Can I Change My Ubuntu Desktop Into A Different Flavour (like Kubuntu)?
Answer : The main difference between main Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Lubuntu is the Desktop Environment. You can install one of these DEs onto your system with the following commands: Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Kubuntu: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop Xubuntu: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop Lubuntu: sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop Ubuntu GNOME: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop From Ubuntu 17.10 GNOME became the default desktop environment/shell/manager. So if you're running Ubuntu 17.10 forwards (including current 18.04), you can install the default desktop: $ sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop To remove any of these, run the command that you used to install but instead of install say purge (i.e., sudo apt-get purge kubuntu-desktop ). Then you also need to run this command to complete the remove: sudo apt-get autoremove --purge The autoremove command removes all the packages that were installed. The way t...