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Introduction

The aim of the Xubuntu community project is to provide a nice Ubuntu desktop experience (even on older hardware) by using Xfce4 as the desktop environment and GTK+ 2 applications wherever possible.

Xfce4 has been supported in Ubuntu's universe by the [:MOTUXfce] team since Hoary and Breezy. For Dapper we want to go one step further and make Xubuntu a sibling of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu by having install and live CD images generated for it. As Ubuntu has a delay of six weeks with a new release dat of the first of June, Xubuntu should be released at the same time and should use the latest stable Xfce 4.X code (hopefully 4.4 will be released by then).

Installing

Until Xubuntu is available as a complete CD, you can install it by doing a server install of Ubuntu and then fetching and installing the xubuntu-desktop package. The complete process is described at InstallingXubuntu (english), InstalleerXubuntu (Dutch), InstalandoXubuntu (portuguese), [:InstalandoXubuntu ES] (spanish), InstallerXubuntu (french), and [http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Xubuntu Xubuntu] on the Italian Wiki.

Xubuntu Team Meetings

You have ideas? You want to help us? You want to know what is going on? Please join us!

• XubuntuMeetings

• XubuntuMeetings/VoteOnDate

Package selection

As stated above, the criteria for packages to be included is: GTK+ 2 apps, preferably with no GNOME dependencies because of memory footprint issues that consequently affect general performance particularly on older hardware.

XubuntuProposedPackages

Artwork

Logo, Usplash, gdm theme, wallpapers,

DapperXubuntuLook XubuntuArtwork

Documentation

The [http://doc.ubuntu.com Documentation Team] is organising documentation for Xubuntu, for more information talk to RobertStoffers

XubuntuDocumentation

Contributing

• Development discussion is taking place at

  http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel and #xubuntu on irc.freenode.net You can create a launchpad account and become active in the xubuntu-team

  https://launchpad.net/people/xubuntu-team/ or file bugs you encounter in malone

  https://launchpad.net/people/xubuntu-team/+assignedbugs You are welcome to join if you want to make Xubuntu a superb desktop solution!

Work on the next release: status of Xubuntu 6.06 (Dapper)

Check this out if you want to see where we are heading and feel free to help

XubuntuDapperProgress