[vox] Why Ubuntu, Kubuntu?

[David Hummel]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:58:21AM -0800, Bob Scofield wrote:
> 
> I've noticed from reading Distro Watch, and reading the LUGOD lists
> that Ubuntu and Kubuntu are very popular.  I understand these to be
> Debian offshoots.  Why are these so popular?  

Ease of installation primarily (the install kernel configuration seems
to work on a wide variety of hardware).  And access to more recent
versions of software through the universe and multiverse repositories.