Ubuntu – is the main distro for Ubuntu linux. It’s GUI is powered up by GNOME and has a minimum requirement of 256 RAM and 4 GB of disk space. Open Office is included by default as well as Totem and Rhythm Music Player. If you’ve seen how a windows environment looks, Ubuntu will look hauntingly familiar. The default installation is perfect for people who want to try out Ubuntu for the first time.

KUbuntu - KDE is the desktop environment of KUbuntu. It has it’s own packages and some programs can be interoperable between GNOME and KDE so long as you have satisfied their dependencies. It has a minimum requirement of 256 RAM and 4 GB of disk space. Open Office is included by default as well as Amarok and Kaffeine. KDE provides a snazzy change from GNOME’s all too windows look.

Xubuntu – has XFCE as it’s desktop environment of KUbuntu. It has it’s own packages which are lightweight versions of their GNOME counterparts which makes XUbuntu perfect for slower computers. It has a minimum requirement of 128 RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Abiword and Gxine are included by default.