Grub Label

[Uberarchangel]

Grub saying Ubuntu by default instead of Kubuntu. This has been a thing with you guys. Sometimes you fix it sometimes you don't. But you guys do an excellent Job and should take credit for it. Plus dual boot with Ubuntu and Kubuntu gets interesting.

[jglen490]

Kubuntu = Ubuntu. The difference is the way it appears in your brain after it passes through your eyes.

[kc1di]

You can change it to say Kubuntu if you want by editing as the /etc/default/grub file to look like this.
#GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='KUBUNTU'

[Uberarchangel]

Yes, this is why when I try to boot windows it says MS NT.............

I am aware of how to fix it. You are missing the simple fact that I should not have too. It literally would take about 15mins of time to make this fix. If you have a new user who installs Kubuntu and it first boots and shows Ubuntu they are going to be confused. It also makes the distro seem hacky/buggy instead of the polished thing it actually is.

[Uberarchangel]

Seriously you install the operating system you are a scared windows user or mac user and the first thing you are greeted with after installing is incorrect naming of the operating system. First impressions matter and the first impression is you don't even know what OS you are.

[claydoh]

The thing is, Kubuntu is NOT a separate distro from Ubuntu. Think Fedora KDE as a good comparison. A custom ISO image that provides Fedora with Plasma instead of Gnome.
Fortunately they wisely didn't decide to call the project "Kedora".

Yes, Kubuntu is a crappy name, and this is the entire reason for the "confusing" aspect that somehow has NOT been a widely reported problem over a large number of years.

Kubuntu would have to create and maintain, and help support separate grub packages, and though entirely possible, it is not something that they are willing or able to do. And/or papa Ubuntu won't let them do so, for quite valid reasons.
Same thing happens on other "Flavours" as well, and is nothing new.

[Snowhog]

The “OS” is Ubuntu; the kernel. Kubuntu is the KDE Plasma DE (Desktop Environment).

[Uberarchangel]

Sigh, I am done with this. It is clear nothing ever changes.

[jglen490]

Sigh, I am done with this. It is clear nothing ever changes.

Indeed

[claydoh]

The correct and proper fix of course might be to change the name from Kubuntu to Ubuntu KDE

[claydoh]

But to be honest I haven't visited this topic in so long that I can't recall what the technical reasons, if any, or policies that there may be that prevents a separate and unique grub entry for each of Ubuntu's flavours.

[Ganton]

But to be honest I haven't visited this topic in so long that I can't recall what the technical reasons, if any, or policies that there may be that prevents a separate and unique grub entry for each of Ubuntu's flavours.

I remember that, years ago, they changed the name of the Grub entry to "Kubuntu" ([^1]) but some problem appeared (maybe related to ["hard coded" things](https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...1171201_625832)) and they had to go back.

[^1]: Maybe that's related to https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ra...il/009067.html , if we go to https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu...g/revision/169 and click on «expand all» we see some changes that had to be done because the name of the Grub entry mattered:
- if [ "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" = Ubuntu ]; then
+ if [ "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" = Ubuntu ] || [ "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" = Kubuntu ]; then

[Ganton]

In https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/g...d-kubuntu-unt/ we can see that a particular script (/etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg) existed:

if [ "${GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR}" = "Ubuntu" ] ; then
    GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Kubuntu"
[...]

On https://askubuntu.com/questions/3244...ubuntu-on-grub they talked about a problem that might be related to the use of that script. The same was done on https://askubuntu.com/questions/2855...ubuntu-on-boot and https://askubuntu.com/questions/2856...-kubuntu-13-04.

[Montmorency]

Yes, Kubuntu is a crappy name

I never thought of it that way.

[Ganton]

Kubuntu means "towards humanity" in Bemba.

A rough translation of the principle of Ubuntu is "humanity towards others". Another translation could be: "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity".