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<p>Kubuntu is an official flavor of the <a href="/facts/Ubuntu/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> that uses the <a href="/facts/KDE_Plasma_Desktop/ao7x6z7s"> KDE Plasma Desktop Environment</a> instead of the <a href="/facts/GNOME/EFMNBmpR">GNOME</a> desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu and is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu. </p><p>Kubuntu was sponsored by <a href="/facts/Canonical_Ltd./76WPw1uW">Canonical Ltd.</a> until 2012, and then directly by <a href="/facts/Blue_Systems/PTGGJe6P">Blue Systems</a>. Now, employees of Blue Systems contribute upstream to <a href="/facts/KDE/PCh32IWA">KDE</a> and <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a>, and Kubuntu development is led by community contributors. During the changeover, Kubuntu retained the use of Ubuntu project servers and existing developers. </p>