Kubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver screenshots

Kubuntu 18.04 LTS is a long-term supported (LTS) release of official Ubuntu community flavor featuring Plasma Desktop. This release ships to responsive Plasma Desktop on top of solid Ubuntu base to provide a reliable desktop experience.

The main highlights of this release include completely revamped Software Manager - Discover, muon - an alternative package manager and the stunning Plasma Desktop.

Let's have a quick walk through Kubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Distribution Name Kubuntu
Version 18.04
Code name Bionic Beaver
Release Date 23rd April 2018
Desktop Environment Plasma Desktop


Basic details on Kubuntu powered system. It includes a quick snap of hardware configurations and Software versions
The Application Menu in Kubuntu 18.04. It is configured to launch with Super Key and is very much responsive.

Dolphin File Manager

Konsole Terminal Emulator

Mozilla Firefox - default web browser in Kubuntu 18.04

A demonstration of GUI based multitasking. Screenshot includes dolpin, firefox & konsole

Alt + Tab window switching

VLC is used as default media player in Kubuntu 18.04

Kubuntu 18.04 ships complete LibreOffice suite with default installation.

Gwenview Image Viewer

Kate is an advanced text editor built with Qt.

Kubuntu 18.04 includes a redesigned version of Discover - the software manager

Search results in Discover

Kubuntu uses Discover as default update manager. Discover lists updates available at the moment

System Settings is a place to look for all configurations. The latest system settings includes all options on side pane and it also remembers frequently used modules.

Look & feel module in system settings

Muon is an alternative package manager built with Qt

As per KSysGuard, Plasma consumes only 400 MB of memory on idle state.

While, top utility says, Plasma requires around 450 MB of memory on idle state

The Calendar Widget in Kubuntu 18.04

Volume Configuration Widget in Kubuntu 18.04

Battery & Brightness Widget

Shutdown options in application menu

Shutdown confirmations

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