In this post, i will show you some Linux basics and a little bit about Kubuntu. Kubuntu is a Linux distribution that is basically Ubuntu but with KDE Plasma as the desktop environment (like a GUI). I’d like to thank Zera since he wanted me to make a post about some debian based distro.
Installation
The Kubuntu installation is pretty straight forward, you go to the Kubuntu Website and you download the latest LTS version. Then, you flash Kubuntu onto an USB Stick, with any USB flasher, such as Balena Etcher.
When this is done, you boot into the USB, to do that, plug the USB onto your computer, turn it on, go to the BIOS/UEFI (usually F2 when the computer is booting), go to boot menu, and select the USB. You will then see a screen, and from there, the installation is pretty straight forward. Here is a video for more details.
Installing software
Before showing you how to install software, i want to show you have to access the bash shell on Kubuntu. You open the app called Konsole (terminal emulator by default on Kubuntu), it’s a terminal emulator. It’s gonna show bash by default, and it’s from there that you can follow the instructions.
In Kubuntu, the package manager (app used to download programs) is APT. It uses the APT commands to install and update software. Here are a few commands.
sudo apt install <program name> # for installing something
sudo apt update # for updating repositories, run this before installing anything
sudo apt upgrade # update all apps, typically used after sudo apt updateIf you are used to sudo pacman -Syu on Arch, the equivalent would be sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
If you want, you could download apps and update using Discover (an app on Kubuntu), but it’s important to know bash commands as well.
Also, if you don’t know how already, you should also learn how to navigate a computer using bash, this is very important.
So, is it worth it?
Yes, Kubuntu is extremely worth it. I used it before switching to Endeavour, and it was great (on my sister’s laptop with an intel CPU). However, if you are using newer hardware, specially ryzen 4000 series CPUs (like me), you might get a lot of issues, in this case i recommend Endeavour OS.