After Ubuntu 25.10 blinded me one too many times, I pivoted to the obvious next step: Kubuntu. Same Ubuntu base, same kernel, but with KDE Plasma — the desktop environment that gives you knobs, dials, sliders, toggles, and enough configuration options to make a mechanical keyboard enthusiast blush.
Ubuntu 25.10
When “It Just Works” Didn’t
After meeting the two villains of this saga — the Flashbang Bug and the Big Freeze — I started my distro testing with the obvious choice: Ubuntu.