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What is Kubuntu?

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Kubuntu is a Linux distribution produced by Canonical. It has the same underlying software as Ubuntu, but a different desktop environment. Kubuntu uses KDE, an environment more superficially resembling Windows. Contrast this to GNOME, which has a Mac OS 9-ish look to it.

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