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Monolithic kernel>Monolithic (Linux)GNU Core Utilities>GNU| ui = XfceAdvanced Packaging Tool>APT (Software Updater, Ubuntu Software Center)| package manager = dpkg| license = Free software licenses(mainly GPL)| working_state = Current| website = {{Official URL}}}}Xubuntu ({{IPAc-en|z|ÊŠ|ˈ|b|ÊŠ|n|t|uː}})WEB,www.ubuntu.com/about, About the Ubuntu project{{!, Ubuntu|last=Canonical|work=www.ubuntu.com|access-date=1 May 2018}} is a Canonical Ltd.–recognized, community-maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system. The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu, as it uses the Xfce desktop environment, instead of Ubuntu’s customized GNOME desktop.WEB,xubuntu.org/about, What is Xubuntu?, 10 February 2009, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd., 2008, WEB,xubuntu.org/glossary, Glossary, 10 February 2009, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd., 2008, dead,xubuntu.org/glossary," title="web.archive.org/web/20110928233851xubuntu.org/glossary,">web.archive.org/web/20110928233851xubuntu.org/glossary, 28 September 2011, WEB,www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/derivatives, Products, 15 October 2009, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd., 2009, WEB,phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Dropping-Unity, Ubuntu To Abandon Unity 8, Switch Back To GNOME-Phoronix, phoronix.com, en, 2018-05-07, Xubuntu seeks to provide “a light, stable and configurable desktop environment with conservative workflows” using Xfce components. Xubuntu is intended for both new and experienced Linux users. Rather than explicitly targeting low-powered machines, it attempts to provide “extra responsiveness and speed” on existing hardware.WEB, Lallinaho, Pasi, Krumbach, Elizabeth, Steinbeiß, Simon, Strategy Document,docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/xsd.html, 14 April 2020,

History

(File:Xubuntu logo - old.svg|thumb|upright=0.5|First Xubuntu logo)Xubuntu was originally intended to be released at the same time as Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger, 13 October 2005, but the work was not complete by that date. Instead the Xubuntu name was used for the xubuntu-desktop metapackage available through the Synaptic Package Manager which installed the Xfce desktop.The first official Xubuntu release, led by Jani Monoses, appeared on 1 June 2006, as part of the Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake line, which also included Kubuntu and Edubuntu.Cody A.W. Somerville developed a comprehensive strategy for the Xubuntu project named the Xubuntu Strategy Document.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument#Mission%20Statement,archive.today/20110604022538/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument#Mission%20Statement, 4 June 2011, Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument, 10 February 2009, Somerville, Cody, 2008, This document was approved by the Ubuntu Community Council in 2008.WEB, August 2008 Team Reports,wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/August2008#Community_Council, 15 April 2020, In February 2009 Mark Shuttleworth agreed that an official LXDE version of Ubuntu, Lubuntu, would be developed. The LXDE desktop uses the Openbox window manager and, like Xubuntu, is intended to be a low-system-requirement, low-RAM environment for netbooks, mobile devices and older PCs and will compete with Xubuntu in that niche.WEB,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090511#news, Another day, another Ubuntu derivative., 21 May 2009, Smart, Chris, May 2009, WEB,blog.lxde.org/?p=208, Lubuntu? LXDE Meet up with Mark Shuttleworth in Berlin, 21 May 2009, LXDE, February 2009, In November 2009, Cody A.W. Somerville stepped down as the project leader and made a call for nominations to help find a successor.WEB,lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2009-November/007180.html, Xubuntu Project Lead: Call for Nominations, 29 March 2010,web.archive.org/web/20120315115546/https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2009-November/007180.html, 15 March 2012, dead, Lionel Le Folgoc was confirmed by the Xubuntu community as the new project leader on 10 January 2010 and requested the formation of an official Xubuntu council.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2010-01-10, Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2010-01-10, 29 March 2010, {{As of|2010|03|pre=late}}, discussions regarding the future of Xubuntu’s governance and the role a council might play in it were still ongoing.In March 2012 Charlie Kravetz, a former Xubuntu project leader, formally resigned from the project. Despite this, the project members indicated that Xubuntu 12.04 would go ahead as scheduled.NEWS,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20120326#news, DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 449, 27 March 2012, Bodnar, Ladislav, 26 March 2012, DistroWatch, In the beginning of 2016, the Xubuntu team began the process to transition the project to become council run rather than having a single project leader. On 1 January 2017, an official post on the Xubuntu site’s blog announced the official formation of the Xubuntu Council. The purpose of the council is not just to make decisions about the future of the project, but to make sure the direction of the project adheres to guidelines established in the Strategy Document.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/introducing-xubuntu-council, Introducing the Xubuntu Council, Xubuntu, 1 January 2017, 30 March 2019,

Performance

The Xfce desktop environment is intended to use fewer system resources than the default Ubuntu GNOME desktop. In September 2010, the Xubuntu developers claimed that the minimum RAM Xubuntu could be run on was 128 MB, with 256 MB of RAM strongly recommended at that time.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/get, Get Xubuntu, 8 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, September 2010,www.xubuntu.org/get," title="web.archive.org/web/20100622083826www.xubuntu.org/get,">web.archive.org/web/20100622083826www.xubuntu.org/get, 22 June 2010, Testing conducted by Martyn Honeyford at IBM in January 2007 on Xubuntu 6.10 concluded that it “uses approximately 25MB less application memory, and also eats significantly less into buffers and cache (which may imply that there is less file activity) than Ubuntu”.WEB,www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-memory.html, Reduce your Linux memory footprint, 24 December 2010, Honeyford, Martyn, IBM, January 2007, Later testing showed that Xubuntu was at a disadvantage compared to Debian equipped with the Xfce desktop. Tests were conducted by DistroWatch on a Dell Dimension 4500 desktop machine, with an Intel 2 GHz processor and 384 MB of memory in April 2009, that compared Xubuntu 9.04 against an Xfce desktop version of Debian 5.0.1. These showed that Xubuntu used more than twice the RAM as Debian in simple tasks. Xubuntu also ran out of RAM doing everyday tasks, indicating that 384 MB of RAM was inadequate. The review concluded “It was obvious I had already run out of RAM and was starting to use swap space. Considering I wasn’t doing very much, this was rather disappointing”.WEB,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090427#feature, Xubuntu 9.04 vs Debian 5.0.1 Xfce, 24 December 2010, DistroWatch, April 2009, Subsequent experimentation by Distrowatch concluded that the performance advantages observed in Debian were due to Xubuntu’s inclusion of memory-hungry software not present in Debian’s implementation of Xfce.WEB,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090504#feature, Minimal Xubuntu 9.04, 13 April 2011, DistroWatch, May 2009, In a September 2009 assessment in Linux Magazine, Christopher Smart noted, “the Xfce desktop is very lightweight and well suited to machines with small amounts of memory and processing power, but Xubuntu’s implementation has essentially massacred it. They’ve taken the beautifully lightweight desktop and strangled it with various heavyweight components from GNOME. In all fairness to the project however, they do not claim that Xubuntu is designed for older machines – that’s just something the community has assumed on their own. It might be more lightweight than Ubuntu itself, but if so it’s not by much”.WEB,www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html, Lubuntu: Floats Like a Butterfly, Stings Like a Bee, 15 February 2020, Smart, Christopher, Linux Magazine, 9 September 2009, usurped,www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100618102018www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100618102018www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html, 18 June 2010, Subsequent reviewers emphasized Xubuntu’s perceived deficiencies in performance to highlight Lubuntu,NEWS,news.softpedia.com/news/First-Lubuntu-Test-ISOs-Available-120608.shtml, First Lubuntu Test ISOs Available, 14 November 2010, Barbu, Doru, September 2009, Softpedia, NEWS,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/lubuntu-10-04-alpha-1-visual-overview, Lubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1–Visual Overview, 14 November 2010, Sneddon, Joey, January 2010, OMG Ubuntu, a project with similar goals but using the LXDE desktop environment (now LXQt) as opposed to Xfce. For instance, Damien Oh of Make Tech Easier noted in May 2010, “So what about Xubuntu? isn’t it supposed to be the lightweight equivalent of Ubuntu? Sadly, that is a thing of the past. The truth is, the supposed lightweight equivalent is not lightweight at all. While Xubuntu is using the lightweight XFCE desktop environment, it had been {{Sic|bugged|expected=bogged}} down by several heavyweight applications and also the integration with GNOME desktop also makes it lose its advantage”.NEWS,maketecheasier.com/lubuntu-review-a-lightweight-ubuntu-variant/2010/05/06, Lubuntu Review: A Lightweight Ubuntu Variant, 14 November 2010, Oh, Damien, May 2010, Make Tech Easier, However, another reviewer, Laura Tucker also from Make Tech Easier, in her 2016 article What OS Are You Using and Why? as survey of her writing team’s computers, noted that Xubuntu is the favourite OS of one member of her team for her older desktop computer, as the writer reported, “because it is lightweight and works great”. She also noted that it is easy to customize.NEWS,maketecheasier.com/what-os-are-you-using, What OS are you using and why, Tucker, Laura, Feb 2016, Make Tech Easier, In July 2019, Jeff Mitchell of Make Tech Easier recommended Xubuntu as one option to speed up a Linux PC.WEB,www.maketecheasier.com/speed-up-linux-computer, How to Speed Up Your Linux PC, 15 February 2020, Mitchell, Make Tech Easier, 31 July 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190731183202/https://www.maketecheasier.com/speed-up-linux-computer, 31 July 2019,

Releases

Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

(File:Xubuntu606.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake, the first official Xubuntu release)The first official stand-alone release of Xubuntu was version 6.06 long term support (LTS), which was made available on 1 June 2006.It was introduced with the statement:{{cquote|Xubuntu is the newest official Ubuntu derivative distribution, using the Xfce desktop environment and a selection of GTK2 applications. Its lightweight footprint is well suited for low-end hardware and thin clients. Xubuntu builds on the solid foundation of Ubuntu, with world-class hardware support and access to a vast repository of additional software.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/XubuntuDapperReleaseNotes, Xubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake), 7 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, August 2008, dead,web.archive.org/web/20120314081641/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XubuntuDapperReleaseNotes, 14 March 2012, }}The version used Linux kernel 2.6.15.7 and Xfce 4.4 beta 1. Applications included the Thunar file manager, GDM desktop manager, Abiword word processor and Gnumeric spread sheet, Evince PDF document viewer, Xarchiver archive manager, Xfburn CD burner, Firefox 1.5.0.3 web browser, Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 email client and the GDebi package manager.Caitlyn Martin reviewed Xubuntu 6.06 in June 2006. She singled out its “bare bones approach” to the applications included, indicating that she would rather add applications she wanted than clean out ones she didn’t want. On her aging laptop Xubuntu 6.06 proved faster than Fedora Core 5. She stated that: “Under Fedora when I opened a couple of rather resource intensive applications, for example Open Office and Seamonkey, the system would begin to drag. While these apps still take a moment to get started on Xubuntu they are crisp and responsive and don’t seem to slow anything else down. I never expected this sort of performance and that alone made Xubuntu an instant favorite of mine”. She had praise for the Thunar file manager, as light and fast. She concluded: “Overall I am impressed and Xubuntu, for the moment anyway, is my favorite Linux distribution despite a few rough edges, probably largely due to the use of a beta desktop”.NEWS,www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/06/meet_the_newest_member_of_the.html, Meet The Newest Member of the Ubuntu Family: Introducing Xubuntu, 7 June 2011, Martin, Caitlyn, June 2011, O’Reilly Media,

