[vox-tech] Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu

[Bob Scofield]

I've always thought that Kubuntu was the same as Ubuntu except that it had KDE 
instead of Gnome.  And I notice from their respective websites that Kubuntu 
is part of the Ubuntu project.

But I've noticed that on the debian-laptop list some people are recommending 
Ubuntu as the distro to run on laptops with no problems.  And one of the 
posters said that he put Ubuntu on his laptop, and then added KDE!  Why would 
he do such a thing unless Ubuntu was in fact different from Kubuntu in ways 
other than GUI's?

Does anyone know of any difference between Kubuntu and Ubuntu that would make 
one choose the latter for a laptop?

Thank you.

Bob