I could be mistaken as I'm not a ubuntu user, but I think the whole ubuntu vs. kubuntu vs. xubuntu thing is about available space on the media. Canonical seems

I could be mistaken as I'm not a ubuntu user, but I think the whole ubuntu vs. kubuntu vs. xubuntu thing is about available space on the media. Canonical seems to want to keep their distribution on a CD size disk and not go to dvd (for the common path at least). All of the distros that support x, kde and gnome on one disc seem to do it with a dvd. When they ship live cd sized discs they seem to have to pick only one of the three. Mind you, I think in todays big bandwidth world I'd go with a single DVD, but I am sure there are decent reasons not to. If nothing else, it seems like Canonical really just wants to concentrate on gnome.