12 engineers on Hacker News describe using Kubuntu first-hand: 5 endorse it, 2 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“I'm on Kubuntu (home installs) but have been looking to move since Ubuntu went over to Snaps and started breaking everything”
regret · personal · pbhjpbhj · 2026-11-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“On Ubuntu starting in 2006 and Kubuntu the last several years, what you're describing doesn't and hasn't happened to me.”
endorse · personal · newsoftheday · 2026-10-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“For me, Kubuntu 19.10 delivers on all of the promises that OpenSolaris made back in the day.”
endorse · personal · npx · 2019-11-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“have been using Kubuntu ever since.”
endorse · personal · ISV_Damocles · 2017-11-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using kubuntu for two years.I can customize most of the stuff with KDE. It looks great, and fast, responsive”
endorse · personal · 2 yr · sparx · 2012-11-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“A Kubuntu upgrade breaking my mouse config was the last straw.”
regret · personal · glaurent · 2011-12-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“it takes 5-10 seconds to boot into Kubuntu from a complete shutdown”
endorse · personal · ze_dude · 2010-10-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using Kubuntu since Feisty... if it's your main desktop, don't upgrade now unless you have to.”
mixed · personal · 3 yr · liljimmytables · 2010-10-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“It's basically a monitor for our Kubuntu Linux laptop sitting behind it.”
neutral · personal · newsoftheday · 2026-09-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“used Windows at work and Linux (mostly Kubuntu) at home, from around 2009-2015”
neutral · personal · 6 yr · eitally · 2025-10-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I'm using KDE on KUbuntu on my work laptop day-to-day for the last 18 months.”
neutral · production · 1.5 yr · grasseh · 2020-12-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Kubuntu - been using it since I moved to GNU/Linux - but on my netbooks still can't decide”
neutral · personal · 1point2 · 2011-10-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?