Xubuntu 6.10

(File:Xubuntu-6.10.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft)Xubuntu 6.10 was released on 26 October 2006. This version used Xfce 4.4 beta 2 and included Upstart, the Firefox 2.0 web browser, the Gaim 2.0.0 beta 3.1 instant messaging client along with new versions of AbiWord and Gnumeric. The media player was gxine which replaced Xfmedia. The previous xffm4 file manager was replaced by Thunar. It introduced redesigned artwork for the bootup splash screen, the login window and the desktop theme.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/news/6_10_released, Xubuntu 6.10 Released, 7 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, October 2006,www.xubuntu.org/news/6_10_released," title="web.archive.org/web/20080828155000www.xubuntu.org/news/6_10_released,">web.archive.org/web/20080828155000www.xubuntu.org/news/6_10_released, 28 August 2008, NEWS,www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/12/xubuntu_gets_edgy.html, Xubuntu Gets Edgy, 7 June 2011, Martin, Caitlyn, December 2011, O’Reilly Media, The developers claimed that this version of Xubuntu could run on 64 MB of RAM, with 128 MB “strongly recommended”.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/get, Get Xubuntu, 8 June 2011, Canonical Ltd, December 2006,www.xubuntu.org/get," title="web.archive.org/web/20061214191650www.xubuntu.org/get,">web.archive.org/web/20061214191650www.xubuntu.org/get, 14 December 2006, Reviewer Caitlyn Martin tested Xubuntu on a four-year-old Toshiba Satellite 1805-S204 laptop, with a 1 GHz Celeron processor and 512 MB of RAM in December 2006. She noted that Xubuntu ran faster than GNOME or KDE, which she described as “sluggish” and rated it as one of the two fastest distributions on her limited test hardware, placing with Vector Linux. She found the graphical installer to be less than acceptable and the text-based installer better. She concluded:{{cquote|Once I had everything I like installed and configured I’ve found Xubuntu to be truly a pleasure to use. It’s user friendly for the newcomer and highly customizable for the experienced user. The basic application set on the single CD is, as expected, limited but I’d rather build up a distro with what I need and exclude what I don’t need than try to remove cruft. Performance is the best I’ve seen in any current distro. Most of my complaints are nitpicking and in general Xubuntu Edgy Eft is as good as any Linux distribution I’ve used so far. Highly recommended.}}

Xubuntu 7.04

(File:Xubuntu704.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn)Xubuntu 7.04 was released on 19 April 2007. This release was based on Xfce 4.4.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/feisty_release, Xubuntu 7.04 Released, 7 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, April 2007,www.xubuntu.org/feisty_release," title="web.archive.org/web/20080916201256www.xubuntu.org/feisty_release,">web.archive.org/web/20080916201256www.xubuntu.org/feisty_release, 16 September 2008, WEB,distrowatch.com/?newsid=04180, Distribution Release: Xubuntu 7.04, 7 June 2011, DistroWatch, April 2007, Michael Larabel of Phoronix carried out detailed benchmark testing of betas for Ubuntu 7.04, Kubuntu 7.04 and Xubuntu 7.04 in February 2007 on two different computers, one with dual Intel Clovertown processors and the other with an AMD Sempron. After a series of gzip compression, LAME compilation, and LAME encoding tasks he concluded, “in these tests with the dual Clovertown setup we found the results to be indistinguishable. However, with the AMD Sempron, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 4 had outperformed both Kubuntu and the lighter-weight Xubuntu. Granted on a slower system the lightweight Xubuntu should have a greater performance advantage”.NEWS,www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=650&num=1, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, & Xubuntu Benchmarks, 7 June 2011, Larabel, Michael, February 2007, Phoronix Test Suite#Phoronix website, Phoronix, In one Review Linux look at Xubuntu 7.04 it was faulted for not including OpenOffice.org. The reviewer noted: “If you do decide to keep the default software, it will cover your basic needs. Xubuntu comes with light weight desktop in XFCE 4.4 and also less tasking programs. If you are thinking that OpenOffice will come pre-installed on your desktop, you will be greatly surprised as AbiWord and Gnumeric are your default processor and spreadsheet program”. He indicated though that installing applications from the repositories was easy and made for simple customization of an installation.NEWS,www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=5849, Review: A Look at Xubuntu 7.04, 8 June 2011, L, Mike, May 2007, Review Linux, dead,www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=5849," title="web.archive.org/web/20110721032805www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=5849,">web.archive.org/web/20110721032805www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=5849, 21 July 2011,

Xubuntu 7.10

(File:Xubuntu710 01 Xfce 4 4 1 1280.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon)Xubuntu 7.10 was released on 18 October 2007. It was based upon Xfce, 4.4.1 and added updated translations along with a new theme, MurrinaStormCloud, using the Murrine Engine.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/news/gutsy/release, Xubuntu 7.10 Released, 7 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, October 2007,www.xubuntu.org/news/gutsy/release," title="web.archive.org/web/20080802225740www.xubuntu.org/news/gutsy/release,">web.archive.org/web/20080802225740www.xubuntu.org/news/gutsy/release, 2 August 2008, WEB,distrowatch.com/?newsid=04541, Distribution Release: Xubuntu 7.10, 7 June 2011, DistroWatch, October 2007, Application updates included Pidgin 2.2.0, (Gaim was renamed Pidgin) and GIMP 2.4. This Xubuntu version allowed the installation of Firefox extensions and plug-ins through the Add/Remove Software interface.The developers claimed that this version of Xubuntu could run on 64 MB of RAM, with 128 MB “strongly recommended”.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/get, Get Xubuntu, 8 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, December 2007,www.xubuntu.org/get#edgy," title="web.archive.org/web/20071217182227www.xubuntu.org/get#edgy,">web.archive.org/web/20071217182227www.xubuntu.org/get#edgy, 17 December 2007, In a review of the release candidate for Xubuntu 7.10 that was installed on a Pentium 2 300 Celeron with 256 MB of RAM, equipped with an nVidia GeForce 4 64 MB video card, Review Linux noted that “the system was very fast”.NEWS,www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=7643, ReviewLinux.Com: Xubuntu 7.10 RC, 8 June 2011, Webmaster, October 2007, Review Linux, dead,www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=7643," title="web.archive.org/web/20110721032745www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=7643,">web.archive.org/web/20110721032745www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=7643, 21 July 2011, Review Linux positioned Xubuntu and its role, “The main difference between Xubuntu and Ubuntu is the fact that Xubuntu is a little lighter on system requirements and it uses Xfce as {{sic|it|’s}} desktop. Xubuntu is perfect for that old computer just lying around in your basement”.

Xubuntu 8.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 8.04 Korean.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron)Xubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) was made available on 24 April 2008. This version of Xubuntu used Xfce 4.4.2, Xorg 7.3 and Linux kernel 2.6.24. It introduced PolicyKit for permissions control, PulseAudio and a new printing manager. It also introduced Wubi, that allowed Windows users to install Xubuntu as a program on Windows.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release, Xubuntu 8.04 Released, 7 June 2011, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, April 2008,www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release," title="web.archive.org/web/20081028145320www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release,">web.archive.org/web/20081028145320www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release, 28 October 2008, Applications included were Firefox 3 Beta 5, Brasero CD/DVD burning application, Transmission BitTorrent client, Mousepad text editor, AbiWord word processor and Ristretto image viewerReviewer Christopher Dawson of ZDNet installed Xubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Latitude C400 with 512 MB of RAM, a 30GB hard drive and a 1 GHz Pentium III-M processor. He noted it provided better performance than the Windows XP Pro it replaced. He concluded: “This is where Xubuntu really shines… What it will do is take some very moderate hardware and provide a solid, reliable, and relatively snappy machine for a user with productivity needs or who accesses terminal services”.NEWS,www.zdnet.com/blog/education/xubuntu-804-stellar-on-low-power-machines/1656,www.zdnet.com/blog/education/xubuntu-804-stellar-on-low-power-machines/1656," title="archive.today/20130210205826www.zdnet.com/blog/education/xubuntu-804-stellar-on-low-power-machines/1656,">archive.today/20130210205826www.zdnet.com/blog/education/xubuntu-804-stellar-on-low-power-machines/1656, dead, 2013-02-10, Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machines, 7 June 2011, Dawson, Christopher, May 2008, ZDNet,

Xubuntu 8.10

(File:Xubuntu810.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex)Xubuntu 8.10 was released on 30 October 2008. This version of Xubuntu brought a new version of Abiword, version 2.6.4, the Listen Multimedia Player and introduced the Catfish desktop search application. It used Linux kernel 2.6.27, X.Org 7.4. There was an installation option of an encrypted private directory using ecryptfs-utils. The Totem media player was included.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release, Xubuntu 8.10 released, 7 June 2011, Canonical Ltd, October 2008, 22 January 2012,www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release," title="web.archive.org/web/20120122072817www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release,">web.archive.org/web/20120122072817www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release, dead, Darren Yates, an Australian IT journalist, was very positive about Xubuntu 8.10, particularly for netbooks, which were at their peak of popularity then, dismissing “ubuntu itself is nothing flash”. He said, “One of the disappointing things about the arrival of netbooks in Australia has been the decline of Linux in the face of an enslaught by Microsoft to push Windows XP Home Edition back into the market. It’s sad because Xubuntu is the ideal Linux distro for these devices. While the latest Xubuntu 8.10 distro lacks drivers for WiFi wireless networking and in many cases also the built-in webcams, those drivers do exist and incorporating them inside Xubuntu would neither be difficult or take up much space”.WEB,darrenyates.com.au/2008/12/xubuntu-the-under-rated-linux-distro/534, Xubuntu – the under-rated Linux distro, 7 June 2011, Yates, Darren,darrenyates.com.au/2008/12/xubuntu-the-under-rated-linux-distro/534," title="web.archive.org/web/20111217043912darrenyates.com.au/2008/12/xubuntu-the-under-rated-linux-distro/534,">web.archive.org/web/20111217043912darrenyates.com.au/2008/12/xubuntu-the-under-rated-linux-distro/534, 17 December 2011, dead,

Xubuntu 9.04

(File:Xubuntjaunty.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope)Version 9.04 was released on 23 April 2009. The development team advertised this release as giving improved boot-up times, “benefiting from the Ubuntu core developer team’s improvements to boot-time code, the Xubuntu 9.04 desktop boots more quickly than ever. This means you can spend less time waiting, and more time being productive with your Xubuntu desktop”.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/JauntyJackalope/Final, Xubuntu 9.04 Announcement, 7 June 2011, Campbell, Jim, April 2009,web.archive.org/web/20110604023951/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/JauntyJackalope/Final, 4 June 2011, Xubuntu 9.04 used Xfce 4.6, which included a new Xfce Settings Manager dialog, the new Xconf configuration system, an improved desktop menu and clock, new notifications, and remote file system application Gigolo.This release also brought all new artwork and incorporated the Murrina Storm Cloud GTK+ theme and a new XFWM4 window manager theme. 9.04 also introduced new versions of many applications, including the AbiWord word processor, Brasero CD/DVD burner and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client. It used X.Org server 1.6. The default file system was ext3, but ext4 was an option at installation.In testing Xubuntu 9.04, Distrowatch determined that Xubuntu used more than twice the system memory as Debian 5.0.1 Xfce and that while loading the desktop the memory usage was ten times higher. DistoWatch attributed this to Xubuntu’s use of Ubuntu desktop environment services, including the graphical package manager and updater, network manager, power manager, and proprietary driver manager. They provided a plan to strip it down and reduce its memory footprint.NEWS,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090504#feature, Minimal Xubuntu 9.04, 7 June 2011, May 2009, DistroWatch, DistroWatch concluded “Xubuntu is a great distribution, but its default selection of packages does not necessarily suit itself to low-memory systems”.In reviewing Xubuntu in May 2009, Linux.com writer Rob Reilly said, “The latest Xubuntu distribution has just about the right mix of speed and power” and concluded “for the new Linux user, Xubuntu is an easy to use version of Ubuntu that is fast, simple, and reliable. Experienced or “get it done” types will appreciate the minimalist approach, that can be beefed up to whatever degree that is needed”.NEWS,www.linux.com/news/software/applications/9809-xubuntu-a-simple-approach-to-ubuntu, Xubuntu: A Simple Approach To Ubuntu, 14 October 2011, Reilly, Rob, May 2009, Linux.com,

