Xubuntu

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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. We haven't decided on a release date, but it should be as close as possible to Dapper's and should use the latest stable Xfce 4.X code (hopefully 4.4 will be release 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), InstalandoXubuntu (portuguese), and InstallerXubuntu (french).

Xubuntu Team Meetings

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

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, wallpapers, etc.

XubuntuArtwork

Documentation

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

Contributing

Work on the next release: status of Xubuntu 6.04 (Dapper)

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

XubuntuDapperProgress

(en francais: XubuntuFrancais)