Xubuntu

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Xubuntu Pages

[http://xubuntu.org/news Xubuntu News]

What is and has happened in Xubuntu?

[http://xubuntu.org/press Xubuntu Press]

Read what other people think about Xubuntu!

[http://xubuntu.org/screenshots Xubuntu Screenshots]

Check out screenshots of the Xubuntu desktop.

[http://xubuntu.org/help Xubuntu Help]

Get help and support for your Xubuntu install.

Xubuntu Team Pages

[wiki:Xubuntu/Artwork Xubuntu Artwork]

Logo, Usplash, gdm theme, wallpapers,

[wiki:Xubuntu/Documentation Xubuntu Documentation]

Documentation

[wiki:Xubuntu/Testing Xubuntu Testing]

Testing and QA

[wiki:Xubuntu/Meetings Xubuntu Team Meetings]

Information about previous and upcoming Xubuntu Team Meetings

Website: http://www.xubuntu.org

Latest Release: [http://xubuntu.org/get Xubuntu 7.04 with Xfce 4.4.0 Stable]

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 went one step further and made Xubuntu a sibling of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu by having desktop CD images generated for it.

Xubuntu 6.06 LTS, Codename "Dapper Drake", has been released on June 1st 2006, shipping Xfce 4.4 beta1 code. Read the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/xubuntunews/2006-06-01 Release Announcement] and the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XubuntuDapperReleaseNotes Release Notes].

The latest release of Xubuntu is Xubuntu 7.04, codenamed "Feisty Fawn", which was released on April 19th, 2007. Xubuntu 7.04 contains new innovative features like the revolutionary Windows migration assistance and the Xfce 4.4 Stable Desktop Environment. Read the [http://xubuntu.org/news/feisty_release Release Announcement] and the [wiki:Xubuntu/ReleaseNotes/FeistyFawn Release Notes] for more information about this extraordinary release.

The development release of Xubuntu is Xubuntu 7.10, codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon", which will is scheduled to be released on October 18th, 2007. Read the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyReleaseSchedule Release Schedule].

Installing

See XubuntuReleases to download CD images. These images serve both as live CD and for installation (from the live CD environment).

The next paragraph is still relevant if you plan to install Breezy or otherwise upgrade an existing install without downloading an ISO. However starting with Dapper this method is deprecated in favour of CD images (install or live+espresso)

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), InstallationXubuntu (German), and [http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Xubuntu Xubuntu] on the Italian Wiki.

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.

Support

If you require support, please see our "[http://xubuntu.com/help Help & Support]" section on our website.

Contributing

Development discussion is taking place on the [http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel mailing list] and #xubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net. You can create a launchpad account and become active in the [https://launchpad.net/people/xubuntu-team Xubuntu Team] or file [https://launchpad.net/people/xubuntu-team/+assignedbugs bugs] you encounter in malone. You are welcome to join our development team if you want to help make Xubuntu a superb desktop solution!

Important Links:

If you are an Xubuntu User, feel free to join the [https://launchpad.net/people/xubuntu-users/ xubuntu-user group] on launchpad.