Xubuntu 9.10

(File:Xubuntu-karmic.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)29 October 2009 saw the release of Xubuntu 9.10, which utilized Xfce 4.6.1, Linux kernel 2.6.31 and by default the ext4 file system and GRUB 2. This release included the Exaile 0.3.0 music player, the Xfce4 power manager replaced the Gnome Power Manager and improved desktop notifications using notify-osd. Upstart boot-up speed was improved.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/KarmicKoala/Final, Final, 7 June 2011, Xubuntu Team, October 2009,web.archive.org/web/20120314081707/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/KarmicKoala/Final, 14 March 2012, The release promised “faster application load times and reduced memory footprint for a number of your favorite Xfce4 applications thanks to improvements in library linking provided by ld’s --as-needed flag”.Dedoimedo gave Xubuntu a negative review, saying “When it comes to usability, Xubuntu has a lot to desire. While Xubuntu is based on Ubuntu, which is definitely one of the friendlier, simpler and more intuitive distros around, a core elements that has led to Ubuntu stardom, the integration of the Xfce desktop makes for a drastic change compared to stock edition. The usability is seriously marred, in several critical categories. And it gets worse. Losing functionality is one thing. Trying to restore it and ending with an unusable desktop is another”. The review concluded “Sadly, Xubuntu is a no go. It’s not what it ought to be. What more, it does injustice to the Ubuntu family, which usually delivers useful solutions, mainly to new Linux users. There were horrendous, glaring problems with Xubuntu that kicked me back to Linux not so usable 2005. I was taken by surprise, totally not expecting that an ultra-modern distro would pull such dirty, antiquated tricks up its sleeve”.NEWS, Xubuntu 9.10 Review – Unremarkable,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-9-10.html,dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-9-10.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20091227080523dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-9-10.html,">web.archive.org/web/20091227080523dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-9-10.html, 25 December 2009, 27 December 2009, 7 June 2011, dedoimedo.com, live,

Xubuntu 10.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 10.04 desktop pl.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx)Xubuntu 10.04 Long Term Support (LTS) was released on 29 April 2010. It moved to PulseAudio and replaced the Xsane scanner utilities with Simple Scan. It also incorporated the Ubuntu Software Center, which had been introduced in Ubuntu 9.10, to replace the old Add/Remove Software utility. The included spreadsheet application, Gnumeric was updated to version 1.10.1 and new games were introduced. Because of incompatibilities in the gnome-screensaver screensaver application, it was replaced by xscreensaver. The default theme was an updated version of Albatross, designed by the Shimmer Team.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/LucidLynx/Final, What’s new in Xubuntu, 7 June 2011, Somerville, Cody, April 2010, dead,web.archive.org/web/20110603234045/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/LucidLynx/Final, 3 June 2011, This version of Xubuntu officially required a 700 MHz x86 processor, 128 MB of RAM, with 256 MB RAM “strongly recommended” and 3 GB of disk space.NEWS,desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/10/xubuntu-linux-10-04, Xubuntu Linux 10.04, 14 June 2011, Lynch, Jim, May 2010, Desktop Linux Reviews, dead,desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/10/xubuntu-linux-10-04," title="web.archive.org/web/20110609221648desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/10/xubuntu-linux-10-04,">web.archive.org/web/20110609221648desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/10/xubuntu-linux-10-04, 9 June 2011, In reviewing Xubuntu 10.04 beta 1 in April 2010, Joey Sneddon of OMG Ubuntu, declared it “borderline irrelevant”. He noted that it provided few performance advantages over Ubuntu. In testing it against Ubuntu and Lubuntu on a 1 GB RAM, 2 GHz Single core processor computer with a 128 MB video card, RAM usage with 3 tabs open in Firefox, 1 playing an HTML5 YouTube video was:

• Ubuntu Beta 1: 222 MB
• Xubuntu Beta 1: 215.8 MiB
• Lubuntu Beta 1: 137 MB

Sneddon points out that from this testing that Xubuntu is barely more “lean” than Ubuntu and concludes “Xubuntu, whilst of interest to those who prefer the XFCE environment, remains an unremarkable spin from the Ubuntu canon that, for most users, is largely irrelevant”.NEWS,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/xubuntu-10-04-beta-1-remains-borderline-irrelevant, Xubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 remains borderline irrelevant, 7 June 2011, Sneddon, Joey, March 2010, OMG! Ubuntu!, Jim Lynch of Desktop Linux Reviews praised Xubuntu 10.04’s fast boot time and its incorporation of the Ubuntu Software Center, but criticized the lack of inclusion of Ubuntu One.

Xubuntu 10.10

(File:Xubuntu 10.10 Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat)Xubuntu 10.10 was released on 10 October 2010. It included Parole, the Xfce4 media player, XFBurn CD/DVD writer in place of Brasero and Xfce4-taskmanager replaced Gnome-Task-Manager. These changes were all to lighten the release’s memory footprint. AbiWord was updated to version 2.8.6 and Gnumeric to 1.10.8. This release also introduced the Bluebird theme, from the Shimmer Team.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/MaverickMeerkat/Final, What’s new in Xubuntu, 7 June 2011, Kravetz, Charlie, October 2010, dead,web.archive.org/web/20110603234222/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/MaverickMeerkat/Final, 3 June 2011, This version of Xubuntu required 192 MB of RAM to run the standard live CD or to install it. The alternate installation CD required 64 MB of RAM to install Xubuntu. Either CD required 2.0 GB of free hard disk space. Once installed, Xubuntu 10.10 could run with as little as 128 MB of RAM, but the developers strongly recommended a minimum of 256 MB of RAM.NEWS,eyeonlinux.com/2010/10/19/quick-look-xubuntu-10-10, Quick Look: Xubuntu 10.10, 7 June 2011, Lynch, Jim, October 2010, Eye on Linux,eyeonlinux.com/2010/10/19/quick-look-xubuntu-10-10," title="archive.today/20130122142058eyeonlinux.com/2010/10/19/quick-look-xubuntu-10-10,">archive.today/20130122142058eyeonlinux.com/2010/10/19/quick-look-xubuntu-10-10, 22 January 2013, dead, In reviewing Xubuntu 10.10 in October 2010, just after it was released, Jim Lynch of Eye on Linux said, “I had no problems using Xubuntu 10.10. My system was very stable; I didn’t notice any application crashes or system burps. Xubuntu 10.10 is also very fast; applications opened and close very quickly. There was no noticeable system lag or sluggishness. The new theme Bluebird is attractive without being garish; it fits in well with Xubuntu’s minimalist mission”.Christopher Tozzi, writing about Xubuntu 10.10 beta in August 2010, noted that the distribution was shedding its Gnome dependencies and adopting lighter weight alternatives. He noted “it’s encouraging to see more uniqueness in the distribution, especially given the uncertain future of the Gnome-Ubuntu relationship as the release of Gnome 3.0 approaches”.NEWS,www.thevarguy.com/2010/08/16/xubuntu-10-10-becoming-more-unique, Xubuntu 10.10: Becoming More Unique, 7 June 2011, Tozzi, Christopher, August 2010, Nine Lives Media,www.thevarguy.com/2010/08/16/xubuntu-10-10-becoming-more-unique," title="web.archive.org/web/20101012012033www.thevarguy.com/2010/08/16/xubuntu-10-10-becoming-more-unique,">web.archive.org/web/20101012012033www.thevarguy.com/2010/08/16/xubuntu-10-10-becoming-more-unique, 12 October 2010, dead,

Xubuntu 11.04

(File:Xubuntu-natty.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal)Xubuntu 11.04 was released on 28 April 2011. This version was based upon Xfce 4.8 and introduced editable menus using any menu editor that meets the freedesktop.org standards. This version also introduced a new Elementary Xubuntu icon theme, the Droid font by default and an updated installation slide show.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/ReleaseNotes#Xubuntu, ReleaseNotes, 8 June 2011, Pedretti, Fabio, May 2011, While Ubuntu 11.04 introduced the new default Unity interface, Xubuntu did not adopt Unity and instead retained its existing Xfce interface. Although the developers have decided to retain a minimalist interface, Xubuntu 11.04 has a new dock-like application launcher to achieve a more modern look.WEB,desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/01/xubuntu-11-04/6, Xubuntu 11.04, 6 June 2011, Lynch, Jim, June 2011, dead,desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/01/xubuntu-11-04/6," title="archive.today/20130122030422desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/01/xubuntu-11-04/6,">archive.today/20130122030422desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/01/xubuntu-11-04/6, 22 January 2013, Xubuntu 11.04 could be installed with one of 2 CDs. The Xubuntu 11.04 standard CD requires 4.4 GB of hard disk space and 256 MB of RAM to install, while the alternate CD, which uses a text-based installer, requires 64 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk space for installation and provides additional options. Once installed, Xubuntu 11.04 can run with 256 MB of RAM, but 512 MB is “strongly recommended”.In reviewing Xubuntu 11.04, Jim Lynch of Desktop Linux Reviews faulted the release for its lack of LibreOffice, its dull default wallpaper and the default automatic hiding of the bottom panel. In praising the release he said “Xubuntu 11.04 is a good choice for minimalists who prefer a desktop environment not bogged down with pointless eye-candy. It should work well on older or slower hardware. It’s also a good option for those who dislike Unity and want a different desktop environment. Xfce is simple, fast and doesn’t get in your way when you are trying to quickly launch an application or otherwise find something. And those who decide to use Xubuntu still remain in the Ubuntu family without the headache of dealing with Unity. So if you’re a Unity resister, you should definitely check out Xubuntu 11.04”.Joe Brockmeier of Linux.com in reviewing Xubuntu 11.04, praised the inclusion of AbiWord and Gnumeric over LibreOffice, as well as the Catfish file search utility. He added, “Though I’ve usually used the mainline Ubuntu release when I use Ubuntu, I have to say that I really like the latest iteration of Xubuntu. It does a great job of showcasing Xfce while providing a unique desktop that gives all the pluses of Ubuntu while still being a bit more like a traditional Linux desktop”.NEWS,www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/441252:xubuntu-1104-solid-sleek-and-speedy, Xubuntu 11.04: Solid, Sleek, and Speedy, 14 June 2011, Brockmeier, Joe, May 2011, Linux.com, As of the Xubuntu 11.04 release the developers now “strongly recommend” 512 MB of RAM to use Xubuntu.WEB,www.xubuntu.org/get#requirements, Minimum system requirements, 10 February 2009, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd., 2008, dead,www.xubuntu.org/get#requirements," title="web.archive.org/web/20100622083826www.xubuntu.org/get#requirements,">web.archive.org/web/20100622083826www.xubuntu.org/get#requirements, 22 June 2010, WEB,help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements#Low-spec%20computers%20(Xubuntu), Low-spec computers (Xubuntu), 10 February 2009, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd., October 2008, However, at least 1 GB of memory is recommended to “get a smooth experience when running multiple applications parallel on the desktop”.WEB, The Xubuntu community, System Requirements,xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/requirements, xubuntu.org, 11 January 2017,

