I tried Kubuntu about a year and a half ago, so it might have changed in the meantime. What I remember is just a lot of little annoyances and things not working; however, since this was my first Linux box, I didn't really know what I was doing. I also remember that KDE distinctly felt like a second-class citizen.
For a while, I used OpenSUSE, which has great support for KDE--I was very happy with it but decided to try something new on my newest laptop.
Now I use the Fedora KDE spin and it's awesome--almost everything works exactly how I want it, and everything else is configurable. I've also had no stability issues with Fedora 16--I had some graphics problems and small annoyances with 15, and they all seem to be fixed.
As far as packages go, I've missed nothing on Fedora--they even have a decently recent version of the Haskell problem in their repos. Emacs mysteriously came without Tetris, but that's an issue I can live with :) I would definitely recommend Fedora over Kubuntu for KDE.
Also, the newest version of KDE--regardless of distro, I think--is a nice improvement over older versions. One think I suggest is switching out the default menu for Lancelot, which I find much nicer.
For a while, I used OpenSUSE, which has great support for KDE--I was very happy with it but decided to try something new on my newest laptop.
Now I use the Fedora KDE spin and it's awesome--almost everything works exactly how I want it, and everything else is configurable. I've also had no stability issues with Fedora 16--I had some graphics problems and small annoyances with 15, and they all seem to be fixed.
As far as packages go, I've missed nothing on Fedora--they even have a decently recent version of the Haskell problem in their repos. Emacs mysteriously came without Tetris, but that's an issue I can live with :) I would definitely recommend Fedora over Kubuntu for KDE.
Also, the newest version of KDE--regardless of distro, I think--is a nice improvement over older versions. One think I suggest is switching out the default menu for Lancelot, which I find much nicer.