Okwamanje, sinezinguqulo ezintathu zeKubuntu ezitholakalayo: umjikelezo ojwayelekile u-Eoan Ermine (izinyanga eziyi-9 zokusekelwa) kanye nezinguqulo ezimbili ze-LTS, iBionic Beaver neXenial Xerus. Lokhu kwenzeka futhi endaweni yayo yokuqhafaza: yize inguqulo ebuyekezwa kakhulu kuyiPlasma 5.16.5, kukhona nenye inguqulo ye-LTS, yochungechunge lwe-5.12. Namuhla, Umphakathi we-KDE umemezele ukwethulwa kwe- I-Plasma 5.12.9, ehambelana nesibuyekezo sakamuva sesondlo senguqulo yemvelo yokuqhafaza ekhishwe ngaphezu konyaka nohhafu owedlule.
Uhlobo lwangaphambilini lwalolu chungechunge lwaluyi-v5.12.8 futhi lwakhishwa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule. Ngaso sonke leso sikhathi, Umphakathi we-KDE uthole futhi walungisa ukwehluleka okuphelele okungama-24 kuqoqelwe ku lokhu kungena ishicilelwe kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-KDE. Okushiwo njengezici ezintsha eziphawuleka ukuthi i-applet kadoti isebenzisa amasethingi afanayo wesithunzi njengesithonjana sedeskithophu, ukuthi izinga lokucija kwamalebula selithuthukisiwe, noma ukuthi izilawuli zemultimedia esikrinini sokukhiya manje zihunyushwe kahle.
IPlasma 5.12.9 LTS inguqulo yakamuva yalolu chungechunge, ekhishwe ngonyaka nohhafu owedlule
Ngokulethwa kwePlasma 5.12.9 sekuvele njengokulethwa kwe-EOL (End Of Life), i-KDE ikusho lokho Azisekho izinhlobo zesondlo ezizokhishwa kulolu chungechunge. Bazokhipha amabala okuphepha, inqobo nje uma bengaba sengozini ebucayi. Ukuze uthole izici ezintsha, kuzodingeka uthuthukele kunguqulo ethuthuke kakhulu.
Kulabo abakhathazekile ukuthi ngeke zisaba khona izibuyekezo zochungechunge lwe-5.12, kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi inguqulo elandelayo ye-LTS isivele ihlelelwe ukukhishwa. Kuzoba mayelana I-Plasma 5.18 LTS y finyelela ngoFebhuwari 2020. Abathuthukisi bayo bathi izikhathi ezibekiwe zilingana kahle ukuze le nguqulo isetshenziswe ku-Kubuntu 20.04 ezokhishwa maphakathi no-Ephreli.