Kubuntu 13.04, the KDE-based Ubuntu flavor, has been released yesterday. Let's take a quick look at what's new.

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KDE Plasma and Applications - 4.10

Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) ships with KDE Plasma and Applications 4.10 which includes changes such as:

improved Plasma Workspaces layout, performance, etc.;

a new Air theme;

"Get Hot New Stuff" has been integrated into KWin. You can use this to get additional scripts and effects via the KWin configuration dialog;

new KDE appmenu (not enabled by default, see HERE how to activate it in Kubuntu) which brings options to display the menu as a menubar on top of the screen (with autohide) or as a button in the window decoration;

new screen locker

Dolphin has gained MTP support, making it easier to transfer files from mobile devices, configurable panel icon size, Activity manager support along with other improvements and enhancements;

Gwenview has received Activity manager and color correction support along with improved thumbnail handling, the importer now works recursively and more;

Kopete gained a real "Do Not Disturb" mode which disables all notifications (visual and sound);

many other improvements to Okular, Konsole, Kontact, Games and so on.

Get Hot New Stuff



AppMenu - button in the window decoration

AppMenu - top bar

Screen locker

Dolphin

Gwenview

Other changes, default applications

Rekonq 2 (version 2.2.1), the default Kubuntu 13.04 browser, brings new features such as pinning tabs, incognito mode or inline spellcheck:

Muon Software Center



Muon: support for installing Plasma widgets found in KDE's KNewStuff

Muon Discover

Muon Discover

Kubuntu 13.04 comes with a new screen management tool that makes it easy to configure multiple monitors:

Also, Homerun, a Unity Dash-like alternative to the Kickoff application menu, is installed (but not used) by default in Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):

Oxygen Font is now used by default;

Krita comes with a new dark theme and is twice as fast as before;

The Kubuntu installer has a new design;

Kubuntu 13.04 supports UEFI Secure Boot.

Krita

Kubuntu 13.04 installer

Kubuntu 13.04 installer

Kubuntu 13.04 comes with the following packages: Plasma Desktop and Applications 4.10.2 (so all the Plasma Apps are at version 4.10.2: Dolphin, Gwenview, Konsole, Okular, Kmail, Dragon Player, etc.), LibreOffice 4.0.2, Rekonq 2.2.1, KTorrent 4.3.1, Amarok 2.7.0, K3b 2.0.2 and Muon Suite 2.0.0.

Download Kubuntu 13.04

Those of you who have installed Kubuntu 13.04 alpha/beta and used Muon Update Manager (or via command line, etc.) to upgrade the packages, already have the final Kubuntu 13.04 release so there's no need to reinstall it.

A usual, we'll start with a video - below you can watch a quick Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) overview:, the tools used to install and upgrade software in Kubuntu, has got support for installing Plasma widgets found in KDE's KNewStuff3 and there's also a new tool called(not installed by default in Kubuntu 13.04 though, but it's available in the repositories), a Muon Suite front-end that makes it easier to find new software:For other changes which are shared between all Ubuntu flavors, see: Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]