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Xubuntu is a community-developed operating system based on Ubuntu. It comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.



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Xubuntu Summary
Distribution Xubuntu
Home Page https://www.xubuntu.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-10-12: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 23.10
 • 2023-04-21: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 23.04
 • 2022-10-20: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 22.10
 • 2022-04-22: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 22.04
 • 2021-10-15: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 21.10
 • 2021-04-23: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 21.04
 • 2020-10-23: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 20.10
 • 2020-04-24: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 20.04
 • 2019-10-17: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 19.10
 • 2019-04-19: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 19.04
 • 2018-10-19: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 18.10
 • 2018-04-27: Distribution Release: Xubuntu 18.04
 • More Xubuntu releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2020-03-26 Xubuntu announces testing week
 • 2016-11-01 Xubuntu's new status tracker
 • 2016-04-02 Editing Xubuntu's application menu
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 23.10
mantic
23.04
lunar
22.10
kinetic
Release Date 2023-10-12 2023-04-20 2022-10-20
End Of Life 2024-07 2024-01 2023-07
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1700-3200 1700-3200 2800-2900
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce
Package Management DEB (apt), Snap DEB (apt) DEB (apt)
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual      
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List 23.10 23.04 22.10
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.7.2
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 23.0.0 22.0.0
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.2.15 5.2
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.6 2.4.2 2.4.2
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5
firefox (122.0) 1 snap snap
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.12.1
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- --
gimp (2.10.36) 2.10.34 2.10.34 2.10.32
glibc (2.39) 2.38 2.37 2.36
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.06
gtk (4.12.5) 4.12.2 4.10.1 4.8.1
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 30 30 30
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) 7.6.2 7.5.2 7.4.2rc3
linux (6.7.3) 6.5.0 6.2 5.19
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 23.2.1 23.0.2 22.2.1
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) -- -- --
openssh (9.6p1) 9.3p1 9.0p1 9.0p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.10u 3.0.8 3.0.5
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.34.0
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.11.4 3.11.2 3.10.6
qt (6.6.1) -- -- --
samba (4.19.4) 4.18.6 -- --
systemd (255.3) 253.5 252.5 251.4
thunderbird (115.7.0) 115.3.1 102.10.0 102.3.3
vim (9.1) 9.0 9.0 9.0
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.17.0
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.7 21.1.7 21.1.4


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Version: 22.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 12


I think the first distro of Linux I ever used was Ubuntu. It was certainly the first distro I ever kept for any length of time. I'm not one to buy the newest computer available, so when my machine started being slow compared to the software being offered, I switched to Xubuntu because I found XFCE faster than the old version of GNOME (that was the time period the switch happened). I ended up sticking with it for ages. I rarely went with another distro. But, at some point, it started causing me problems with laptops in particular. There were issues with screen tearing, primarily. It was fixable, but annoying. But, then the distro started slowing down. I'd install the same software -- sometimes the same versions -- on other distros and they'd run faster. Ultimately, it became an unusable situation. I'd have two partitions for comparison, I'd almost always start out with Xubuntu on a machine. But, another distro -- almost anything, also XFCE-based -- would end up faster. I'm sad to leave this one behind. It's my favorite distro, all throughout my life. But, it's no longer any of the things that made me love it to begin with. I'd come back in the blink of an eye if they fix these issues, but at this point, I'm off to other distros. I just can't take the bugginess and sluggishness anymore. That's the antithesis of what XFCE was supposed to be, to me. Great job, over the years, though. There's no distro I used more often in my life than this one. I hope some version in the future ends up being more like the Xubuntu I fell in love with ages ago. I'm definitely open to coming back to it. But, these aren't new problems, these buggy/sluggish issues go back quite a few LTS versions, now. Still, here's hoping. This was really my favorite distro for most of my life.


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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-17
Votes: 1


lightweight, fast for this old netbook (acer aspire one 722, upgraded to 4GB ram, & ssd storage), simple and best of all, xbuntu comes with a minimal version which i am running. great to learn linux and break things. uninstalled snaps and further minimized by removing librewriter, etc. bare bones works fine for me. reinstalled firefox via apt since snap were deleted. tweaked firefox to run a bit faster. like i said great version (especially the minimal) to learn and practice linux. I'm not saying all is perfect, but my complaints could probably be applied to all linux distros (laggy mouse, wonky interfaces, sluggish responses), but really... i'm lucky this old netbook even runs!


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Version: 23.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-16
Votes: 2


I have to give Xubuntu a 10 but there's room for improvement. I give it a 10 because I have used this distro about 10 years. I switched from Ubuntu to Xubuntu where Gnome 3 entered and it removed all of my panel apps in Ubuntu 10.10. Look, those customized panel apps are gold. Everything is right there, not taking up much space or resources!

The GUI is fast, responsive, low resource. Gaming on Xubuntu is exceptional.

The desktop is so easy to customize with rotating backgrounds right out of the box. Few others do that.

On Xubuntu, you can download the Kernel from kernel.org and compile it yourself easily. I tried on Manjaro- no luck and the Kernel dev more or less mocked me for wanting to do that. Not with Xubunut. I'm running the latest bleeding edge Kernel with the latest AMD GPU modules and optimized specifically for my Ryzen 5800x.

Complaints:
* I wish some of the graphic libraries were newer. What we have now are very stable ones and that's good. However, I have an AMD GPU now and it benefits from every update!
* Like another user said, Thunar could benefit from actions. Pyrenamer's development death has meant that arranging files is a chore. I'd love to order files by EXE data and then mass rename them. That's not difficult to do. I would code something if I could. I take photos on my phone then I want to file them into folders by year. You really can't do that without some external tool like the defunct Pyrenamer. Oh well.
* We could use some bling. I have never gotten Compiz to work on Xubuntu but maybe that has since changed but we could really use that option. Linux is too beautiful and customizable to waste.




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