Xubuntu 11.10

(File:Xubuntu 11.10 English.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot)Xubuntu 11.10 was released on 13 October 2011, the same day that Ubuntu 11.10 was released.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/OneiricOcelot/Final, Information about Xubuntu 11.10, 14 October 2011, 13 October 2011, dead,web.archive.org/web/20120105034741/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/OneiricOcelot/Final, 5 January 2012, In this release gThumb became the new image viewer/organizer, Leafpad replaced Mousepad as the default text editor and LightDM was introduced as the log-in manager. The release also incorporated pastebinit for cut and paste actions.In reviewing Xubuntu 11.10 on the Acer eM350 netbook, Michael Reed of Linux Journal noted the extensive hardware support out of the box, attractive theme and good performance on 1 GB of RAM. He did remark on the inferior Adobe Flash performance compared to the Windows version of Flash, particularly in full screen mode, something common to all Linux Flash installations as well as the lack of native support for Samba networking, although he was quickly able to install this. Reed concluded “my overall assessment was that Xubuntu 11.10 was a better fit than Windows XP on this netbook. Being fair, one has to remember that XP is now ten years old. Xfce is going to get better and better, and it’s already very comprehensive. There is a growing contingent of users for whom the direction that KDE4 and Gnome 3 have taken doesn’t ring true, and increasingly, Xfce is going to be the first choice for them”.NEWS,www.linuxjournal.com/content/xubuntu-1110-and-my-netbook, Xubuntu 11.10 and my Netbook, 2 November 2011, Reed, Michael, 31 October 2011, Linux Journal, In reviewing 11.10, Brian Masinick of IT Toolbox praised its low RAM usage and said the “Xubuntu 11.10 release is a fresh relief for those who simply want a nice, functional system. Xubuntu 11.10 delivers, and excels in providing a functional, no frills or surprises, responsive, and usable desktop system”.NEWS,it.toolbox.com/blogs/brians-blog/very-favorable-first-impressions-of-xubuntu-1110-48892, Very favorable first impressions of Xubuntu 11.10, 9 November 2011, Masinick, Brian, 14 October 2011, IT Toolbox,

Xubuntu 12.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu-12.04-en.png|thumb|Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin)Xubuntu 12.04 was released on 26 April 2012. It was a Long Term Support release and was supported for three years, until April 2016. This contrasts with Edubuntu, Kubuntu and Ubuntu 12.04 which, while also LTS releases, were all supported for five years.NEWS,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/kubuntu-xubuntu-12-04-become-long-term-support-releases, Kubuntu, Xubuntu 12.04 Become Long Term Support Releases, 10 January 2012, Sneddon, Joey, 10 January 2012, OMG!Ubuntu!, Xubuntu 12.04 incorporated many changes including some default shortcuts which were altered and new ones added, plus there were many appearance changes, including a new logo and wallpaper. Fixes were included for Greybird, Ubiquity, Plymouth, LightDM, and Terminal themes.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu, New Features in Xubuntu 12.04, 6 May 2012, Canonical, 26 April 2012, WEB,xubuntu.org/news/12-04-release, Xubuntu 12.04 released, 6 May 2012, Xubuntu Project, 26 April 2012, The release shipped with version 3.2.14 of the Linux kernel. Pavucontrol was introduced to replace xfce4-mixer as it did not support PulseAudio. The Alacarte menu editor was used by default.The minimum system requirements for this release were 512 MiB of RAM, 5 GB of hard disk space, and a graphics card and monitor capable of at least 800×600 pixel resolution.Whisker Menu, a new application launcher for Xubuntu, was introduced via a Personal Package Archive for Xubuntu 12.04 LTS. It proved a popular option and later became the default launcher in Xubuntu 14.04 LTS.WEB,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/10/whisker-menu-xfce-ubuntu-app-menu-with-search, Power Up Your App Launching on Xubuntu With ‘Whisker Menu’, 30 October 2013, Sneddon, Joey, OMG!Ubuntu!, 8 April 2019,

Xubuntu 12.10

(File:Xubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal).png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal)Xubuntu 12.10 was released on 18 October 2012. This release introduced the use of Xfce 4.10, as well as new versions of Catfish, Parole, LightDM, Greybird and the Ubiquity slideshow. The application menu was slightly reorganized, with settings-related launchers moved to the Settings Manager. The release also included updated artwork, new desktop wallpaper, a new look to the documentation and completely rewritten offline documentation. On 32-bit systems, hardware supporting PAE is required.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/12-10-release, Xubuntu 12.10 is out!, 18 October 2012, Xubuntu, 18 October 2012, The release included one notable bug fix: “No more window traces or “black on black” in installer”.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu, Xubuntu 12.10 Release Notes, 8 November 2012, Xubuntu, 4 November 2012, This release of Xubuntu does not support UEFI Secure Boot, unlike Ubuntu 12.10, which allows Ubuntu to run on hardware designed for Windows 8. It was expected that this feature would be included in the next release of Xubuntu.Xubuntu 12.10 includes Linux kernel 3.5.5, Python 3.2 and OpenJDK7 as the default Java implementation.The minimum system requirements for this release of Xubuntu are 512 MB of system memory (RAM), 5 GB of disk space and a graphics card and monitor capable of at least 800×600 pixels resolution.

Xubuntu 13.04

(File:Xubuntu 13.04 English.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail)Xubuntu 13.04 was released on 25 April 2013. It was intended as a maintenance release with few new features. It incorporated updated documentation, a new version of Catfish (0.6.1), updates to the Greybird theme, GIMP and Gnumeric were reintroduced, a new version of Parole (0.5.0) and that duplicate partitions are no longer shown on desktop or in the Thunar file manager.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/13-04-release, Xubuntu 13.04 is here!, Xubuntu.org, 25 April 2013, 28 April 2013, WEB, Joey-Elijah, Sneddon,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/ubuntu-siblings, Ubuntu Flavours Release 13.04 Updates, OMG!Ubuntu!, 2013-04-25, 2013-05-06, This was the first version of Xubuntu with a support period of 9 months for the interim (non-LTS) releases, instead of 18 months.Starting with this release the Xubuntu ISO images will not fit on a CD as they now average 800 MB. The new image target media is at least a 1.0 GB USB device or DVD. The decision to change the ISO image size was based upon the amount of developer time spent trying to shrink the files to fit them on a standard size CD. This ISO size change also allowed the inclusion of two applications that had been previously dropped due to space constraints, Gnumeric and GIMP.NEWS,www.webupd8.org/2013/02/xubuntu-1304-raring-ringtail-iso-size.html, Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Iso Size Raised To 1GB, Gimp And Gnumeric To Be Installed By Default, 2013-05-06, 15 May 2013, WebUpD8, WEB,distrowatch.com/?newsid=07824, Distribution Release: Xubuntu 13.04 (DistroWatch.com News), Distrowatch.com, 2013-05-06,

Xubuntu 13.10

(File:Xubuntu 13.10 English.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander)Xubuntu 13.10 was released on 17 October 2013. This release included some improvements over the previous release, including a new version of xfce4-settings and a new dialog box for display settings. There was also a new color theme tool and gtk-theme-config was added as default. This release also included new wallpaper, new GTK+ themes, with Gtk3.10 support and the LightDM greeter. The official Xubuntu documentation was also updated.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/saucy-salamander-final, Xubuntu 13.10 is released!, Xubuntu, 17 October 2013, 18 October 2013, In reviewing Xubuntu 13.10, Jim Lynch stated: “Xubuntu 13.10, like its cousin Lubuntu 13.10, is a great choice if you’re a minimalist. It’s fast, stable and offers many of the advantages of Ubuntu 13.10 without the Unity experience (or torture, depending on your perspective)”.NEWS,desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-13-10, Xubuntu 13.10, 29 October 2013, Lynch, Jim, 21 October 2013, Linux Desktop Reviews, live,desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-13-10," title="archive.today/20131030094454desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-13-10,">archive.today/20131030094454desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-13-10, 30 October 2013,

Xubuntu 14.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 14.04 LTS.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr)Xubuntu 14.04 LTS was released on 17 April 2014 and, being an LTS, featured three years of support.WEB, Xubuntu 14.04 released!,xubuntu.org/news/14-04-release, 15 April 2020, It incorporated the Xfdesktop 4.11, the Mugshot user account profile editor, the MenuLibre menu editor in place of Alacarte and the Light-locker screen lock to replace Xscreensaver. The Whisker Menu was introduced as the default application launching menu, having been formerly a Personal Package Archive option introduced in Xubuntu 12.04 LTS. It replaced the previous default menu system. The Xfdesktop also supported using different wallpapers on each workspace.WEB, Joey-Elijah, Sneddon,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/expect-xubuntu-14-04-lts, What to Expect in Xubuntu 14.04 LTS and Lubuntu 14.04 LTS, OMG!Ubuntu!, 2013-07-27, 2013-11-30, NEWS,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/ubuntu-14-04-beta-1-download, Ubuntu 14.04 Flavours Release First Beta, 2 March 2014, Sneddon, Joey, 2 March 2014, OMG Ubuntu, Jim Lynch reviewed Xubuntu 14.04 LTS and concluded: “I’ve always been a fan of Xubuntu as I tend to go for lightweight desktops versus ones with a lot more glitz and features. So I was quite pleased with Xubuntu 14.04. It’s true that you aren’t going to find tons of earth shattering features in this release, and that’s fine because it’s a long term support release anyway. I never expect new feature overload in LTS releases since the emphasis is on stability and polish. But Xubuntu 14.04 LTS is a definite improvement from the last version. The overall experience has been polished up significantly, and there are some small but useful features added like Mugshot, Light Locker and MenuLibre, and of course Whiskermenu”.NEWS,desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-14-04-lts,desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-14-04-lts," title="web.archive.org/web/20140428003844desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-14-04-lts,">web.archive.org/web/20140428003844desktoplinuxreviews.com/xubuntu-reviews/xubuntu-14-04-lts, live, 28 April 2014, Xubuntu 14.04 LTS, 3 May 2014, Lynch, Jim, 26 April 2014, Linux Desktop Reviews,

Xubuntu 14.10

(File:Xubuntu 14.10 English.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn)Xubuntu 14.10 was released on 23 October 2014. This release incorporated very few new features. Changed were a new Xfce Power Manager plugin added to the panel and that items in the new alt-tab dialog could be clicked with the mouse. To illustrate the customization of the operating system, 14.10 featured pink highlight colours, something that could easily be changed by users, if desired.NEWS,wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu, Xubuntu 14.10, 24 October 2014, knome, 23 October 2014, Xubuntu Team, NEWS,xubuntu.org/news/14-10-release, Xubuntu 14.10 released!, 24 October 2014, Xubuntu Team, 23 October 2014, Xubuntu, Silviu Stahie, writing for Softpedia stated: “Xubuntu releases are usually very quiet and we rarely see them overshadowing the Ubuntu base, but this is exactly what happened this time around. The devs have made a number of very important modifications and improvements, but they have also changed a very important aspect of the desktop, at least for the duration of the support of the distribution…The devs figured that it might be a good idea to show just how easy is to change things in the distribution…To be fair, this is the kind of change that you either love or hate, but fortunately for the users, it’s very easy to return to default”.NEWS,news.softpedia.com/news/Xubuntu-14-10-Utopic-Unicorn-Features-a-Pink-Desktop-Gallery-462976.shtml, Xubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) Features a Pink Desktop, 23 October 2014, Stahie, Silviu, 29 October 2014, Softpedia,

