Author Archives : Marco Parillo

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS Released

On April 21, 2022, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 22.04 LTS has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.24 LTS: simple by default, powerful when needed. Codenamed “Jammy Jellyfish”, Kubuntu 22.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest Free Software technologies into…

Kubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Reaches End of Life

On January 25, 2022, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Kubuntu Hirsute Hippo was announced on April 22, 2021 with 9 months support. As of January 20, 2022, 21.04 reached ‘end of life’. No more package updates will be accepted to 21.04, and it will be archived in the coming weeks. You can read the official end of life announcement…

Plasma 5.23 available for Kubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) in backports PPA

On October 20, 2021, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

We are pleased to announce that Plasma 5.23.1 is now available in our backports PPA for Kubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri). The release announcement detailing the new features and improvements in Plasma 5.23 can be found here. To upgrade: Add the following repository to your software sources list: ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports or if…

Kubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri Released

On October 15, 2021, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 21.10 has been released, featuring the ‘beautiful’ KDE Plasma 5.22: simple by default, powerful when needed. Codenamed “Impish Indri”, Kubuntu 21.10 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality,…

Kubuntu Impish Indri (21.10) Beta Released

On September 24, 2021, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

The Beta of Impish Indri (to become 21.10 in October) has now been released, and is available for download. This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of the Impish Indri release are not recommended for: Anyone needing a stable system. Regular users who are not aware…

Kubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Update Available

On February 5, 2021, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The second point release update to Kubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is out now. This contains all the bug-fixes added to 20.04 since its first release in April 2020. Users of 20.04 can run the normal update procedure to get these bug-fixes. See the Ubuntu 20.04.2 Release Notes and the…

Kubuntu Groovy Gorilla (20.10) Beta Released

On October 3, 2020, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

The beta of Groovy Gorilla (to become 20.10) has now been released, and is available for download. This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of the Groovy Gorilla are not recommended for: Anyone needing a stable system Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues…

Kubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04 LTS) Beta Released

On April 3, 2020, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

The beta of Focal Fossa (to become 20.04 LTS) has now been released, and is available for download. User of Kubuntu, Ubuntu, and other flavours are invited to take part in #UbuntuTestingWeek. This milestone features images for Kubuntu and other Ubuntu flavours. Pre-releases of the Focal Fossa are not recommended…

Kubuntu 19.04 reaches end of life

On January 12, 2020, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

Kubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo was released on April 18, 2019 with 9 months support. As of January 23, 2020, 19.04 reaches ‘end of life’. No more package updates will be accepted to 19.04, and it will be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks. The official end of life announcement…

Plasma 5.17 for Kubuntu 19.10 available in Backports PPA

On October 23, 2019, Posted by , In News, With No Comments

We are pleased to announce that Plasma 5.17.1, is now available in our backports PPA for Kubuntu 19.10. The release announcement detailing the new features and improvements in Plasma 5.17 can be found here To upgrade: Add the following repository to your software sources list: ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports or if it is…