ...

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"System restart required" flag, who sets it and why? How to read it?

When you log into Ubuntu (10.04 in my case), you get to see this notice saying: *** System restart required *** Now, I'm wondering what system component sets it and why it gets set? Using ksplice I'm aware that it can also be reset so the notice is…
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GitKraken and Kubuntu - installs but doesn't run

I just tried to install GitKraken, but it doesn't run on Kubuntu 16.04. When I run the program in terminal, I get the output: state: update-not-available App load time: 448ms state: checking-for-update At which point it freezes. The linux_update…
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How to format Drives in Kubuntu?

In Ubuntu, formatting drives is a simple process: simply select it and tell Ubuntu what you want done with it. My question is; is there any tool as easy as that for Kubuntu?
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Ubuntu to Kubuntu switch!

I have been running Ubuntu for about a year, now I would like to switch to kubuntu. Is it possible that I can port all the configuration data from the home folder of Ubuntu to kubuntu? (Without causing some serious trouble) If I copy all them…
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screen blacks out after pressing a key on keyboard, specially enter key

I have natty and have installed kubuntu-desktop package. Before installing it, everything was fine but after that, this thing happens: When I'm typing, after stroking a key, screen blacks out, fan speeds up, and I have to turn off machine by…
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Remove calendar on KDE desktop

There is a calendar on my desktop, I don't know how it got there, what it is or how to remove it. It's seen in the upper left corner in this screen shot: Any help on what it is or how to remove it would really be appreciated!
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Ubuntu showing sched_error 20[ ] on boot

I am seeing the below message during boot, preventing my system from running: ** 19 printk messages dropped ** [200.119021] nouveau fifo: sched_error 20[] How can I fix this?
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How do I change the Ubuntu loading screen?

After I installed "kubuntu-desktop" my loading screen was changed: to this: How do I change it back?
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kubuntu 15.04 plasma 5.3 how to stop session timeout from logging out

At the moment, sddm will logout the session on expiry. It is different to the way kde worked. 2 things: I am unable to locate where to specfiy the session timeout value and secondly, how to change the action from logout to say lock screen. Issue is…
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New to Ubuntu, How to Install Kubuntu

I'm new to Ubuntu and just finished creating a USB installation drive with Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS iso file. I plan to rewrite my entire drive, using only Ubuntu. I'm ditching Windows for good. After completing the USB drive, I read about the different…
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Couldn't Create Moklist: Volume Full - grub doesn't start at all

So, I've been dual booting Kubuntu and Windows 10. I've been mainly trying to use only linux, but still logged into Windows 10 once in a while to use my paid for daw or davinci resolve, etc. BUT !!! The last time I logged into Windows 10 and then…
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missing libgobject-2.0.so.0 error on Kubuntu 16.10

I just downloaded craftware wich is a slicer program for 3D printers but when I try to run it in the terminal it gives me the following error: craftware: error while loading shared libraries: libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No…
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How to find the version of ubuntu installed?

Possible Duplicate: How can I find the version of installed Ubuntu? How to find the version of Ubuntu installed in a machine? Is there any GUI application (like help) which can find this out. What about command line options? Note that $ uname…
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Virtual Desktop Icon missing

For some mysterious reason the virtual desktop icon from the kubuntu 10.10 panel has disappeared. How could I added it back to the panel?
John
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Ksplashqml crash on startup

I'm on Kubuntu 20.04 and on startup I get this error: We are sorry, ksplashqml closed unexpectedly And I cannot do anythink except show a text mode only shell with ctrl+alt+f2 How can I fix my system?
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