Xubuntu 15.04

(File:Xubuntu 15.04 English.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet)Xubuntu 15.04 was released on 23 April 2015.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule, Vivid Vervet Release Schedule, 19 December 2014, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, 5 December 2014, This release featured Xfce 4.12 and included new colour schemes, with redundant File Manager (Settings) menu entries removed. Otherwise this release was predominantly a bug-fix and package upgrade release, with very few significant changes.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu, VividVervet/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu-Ubuntu Wiki, ubuntu.com, 25 April 2015, Marius Nestor of Softpedia noted, “The biggest feature of the newly announced Xubuntu 15.04 distro is the integration of the Xfce 4.12 desktop environment…Among other highlights…we can mention new and updated Xubuntu Light and Dark color schemes in the Mousepad and Terminal applications, but the former is now using the Xubuntu Light theme by default…Additionally, the distribution now offers better appearance for Qt applications, which will work out of the box using Xubuntu’s GTK+ theme by default and removes the redundant File Manager (Settings) menu entry”.NEWS,news.softpedia.com/news/Xubuntu-15-04-Arrives-with-Xfce-4-12-and-Linux-Kernel-3-19-Screenshot-Tour-479217.shtml, Xubuntu 15.04 Arrives with Xfce 4.12 and Linux Kernel 3.19 – Screenshot Tour, 28 April 2015, Nestor, Marius, 23 April 2015, Softpedia,

Xubuntu 15.10

(File:Xubuntu 15.10 English.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf)Xubuntu 15.10 was released on 22 October 2015.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule, WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule – Ubuntu Wiki, ubuntu.com, 24 May 2015, This release had only minimal changes over 15.04. It incorporated the Xfce4 Panel Switch for the backup and restoration of panels and included five preset panel layouts. Greybird accessibility icons were used for the window manager. Gnumeric and Abiword were replaced with LibreOffice Calc and LibreOffice Writer and a new default LibreOffice theme, libreoffice-style-elementary, was provided.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/FinalRelease/Xubuntu, WilyWerewolf/FinalRelease/Xubuntu-Ubuntu Wiki, ubuntu.com, 22 October 2015, WEB,news.softpedia.com/news/xubuntu-15-10-officially-announced-uses-libreoffice-writer-and-calc-xfce-4-12-495122.shtml, Xubuntu 15.10 Officially Announced, Uses LibreOffice Writer and Calc, Xfce 4.12, Marius, Nestor, 22 October 2015, Softpedia, 23 October 2015, WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-15-10-release, Xubuntu 15.10 released!, xubuntu.org, 25 October 2015, Joey Sneddon of OMG Ubuntu described Xubuntu 15.10 as incorporating only “a modest set of changes”.WEB,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/10/ubuntu-15-10-flavors-download-now, Ubuntu 15.10 Flavors Now Available for Download – OMG!Ubuntu!, Joey-Elijah, Sneddon, OMG!Ubuntu!, 22 October 2015, 26 October 2015,

Xubuntu 16.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 16.04 English.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus)Released on 21 April 2016, Xubuntu 16.04 is an LTS version, supported for three years until April 2019.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule, XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule – Ubuntu Wiki, ubuntu.com, 23 October 2015, This release offered few new features. It included a new package of wallpapers and the replacement of the Ubuntu Software Center with Gnome Software, the same as in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-04-release, Xubuntu 16.04 released!, xubuntu.org, 21 April 2016, Reviewer Jack Wallen said, “The truth of the matter is, the Ubuntu Software Center has been a horrible tool for a very long time. Making this move will greatly improve the Ubuntu experience for every user”.WEB,www.linux.com/news/ubuntu-1604-something-get-excited-about, Ubuntu 16.04: Something to Get Excited About, Linux.com – The source for Linux information, Jack, Wallen, 10 March 2016, 23 April 2016, The selection of wallpapers available in Xubuntu 16.04 LTS was singled out by OMG Ubuntu as “all breathtakingly beautiful”.WEB,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/winning-xubuntu-16-04-community-wallpapers-beautiful, Xubuntu’s Xenial Wallpapers Are Exceptionally Beautiful-OMG!Ubuntu!, Joey-Elijah, Sneddon, OMG!Ubuntu!, 20 April 2016, 21 April 2016, The first point release, 16.04.1, was released on 21 July 2016. The release of Xubuntu 16.04.2 was delayed a number of times, but it was eventually released on 17 February 2017. Xubuntu 16.04.3 was released on 3 August 2017. Xubuntu 16.04.4 was delayed from 15 February 2018 and released on 1 March 2018. Xubuntu 16.04.5 is scheduled for release on 2 August 2018.WEB,lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2017-February/004036.html, Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released, 17 February 2017, Conrad, Adam, 17 February 2017, WEB,news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-alpha-1-released-for-opt-in-flavors-ships-with-linux-kernel-4-9-511397.shtml, Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Has Been Delayed Once Again, Should Land on Monday Now, 10 February 2017, Nestor, Marius, Softpedia, 9 February 2017,

Xubuntu 16.10

(File:Xubuntu 16.10 English.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak)Xubuntu 16.10 was released on 13 October 2016.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule, YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule, 22 April 2016, 22 April 2016, This version of Xubuntu introduced very few new features. The official release notice stated, “This release has seen little visible change since April’s 16.04, however much has been done towards supplying Xubuntu with Xfce packages built with GTK3, including the porting of many plugins and Xfce Terminal to GTK3”.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-10-release, Xubuntu 16.10 Released, The Xubuntu community, xubuntu.org, 16 October 2016, Reviewer Joey Sneddon of OMG Ubuntu!noted, “Xubuntu 16.10 has only a modest change log version [over] its April LTS release”.WEB,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/download-ubuntu-16-10-flavors, These Are The New Features in Ubuntu 16.10 Flavors, 13 October 2016, omgubuntu.co.uk, 16 October 2016, In reviewing Xubuntu 16.10, Gary Newell of Everyday Linux said, “Xubuntu has always been one of my favourite distributions. It doesn’t look as {{sic|glamo|urous}} as some of the other Linux offerings out there and it certainly doesn’t come with all the software you need pre-installed. The thing that Xubuntu gives you is a great base to start from…The truth is that nothing much really changes with Xubuntu. It is solid, steady and it doesn’t need to change…” He did fault the installation of some software packages, which don’t appear in the graphical software tools, but can be installed from the command line.WEB,www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2016/10/an-everyday-linux-user-review-of_15.html, An Everyday Linux User Review of Xubuntu 16.10 – A Good Place To Start, Newell, Gary, 18 October 2016, Everyday Linux User, 5 November 2021, dead,www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2016/10/an-everyday-linux-user-review-of_15.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20161020051509www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2016/10/an-everyday-linux-user-review-of_15.html,">web.archive.org/web/20161020051509www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2016/10/an-everyday-linux-user-review-of_15.html, 20 October 2016,

Xubuntu 17.04

(File:Xubuntu 17.04 English.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus)Xubuntu 17.04 was released on 13 April 2017.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule, ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule, 13 April 2017, 13 April 2017, Joey Sneddon of OMG Ubuntu indicated that this release is mostly just bug fixes and has little in the way of new features.WEB,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/download-ubuntu-17-04-flavors, Ubuntu 17.04 flavors are now available to download, including Ubuntu Budgie, 13 April 2017, Sneddon, Joey, omgubuntu.co.uk, 13 April 2017,

Xubuntu 17.10

(File:Xubuntu 17.10 Desktop.jpg|thumb|left|Xubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark)Xubuntu 17.10 was released on 19 October 2017.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule, Artful Aardvark Release Schedule, 23 April 2017, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, wiki.ubuntu.com, 20 April 2017, This release included only minor changes including the GNOME Font Viewer included by default and that the client side decorations consume less space within the Greybird GTK+ theme.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-17-10-release, Xubuntu 17.10 released!, The Xubuntu community, xubuntu.org, 20 October 2017, Distrowatch noted that Xubuntu 17.10, “includes significant improvements to accelerated video playback on Intel video cards. The distribution also includes support for driverless printing and includes the GNOME Font Viewer by default”.WEB,distrowatch.com/?newsid=09995, Distribution Release: Xubuntu 17.10 (DistroWatch.com News), DistroWatch, DistroWatch, distrowatch.com, 29 October 2017, Reviewer Joey Sneddon of OMG Ubuntu said of this release, “Xubuntu 17.10 is another iterative release, featuring only modest changes (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it)”.WEB,www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/download-ubuntu-17-10-flavors, Ubuntu Flavors, Including Ubuntu MATE 17.10, Are Available to Download-OMG!Ubuntu!, 19 October 2017, omgubuntu.co.uk, 20 October 2017,

Xubuntu 18.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 18.04 LTS English.png|thumb|Xubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver)Xubuntu 18.04 is a long-term support version, released on 26 April 2018.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule, BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule-Ubuntu Wiki, wiki.ubuntu.com, 29 October 2017, WEB,wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/18.04/release-notes, Xubuntu 18.04 Release Notes, wiki.xubuntu.org, 27 April 2018, In this version, removed the GTK Theme Configuration, the Greybird GTK+ theme was upgraded to 3.22.8 version, including HiDPI support, Google Chrome GTK+ 3 styles and a new dark theme. Sound Indicator was replaced by the Xfce PulseAudio Plugin. The release introduced a new plugin for the panel, xfce4-notifyd. Also Evince was replaced by Atril, GNOME File Roller by Engrampa, and GNOME Calculator by MATE Calculator.The recommended system requirements for this release are at least 1 GB of RAM and at least 20 GB of free hard disk space.WEB,xubuntu.org/requirements, Xubuntu System Requirements, The Xubuntu community, xubuntu.org, 27 April 2018, Igor Ljubuncic from Dedoimedo wrote review of Xubuntu 18.04:WEB, Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver — Middle ground,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-beaver.html,dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-beaver.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180524002616dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-beaver.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180524002616dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-beaver.html, 16 May 2018, 24 May 2018, Ljubuncic, Igor, dedoimedo.com, live, {{cquote|I think secretly the projects are afraid to make things better, because that will break the neverending cycle of development. After all, for devs, the only thing that matters is coding. User experience is an alien concept. And inside this gap, Xubuntu 18.04 fits perfectly. Which means not that well.}}

