Ubuntu Studio 20.10 to Ditch the Xfce Desktop in Favor of KDE Plasma | Linux Today

Ubuntu Studio 20.10 to Ditch the Xfce Desktop in Favor of KDE Plasma

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Marius Nestor
May 6, 2020

Ubuntu Studio, an officially recognized Ubuntu flavor designed for general multimedia production, has been using the lightweight Xfce as default desktop environment for a long time now. However, starting with the upcoming Ubuntu Studio 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) release, the default desktop environment will be switched to the beautiful and modern KDE Plasma.

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Marius Nestor

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