I know you question has been answered, but I want to add to it. You mention different languages being updated/added that you feel you don't need. Think about it like this. All the languages of the world are included in each distro to help prevent having 1000s of different ISOs to download. It makes better sense to include any and all languages in one distro to ensure that the user doesn't have to search for just one language out of many. Make sense? Secondly, updates, and this is fairly obvious, add or remove features and fix security issues. Even when it comes to languages. So in a nutshell, I think that answers your question. Case in point when installing ubuntu studio on my laptop, when I first start the install, I'm greeted with the language screen. Several are available. That's nice since it tries to cover all of them in one package making it easier for the operator to get going. Charlie Luna <div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 24, 2014 3:19 AM, "John R. Sowden" <<a href="mailto:jsowden@americansentry.net">jsowden@americansentry.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Why does ubuntu update programs that I do not use (kde). I left suse about 10 years ago because I felt kde was going down the same road as windows (fat, slow and excessive). Now I must endure the upgrades of kde in xubuntu/xfce. same applies to languages. as much as I appreciate the concept of people from all over the world communicating, like ham radio, why must certain programs include other languages on my computer? John -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>