Xubuntu 18.10

(File:Xubuntu 18.10 Desktop.jpg|thumb|left|Xubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish)Xubuntu 18.10 was released on 18 October 2018. This release includes Xfce components at version 4.13 as the project moves towards a Gtk+3-only desktop, Xfce Icon Theme 0.13, Greybird 3.22.9, which improves the window manager appearance, a new purple wallpaper.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-18-10-released, Xubuntu 18.10, The Xubuntu community, xubuntu.org, 19 October 2018, 18 October 2018, The recommended system requirements for this release remained as at least 1 GB of RAM and at least 20 GB of free hard disk space.WEB,xubuntu.org/requirements, Xubuntu System Requirements, The Xubuntu community, xubuntu.org, 19 October 2018, WEB, Xubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish – Super green?,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html,dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20181105012136dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html,">web.archive.org/web/20181105012136dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html, 31 October 2018, Ljubuncic, Igor, 5 November 2018, dedoimedo.com, live, Igor Ljubuncic from Dedoimedo wrote a review in which he stated, “Xubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish is a pretty standard, run-of-the-mill distro, without any superb features or amazing wow effect. It kind of works, the defaults are somewhat boring, and you need to manually tweak things to get a lively, upbeat feel”.WEB, Xubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish – Super green?,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html,dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20181105012136dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html,">web.archive.org/web/20181105012136dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html, 31 October 2018, Ljubuncic, Igor, 5 November 2018, dedoimedo.com, live,

Xubuntu 19.04

(File:Xubuntu 19.04 “Disco Dingo” Screenshot.png|thumb|Xubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo)Xubuntu 19.04 was released on 18 April 2019.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released, Xubuntu 19.04 released!, 5 January 2020, Xubuntu Team, xubuntu.org, 18 April 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190419083708/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released, 19 April 2019, Starting with this version, Xubuntu no longer offered 32-bit ISOs.WEB,www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Xubuntu-No-More-32-bit, Xubuntu Will Stop Producing 32-bit ISOs Beginning With Xubuntu 19.04, Larabel, Michael, Phoronix Test Suite#Phoronix website, Phoronix, 28 January 2019, In this release, new default applications were included, such as GIMP, LibreOffice Impress. LibreOffice Draw and AptURL,WEB,blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/xubuntu-d-development, Xubuntu 19.04: Development, blueprints.launchpad.net, 25 November 2018,web.archive.org/web/20190417103932/https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/xubuntu-d-development, 17 April 2019, 17 April 2019, and Orage was removed.WEB,wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/19.04/release-notes, Xubuntu 19.04 Release Notes ‹ Xubuntu Wiki, wiki.xubuntu.org, This release was predominantly a bug fix release with few changes, but also included new screenshot tools and updated Xfce 4.13 components, using components from the development branch for Xfce 4.14.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released, Xubuntu 19.04 released!, 23 April 2019, The Xubuntu team., xubuntu.org, 18 April 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190419083708/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released, 19 April 2019, WEB,distrowatch.com/?newsid=10526, Distribution Release: Xubuntu 19.04, 23 April 2019, DistroWatch, 19 April 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190423194735/https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10526, 23 April 2019, A review in Full Circle magazine concluded: “Xubuntu 19.04 is a strong release. It is pretty much flawless as a desktop OS, which really is to be expected for a 27th release. It provides a simple and elegant experience for users that allows them to get work done. No flash or splash, just a very mature distribution that gets incrementally better with each release“WEB,dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue147_en.pdf, Review: Xubuntu 19.04, 28 July 2019, Hunt, Adam, Full Circle magazine issue 147, pp 47–49, 15 July 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190728134351/https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue147_en.pdf, 28 July 2019, Igor Ljubuncic wrote a review in Dedoimedo, in which he concluded, “Xubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo is a fairly decent release for the bi-annual non-LTS testbed. It’s stable enough, sort of mature bordering on boring, fast when it needs to be, pretty when you make it, and gives a relatively rounded overall experience. But then, it also falls short in quite a few areas. These look more like nuggets of apathy than deliberate omissions – networking woes with Samba and Bluetooth, customization struggle, less than adequate battery life, some odd niggles here and there. It just feels like a tickbox exercise rather than a beautiful fruit of labor, passion and fun. It is somewhat better than Cosmic, but it’s nowhere near as exciting as Xfce (or rather Xubuntu) used to be three years back. 7/10, and worth testing, but don’t crank your adrenaline pump too high”.WEB,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-disco.html, Xubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo – A dawn of a renaissance?, Ljubuncic, Igor, Dedoimedo,web.archive.org/web/20191030171750/https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-disco.html, 3 May 2019, 30 October 2019, 4 November 2019, live,

Xubuntu 19.10

(File:Xubuntu 19.10 Desktop.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine)This standard release was the last one before the next LTS release and arrived on 17 October 2019.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/EoanErmine%20/ReleaseSchedule, Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Release Schedule, 7 May 2019, Canonical (company), Canonical Ltd, wiki.ubuntu.com, 6 May 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190507161108/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EoanErmine%20/ReleaseSchedule, 7 May 2019, This release included Xfce 4.14, which was completed in August 2019 after nearly four and half years of development work. Other changes included the Xfce Screensaver replacing Light Locker for screen locking, new desktop keyboard shortcuts, the ZFS file system and logical volume manager included on an experimental basis for root.WEB,xubuntu.org/release/19-10, 19.10 « Releases, xubuntu.org, WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-10-released, Xubuntu 19.10 released!, xubuntu.org, WEB,www.pcnewsbuzz.com/2019/10/17/xubuntu-19-10-released-with-xfce-4-14-desktop-environment-zfs-on-root-and-more, Xubuntu 19.10 Released with Xfce 4.14 Desktop Environment, ZFS on Root, and More, 17 October 2019, WEB,th3stars.com/2019/10/17/xubuntu-19-10-released-with-xfce-4-14-desktop-environment-zfs-on-root-and-more, Xubuntu 19.10 Released with Xfce 4.14 Desktop Environment, ZFS on Root, and More – | ALLSTAR, 22 March 2021, In a lengthy review on DistroWatch, Jesse Smith wrote, “I feel I do not get to say this often enough: this distribution is boring in the best possible way. Even with new, experimental filesystem support and a complete shift in the libraries used to power the Xfce desktop, Xubuntu is beautifully stable, fast, and easy to navigate … Perhaps what I appreciated most about Xubuntu was that it did not distract me or get in the way at all. I did not see a notification or a pop-up or welcome screen during my trial. The distribution just installed and got out of my way so I could start working… On the whole I am impressed with Xubuntu 19.10. I found myself wishing this was an LTS release as I would like to put this version on several computers, particular those of family members who run Linux on laptops. Xubuntu is providing a great balance between new features, stability, performance, and options and I highly recommend it for almost any desktop scenario”.WEB,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20191028#xubuntu, Feature Story Xubuntu 19.10, 30 October 2019, Smith, Jesse, DistroWatch, 28 October 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191029154458/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20191028, 29 October 2019, A review in Full Circle magazine in November 2019 criticized the window theming and the default wallpaper, terming it “dull and uninspired”. The review also noted, “with 28 releases, Xubuntu is a very mature operating system. It provides users with a solid, stable, elegant desktop experience that is quick to learn and very easy to use. Mostly it lacks unnecessary flash and bling, and instead stays out of the way and lets users get work done and very efficiently, too. Xubuntu 19.10 is a release that brings small, incremental changes, with updates and polish that all bode very well for a good, solid spring 2020 LTS release”.WEB,dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue151_en.pdf, Review Xubuntu 19.10, 29 November 2019, Hunt, Adam, Full Circle magazine, pages 41–43, 29 November 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191129203000/https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue151_en.pdf, 29 November 2019,

Xubuntu 20.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 20.04.png|thumb|Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa)This release is a long-term support release and was released on 23 April 2020.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa%20/ReleaseSchedule, FocalFossa Release Schedule, 24 October 2019, Conrad, AD, wiki.ubuntu.com, 16 October 2019, Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS was released on 6 August 2020.WEB,lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-August/000259.html, Ubuntu 20.04.1 (Focal Fossa) released, 6 August 2020, As in common with LTS releases, this one introduced very few new features. A new dark-colored windowing theme was included, Greybird-dark, as were six new community-submitted wallpaper designs. The applications apt-offline and pidgin-libnotify were not included and Python 2 support was removed.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-04-released, Xubuntu 20.04 released!, 24 April 2020, The Xubuntu team, xubuntu.org, 15 April 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200424114547/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-04-released, 24 April 2020, WEB,wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/20.04/release-notes, Xubuntu 20.04 Release Notes, 24 April 2020, bluesabre, xubuntu.org, 15 April 2020, A review of this release in Debug Point concluded, “this release is another significant milestone for Xubuntu 20.04 LTS among other popular Ubuntu-based distributions. Xubuntu 20.04 managed to bring the latest to its users who are still using older hardware and devices with its offerings”.WEB,www.debugpoint.com/2020/04/xubuntu-2-04-release-download, What’s New in Xubuntu 20.04 – Feature Tour, 15 April 2020, Arindam, Debug Point, 25 April 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200425083836/https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/04/xubuntu-2-04-release-download, 25 April 2020, DistroWatch reviewer Jeff Siegel gave this release a positive review, noting that Xubuntu is often undervalued. He wrote, “Xubuntu has always been the quiet middle child in the Ubuntu family, the one that was always overlooked in favour of its older siblings, the glitzy Kubuntu and the rock star Ubuntu – and even for the younger ones, like the oh so retro Ubuntu MATE. All Xubuntu has ever done is offer a solid, dependable, mostly error-free, long-term release every two years. Given a world of Linux distro hoppers, Plasma desktop, and extras like the GNOME and MX Linux tweak tools, and the Zorin browser chooser, who needs something like Xubuntu? A lot of us. We value the distro’s dependability and continuity, its lack of controversy, and that it just works, almost and always, straight out of the box. In this, Xubuntu 20.04, Focal Fossa, continues the distro’s tradition”.WEB,distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20200504, Xubuntu 20.04, 8 May 2020, Siegel, Jeff, DistroWatch, 4 May 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200506014345/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20200504, 6 May 2020, live, Igor Ljubuncic from Dedoimedo reviewed the release in May 2020, writing: “Xubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa is not a release worth its long-term support badge. It’s not exciting, it has ergonomic problems, it has bugs, and it offers a lethargic experience. There’s really no sense of pride. Inertia only. If we look at dry facts, you get an average score across the board. Some problems in pretty much every aspect. Things work, but it’s a bare minimum. The sweet momentum that was, back in 2017 or so, gone. Well, there you go. Hopefully, the results will improve over time, but I’m doubtful. I’ve not seen anything really cool or fresh in the Xfce desktop per se for a while now. Xubuntu could work for those looking for a very spartan XP-like experience”.WEB,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-focal.html, Xubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa – Tickboxer, Ljubuncic, Igor, Dedoimedo,web.archive.org/web/20200512042351/https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-focal.html, 9 May 2020, 12 May 2020, 16 May 2020, live, A Full Circle review concluded, “Xubuntu 20.04 LTS is the Long Term Support release that Xubuntu fans have been waiting for. This 29th Xubuntu release is graceful in design, stable, and simple to use. New users will find that it comes with most of the software needed to get straight to productive work. Experienced Xubuntu users will find this LTS release very familiar, just an update without any unwelcome surprises, but with three year’s worth of support. If it had some better default window themes it would be just about perfect”.WEB,dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue158_en.pdf, Review – Xubuntu 20.04, 27 June 2020, Hunt, Adam, Full Circle magazine, 26 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200627004230/https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue158_en.pdf, 27 June 2020, live,

