Originally Posted by Ageless Stranger

Aside from personal preferences of installed software, I don't think there are any advantages or disadvantages over either. They are both based on Debian (which I used to have installed), use the same kernel and have access to the same software packages. You can install Kubuntu and on top of that install everything from Ubuntu that you dont have and vice versa.

I end up uninstalling a bunch of things I dont like, install a bunch I havent got installed and end up with something perfect for me. I always back up the downloaded packages from /var/cache/apt/archives in case something goes wrong (and it hasnt yet)

Im using 8.10 and so far I havent had a single issue with anything, then again I have been using Linux for 12 years so I guess any minor trivial issues go unnoticed and become part of routine install/maintenance.

Everything is so nice and simple now, I remember having to compile kernels, compile KDE and gnome by hand, find and compile the correct drivers. Linux has come a heck of a long way in the past few years.