Xubuntu 20.10

(File:Xubuntu 20.10 2880p 31 12 2020 17 01 26.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla)This standard release was made on 22 October 2020.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/GroovyGorilla%20/ReleaseSchedule, GroovyGorilla Release Schedule, 25 April 2020, Laney, wiki.ubuntu.com, 25 April 2020, The Xubuntu developers transitioned their code base to GitHub for this release and otherwise there were no changes over Xubuntu 20.04 LTS.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-10-released, Xubuntu 20.10 released!, 28 October 2020, The Xubuntu team, xubuntu.org, 22 October 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201028194004/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-10-released, 28 October 2020, live, WEB,wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/20.10/release-notes, Xubuntu 20.10 Release Notes, 22 October 2020, bluesabre, wiki.xubuntu.org, 22 October 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201028194007/https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/20.10/release-notes, 28 October 2020, live, On 23 October 2020, reviewer Sarvottam Kumar of FOSS Bytes noted of this release, “out of all Ubuntu flavors, Xubuntu 20.10 seems the least updated variant containing the same Xfce 4.14 desktop environment as long-term Xubuntu 20.04 has. This is because the next Xfce 4.16 is still under development, with the first preview released last month”.WEB,fossbytes.com/seven-official-flavors-of-ubuntu-20-10-groovy-gorilla-released, Seven Official Flavors of Ubuntu 20.10 “Groovy Gorilla” Released, 9 November 2020, Kumar, Sarvottam, fossbytes.com, 23 October 2020,archive.today/20201109150600/https://fossbytes.com/seven-official-flavors-of-ubuntu-20-10-groovy-gorilla-released, 9 November 2020, live, A Full Circle Magazine review concluded: “even though Xubuntu 20.10 is a solid release and works very well, it is difficult to recommend it to users already running Xubuntu 20.04 LTS due to the lack of any changes. Unless the user needs support for new hardware from the new Linux kernel or has a hot, burning desire to use LibreOffice 7 instead of 6, there really is no compelling reason to upgrade from Xubuntu 20.04 LTS. Comparing the support periods of nine months (until July 2021) for 20.10 versus three years (to April 2023) for 20.04 LTS, again, there isn’t much to entice users to switch”.WEB,dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue163_en.pdf, Review – Xubuntu 20.10, 27 November 2020, Hunt, Adam, Full Circle Magazine, 27 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201127142608/https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue163_en.pdf, 27 November 2020, live, Igor Ljubuncic of Dedoimedo panned the release, writing, “Xubuntu 20.10 simply does not radiate pride, quality and attention to detail that would warrant investment from the user … this feels like a system trapped in time and lethargy”.WEB,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-groovy.html, Xubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla review, Ljubuncic, Igor, dedoimedo,web.archive.org/web/20201130002156/https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-groovy.html, 27 November 2020, 30 November 2020, 29 November 2020, live,

Xubuntu 21.04

(File:Xubuntu 21.04 Desktop en.png|thumb|Xubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo)Xubuntu 21.04 is a standard release, made on 22 April 2021.WEB,discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hirsute-hippo-release-schedule/18539, Hirsute Hippo Release Schedule, 9 November 2020, Laney, Iain, discourse.ubuntu.com, 4 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201102182937/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hirsute-hippo-release-schedule/18539, 2 November 2020, live, This release introduced Xfce 4.16 which exclusively uses GTK3. A new minimal installation option was available. It also included two new applications: the HexChat IRC client and the Synaptic package manager as well as some general user interface changes.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-04-released, Xubuntu 21.04 released!, 22 April 2021, xubuntu.org, 22 April 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210422224929/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-04-released, 22 April 2021, live, A review in Full Circle magazine concluded, “after making no changes in Xubuntu 20.10, it seems that the Xubuntu developers are not going to sit out this entire development cycle. Starting with 21.04, they have introduced some minor refinements. When you have a loyal user following, you need to proceed cautiously. Most Xubuntu users I know love the OS and don’t want to see big changes. The result here, in Xubuntu 21.04, is a good solid release that will keep users happy on the road to the next LTS version”.WEB,dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue170_en.pdf, Review-Lubuntu 21.04, 15 June 2021, Hunt, Adam, Full Circle magazine, 25 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210625141308/https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue170_en.pdf, 25 June 2021, live,

Xubuntu 21.10

(File:Xubuntu 21.10 Desktop en.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri)Xubuntu 21.10 is a standard release, and was released on 14 October 2021.WEB,discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-schedule/18540, Impish Indri Release Schedule, 25 April 2021, Laney, Iain, discourse.ubuntu.com,web.archive.org/web/20210425125759/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-schedule/18540, 25 April 2021, live, This release included the addition of GNOME Disk Analyzer, GNOME Disk Utility, and the media playback software Rhythmbox.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-10-released, Xubuntu 21.10 released!, 15 October 2021, xubuntu.org, 15 October 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211015154824/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-10-released, 15 October 2021, live, In a review in Softpedia, Vladimir Ciobica praised the inclusion of the new selection of applications in Xubuntu 21.10.WEB,linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/Xubuntu-Impish-Indri-103929.shtml, Enjoy the last Xubuntu release until the 22.04 LTS that has some very interesting new apps, 15 October 2021, Ciobica, Vladimir, 18 October 2021,archive.today/20211019234720/https://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/Xubuntu-Impish-Indri-103929.shtml, 19 October 2021, live, A Full Circle magazine review noted, “Xubuntu 21.10 is a good, solid release with no major notable issues to report. This Xubuntu development cycle has introduced only some minor changes which is not unexpected in a distribution that has been around for 15 years. The Xubuntu developers and its users all seem to agree that they like how it works and no one wants to see any big changes”.WEB,dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue177_en.pdf, Review-Xubuntu 21.10, 25 April 2022, Hunt, Adam, Full Circle magazine, January 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220128235907/https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue177_en.pdf, 28 January 2022, live,

Xubuntu 22.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 22.04 Desktop en.png|thumb|Xubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish)This long term support release was made on 21 April 2022 and will be supported for three years until April 2025.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-04-released, Xubuntu 22.04 released!, 15 April 2022, The Xubuntu team, xubuntu.org, 21 April 2022,archive.today/20220425233241/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-04-released/, 25 April 2022, live, WEB,wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.04/release-notes, Xubuntu 22.04 Release Notes, 26 April 2022, wiki.xubuntu.org, 21 April 2022,archive.today/20220425233241/https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.04/release-notes, 25 April 2022, live, The release uses Xfce 4.16 and the GTK 3.24.33 toolkit. The changes were very minor and included switching Firefox to a snap package from the previous .deb package to align with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Updated applications included the addition of spellchecking to the Mousepad text editor along with session backup and restore. The Ristretto image viewer now has improved thumbnail support, along with performance improvements and a new version of the Whisker Menu Plugin adds new customization options with preferences and CSS classes, for theme development.A review by Ankush Das in It’s FOSS News, noted “Xubuntu is one of the most loved Ubuntu flavours…Just like Ubuntu 22.04, Xubuntu 22.04 includes Firefox as a snap package. The snap package can be a secure experience with sandboxing and will get quicker updates by Mozilla”.WEB,news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-22-04-release, Xubuntu 22.04 LTS Releases with Updated Theme, Whisker Menu 2.7.1, and Other Upgrades, 26 April 2022, Das, Ankush, It’s FOSS News, 21 April 2022,archive.today/20220425235804/https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-22-04-release/, 25 April 2022, live,

Xubuntu 22.10

(File:Xubuntu 22.10.png|thumb|left|Xubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu)Xubuntu 22.10 was released on 20 October 2022, as an interim release supported for nine months, until July 2023.WEB,discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-schedule/27263, Ubuntu Kinetic Kudu Release Schedule, July 17, 2022, Murray, BD, discourse.ubuntu.com, 9 June 2022,archive.today/20220717163424/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-schedule/27263/1, 17 July 2022, live, This release used Xfce 4.16, with some elements from 4.17 included for testing and preview purposes. The toolkit was GTK 4.8.1. The included default applications saw no changes in what was included, beyond updated versions. Unlike in Ubuntu 22.10 which switched to PipeWire, Xubuntu retained PulseAudio as its sound controller.WEB,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-10-released/, Xubuntu 22.10 released!, 13 November 2022, xubuntu.org, 20 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221022202626/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-10-released/, 22 October 2022, live, WEB,wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.10/release-notes, Xubuntu 22.10 Release Notes, 13 November 2022, wiki.xubuntu.org, 19 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221031002514/https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.10/release-notes, 31 October 2022, live, WEB,discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-notes/27976, Kinetic Kudu Release Notes, 26 December 2022, discourse.ubuntu.com, WEB,news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-22-10-release/, Xubuntu 22.10 Releases With Xfce Upgrades, and Other Refinements, 13 November 2022, Das, Ankush, itsfoss.com, 20 October 2022,archive.today/20221113021933/https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-22-10-release/, 13 November 2022, live, Updated applications included the Mousepad 0.5.10 text editor, which included search history and automatic file reloading when a file is externally changed. The Thunar 4.17.9 file manager added native file search functions, including recursive folder searching. The Catfish 4.16.4 desktop search application was redesigned and changes include allowing files located to be opened in a selection of applications from Catfish directly. Many other minor changes to the included applications were also incorporated.Reviewer Ankush Das of It’s FOSS News termed it, “one of the best lightweight Linux distributions available.”

Xubuntu 23.04

(File:Xubuntu 23.04 Desktop English.png|thumb|right|Xubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster)Xubuntu 23.04 is an interim release, which was made on 20 April 2023 and was supported until January 2024.WEB, Xubuntu 23.04 released!,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-23-04-released/, The Xubuntu team, xubuntu.org, 2023-04-21,archive.today/20230430215735/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-23-04-released/, 30 April 2023, live, The release uses Xfce 4.18. As a component of Xfce 4.18 the Thunar file manager added a number of improvements, including image preview, undo/redo, file highlights and also recursive searching. This release also trades the PulseAudio audio controller for PipeWire and employs wireplumber as the PipeWire modular session policy manager.This release also officially offers an alternate download called Xubuntu Minimal. Formerly known as Xubuntu Core, this project has been supported for eight years as an unofficial community project, but is now recognized as an “officially supported subproject”. Xubuntu Minimal provides a stripped-down version of Xubuntu with just the desktop, some of the Xfce components and the Xubuntu look and feel files. It includes a terminal emulator, the Thunar file manager, system settings, Snap package manager and the screenshot application.WEB,news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-23-04/, Xubuntu 23.04 Releases With Xfce 4.18 and Pipewire, 15 April 2023, Rudra, Sourav, itsfoss.com, 20 April 2023,archive.today/20230430220704/https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-23-04/, 30 April 2023, live, A review in Debug Point concluded, “Xubuntu 23.04 is a significant release with several improvements and features with the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. With a focus on enhancing the user experience, Xubuntu users can enjoy the latest Linux Kernel, the revamped Thunar file manager, and several other tweaks and changes.“WEB,www.debugpoint.com/xubuntu-23-04/, Xubuntu 23.04: Best New Features, 30 April 2023, Arindam, debugpoint.com, 20 April 2023,archive.today/20230430221334/https://www.debugpoint.com/xubuntu-23-04/, 30 April 2023, live,

Xubuntu 23.10

Xubuntu 23.10 was released on 12 October 2023 and is supported for nine months until July 2024.WEB,discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-schedule/34989, Mantic Minotaur Release Schedule, 3 May 2023, Murray, BD, discourse.ubuntu.com, 3 May 2023,archive.today/20230503220606/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-schedule/34989/1, 3 May 2023, live,

Xubuntu 24.04 LTS

(File:Xubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat Desktop English.png|thumb|Xubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat)Xubuntu 24.04 is a long-term support that was released on 25 April 2024, and is supported for three years until April 2027.WEB, Xubuntu 24.04 released! « Xubuntu,xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-24-04-released/, 2024-04-25, xubuntu.org,

Xubuntu 24.10

Xubuntu 24.10 will be an interim release, scheduled for 10 October 2024.

Applications

As of the 24.04 LTS release, Xubuntu includes the following applications by default:WEB, Package:xubuntu-desktop,packages.ubuntu.com/noble/xubuntu-desktop, 20 May 2024, {hide}Columns-list|colwidth=30em|

• Atril – PDF reader
• Catfish – desktop search
• Disk Usage Analyzer
• Firefox – web browser
• GIMP – raster graphics editor
• HexChat – Internet Relay Chat client
• LibreOffice – productivity software
• Mousepad – text editor
• Parole – media player
• Rhythmbox – music player
• Thunderbird – e-mail client
• Simple Scan – scanner utilities
• Xfburn – CD and DVD burning

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Table of releases

Xubuntu versions are released twice a year, coinciding with Ubuntu releases. Xubuntu uses the same version numbers and code names as Ubuntu, using the year and month of the release as the version number. The first Xubuntu release, for example, was 6.06, indicating June 2006.MAILING LIST,lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2004-October/000003.html, Ubuntu 4.10 announcement, 20 October 2004, 2008-08-19, ubuntu-announce, Shuttleworth, Mark, Mark Shuttleworth, Xubuntu releases are also given code names, using an adjective and an animal with the same first letter, e.g., “Dapper Drake” and “Intrepid Ibex”. These are the same as the respective Ubuntu code names. Xubuntu code names are in alphabetical order, allowing a quick determination of which release is newer, although there were no releases with the letters “A” or “C”. Commonly, Xubuntu releases are referred to by developers and users by only the adjective portion of the code name, for example Intrepid Ibex is often called just Intrepid.WEB,wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames, DevelopmentCodeNames-Ubuntu Wiki, Wiki.ubuntu.com, 2008-10-19, Long Term Support (LTS) releases are supported for three years, while standard releases are supported for nine months. Prior to 13.04 It had been 18 months.{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center!Version!Code Name!Release date!Supported Until!Kernel!XFCE!Remarks5.10|Breezy Badger|2005-10-13|2007-04-13|2.6.12|4.2|xubuntu-desktop package only available6.06 LTS|Dapper Drake|2006-06-01|2011-06-01|2.6.15|4.4 Beta1|First official Xubuntu release — LTS6.10|Edgy Eft|2006-10-26|2008-04-26|2.6.17|4.4 Beta2|7.04|Feisty Fawn|2007-04-19|2008-10-19|2.6.20|4.4.0|7.10|Gutsy Gibbon|2007-10-18|2009-04-18|2.6.22|4.4.1|8.04 LTS|Hardy Heron|2008-04-24|2011-05-12|2.6.24|4.4.2|LTS release8.10|Intrepid Ibex|2008-10-30|2010-04-30|2.6.27|4.6.0|9.04|Jaunty Jackalope|2009-04-23|2010-10-23|2.6.28|4.6.0PowerPC images made availableHTTP://XUBUNTU.ORG/GETACCESS-DATE=25 OCTOBER 2015CANONICAL (COMPANY)>CANONICAL LTDARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20100222054158/HTTP://WWW.XUBUNTU.ORG/GET, 22 February 2010, 9.10|Karmic Koala|2009-10-29|2011-04-30|2.6.31|4.6.1|10.04 LTS|Lucid Lynx|2010-04-29|2013-05-09|2.6.32|4.6.1|LTS release10.10|Maverick Meerkat|2010-10-10|2012-10-28|2.6.35|4.6.2|11.04|Natty Narwhal|2011-04-28|2012-10-28|2.6.38|4.8|11.10|Oneiric Ocelot|2011-10-13|2013-05-09|3.0.0|4.8|12.04 LTS|Precise Pangolin|2012-04-26|2015-04-29|3.2.0|4.8|LTS release12.10|Quantal Quetzal|2012-10-18|2014-05-16|3.5.0|4.10|13.04|Raring Ringtail|2013-04-25DATE=2013-03-20URL=HTTPS://WWW.OMGUBUNTU.CO.UK/2013/03/UBUNTU-TO-HALVE-SUPPORT-WINDOW-FOR-REGULAR-RELEASESWEBSITE=OMG! UBUNTU!, en-GB, |3.8.0|4.10|13.10|Saucy Salamander|2013-10-17|2014-07-17|3.11.0|4.10|14.04 LTS|Trusty Tahr|2014-04-17|2017-04-17|3.13.0|4.10|LTS release14.10|Utopic Unicorn|2014-10-23|2015-07-23|3.16.0|4.10|15.04|Vivid Vervet|2015-04-23|2016-01-23|3.19.0|4.12|15.10|Wily Werewolf|2015-10-22|2016-07-22|4.2|4.12|16.04 LTS|Xenial Xerus|2016-04-21|2019-04-21|4.4|4.12|LTS release16.10|Yakkety Yak|2016-10-13|2017-07-20|4.4+|4.12+|17.04|Zesty Zapus|2017-04-13|2018-01-11|4.8|4.12+|17.10|Artful Aardvark|2017-10-19|2018-07-19|4.13|4.12.3|18.04 LTS|Bionic Beaver|2018-04-26|2021-04-29|4.15|4.12.2|LTS release18.10|Cosmic CuttlefishDATE=2018-10-18ACCESS-DATE=2018-10-19, |2019-07-18|4.18|~4.13|Last release to offer a 32-bit version19.04|Disco Dingo|2019-04-18|2020-01-18|5.0|4.13.3|19.10|Eoan ErmineEoanRel}}|2020-07-17|5.3|4.14|20.04 LTS|Focal Fossa|2020-04-23|2023-04-29|5.4|4.14|LTS release20.10|Groovy Gorilla|2020-10-22|2021-07-22|5.8|4.14|21.04|Hirsute Hippo|2021-04-22|2022-01-22|5.11|4.16|21.10LIVE>URL=HTTPS://XUBUNTU.ORG/RELEASE/21-10ACCESS-DATE=JULY 17, 2022ARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 8, 2021, |Impish Indri|2021-10-14|2022-06-14ACCESS-DATE=2021-10-15, |4.16|22.04 LTS|Jammy Jellyfish|2022-04-21|2025-04-24|5.15|4.16|LTS release22.10|Kinetic Kudu|2022-10-20|2023-07-23|5.19|~4.17|23.04|Lunar Lobster|2023-04-20|2024-01-20|6.2|4.18|23.10|Mantic Minotaur|2023-10-12|2024-07-12|6.5|4.18|Current interim release!style=background:#d4f4b4|24.04 LTS|Noble Numbat|2024-04-25|2027-04|6.8|4.18|Current LTS release24.10|Oracular Oriole|2024-10-10|2025-07|TBA|TBA|Future interim releaseLegend: {{legend2Old version, not maintained#fef8c6border=1px solid#fef8c6}} {{legend2Current stable version#c1e6f5border=1px solid#c1e6f5}}

Derivatives

Xubuntu has been developed into several new versions by third-party developers:

Element OS

A distribution for home theater PCs — discontinued in 2011.WEB,distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=element, Element, DistroWatch, 8 February 2021, March 2019,

Emmabuntüs

A distribution designed to facilitate the repacking of computers donated to Emmaüs Communities.

GalliumOS

A Linux distribution for ChromeOS devices.WEB,galliumos.org, GalliumOS – A fast and lightweight Linux distro for ChromeOS devices, 6 May 2017, GalliumOS,

OzOS

A now-defunct Linux distribution based on a severely stripped down version of Xubuntu. Focused on Enlightenment, e17, compiled directly from SVN source. Easy update of e17 is made from SVN updates, by a click on an icon or from CLI using morlenxus’ script.WEB,distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=OzOS, OzOS, 21 July 2009, DistroWatch, June 2009, WEB,www.cafelinux.org/OzOs, OzOS | apt:foo, 21 July 2009, CafeLinux.org, July 2007,www.cafelinux.org/OzOs," title="web.archive.org/web/20160809141118www.cafelinux.org/OzOs,">web.archive.org/web/20160809141118www.cafelinux.org/OzOs, 9 August 2016, dead,

Black Lab Linux (previously OS4 and PC/OS)

A derivative of Xubuntu the interface for which was made to look like BeOS.WEB,www.pc-os.org, Welcome to PC/OS, 10 February 2009, PC/OS, February 2009, A 64-bit version was released in May 2009.WEB,distrowatch.com/?newsid=05494, Distribution Release: PC/OS 10 “Open64 Workstation”, 21 July 2009, DistroWatch, May 2009, In 2010 PC/OS moved to more unified look to its parent distribution and a GNOME version was released on 3 March 2010.WEB,www.pc-os.org/2010/03/pcos-openworkstation-101-gnome-released.html, PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 GNOME Released, 13 April 2010, PC/OS, March 2010, dead,www.pc-os.org/2010/03/pcos-openworkstation-101-gnome-released.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100430161612www.pc-os.org/2010/03/pcos-openworkstation-101-gnome-released.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100430161612www.pc-os.org/2010/03/pcos-openworkstation-101-gnome-released.html, 30 April 2010, Renamed Black Lab Linux on 19 November 2013.WEB,www.os4online.com/2013/11/os4-openlinux-project-terminated-black.html, OS/4 OpenLinux Project renamed. Black Lab Linux Project born., 29 December 2014, OS4, 19 November 2013,www.os4online.com/2013/11/os4-openlinux-project-terminated-black.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141230044438www.os4online.com/2013/11/os4-openlinux-project-terminated-black.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141230044438www.os4online.com/2013/11/os4-openlinux-project-terminated-black.html, 30 December 2014, dead,

UberStudent Linux

A discontinued education-use derivative of Xubuntu LTS releasesWEB,uberstudent.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=599#p1835, UberStudent Forums, Ewen, Stephen, 22 June 2014, 17 February 2016, WEB,distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=uberstudent, UberStudent, DistroWatch, 15 December 2020, March 2019,

UserOS Ultra

A minimal Xubuntu variant was produced for Australia’s PC User magazine.WEB,www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/dir/LatestEdition, March 2008: Notebook Mega Test, 10 February 2009, PC User, March 2008,

Voyager

A French distributionWEB,voyagerlive.org, voyagerlive.org, voyagerlive.org, 2010-08-24, 2020-05-02, which comes with the Avant Window Navigator.WEB,linuxguide.altervista.org/Guida_Live-Voyager_12.04/awn-en.html, Linux Guide — liveVoyager 12.04 User Guide, Linuxguide.altervista.org, 2013-05-06, WEB,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/voyager.html, Voyager 12.04 review — Voyage, Dedoimedo, WEB,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/voyager-x8.html, Voyager X8 Debian review, Dedoimedo, WEB,www.dedoimedo.com/computers/voyager-x8.html, Voyager X8 Debian review, www.dedoimedo.com, 28 January 2019, WEB,news.softpedia.com/news/gorgeous-live-voyager-16-04-linux-os-comes-hot-on-the-heels-of-ubuntu-16-04-lts-503578.shtml, Gorgeous Live Voyager 16.04 Linux OS Comes Hot on the Heels of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Softpedia,

ChaletOS

An English distribution similar to the Windows operating system in appearance.WEB,sites.google.com/site/chaletoslinux/home, ChaletOS Home Page, 18 December 2020, WEB,distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=chaletos, ChaletOS, DistroWatch, 18 December 2020, March 2019,

See also

• List of Ubuntu-based distributions
• Comparison of Linux distributions
• Open-source software

References

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External links

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