xubuntu

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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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument#Mission%20Statement|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604022538/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument#Mission%20Statement|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument|access-date=10 February 2009|last=Somerville|first=Cody|year=2008}} This document was approved by the Ubuntu Community Council in 2008.{{cite web|title=August 2008 Team Reports|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/August2008#Community_Council|access-date=15 April 2020}}

In November 2009, Cody A.W. Somerville stepped down as the project leader and made a call for nominations to help find a successor.{{cite web|url=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2009-November/007180.html|title=Xubuntu Project Lead: Call for Nominations|access-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315115546/https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2009-November/007180.html|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2010-01-10|title=Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2010-01-10|access-date=29 March 2010}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/introducing-xubuntu-council|title=Introducing the Xubuntu Council|publisher=Xubuntu|date=1 January 2017|access-date=30 March 2019}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XubuntuDapperReleaseNotes|title=Xubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314081641/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XubuntuDapperReleaseNotes|archive-date=14 March 2012}}

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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.

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/news/6_10_released|title=Xubuntu 6.10 Released|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828155000/http://www.xubuntu.org/news/6_10_released|archive-date=28 August 2008}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/12/xubuntu_gets_edgy.html|title=Xubuntu Gets Edgy|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Martin|first=Caitlyn|date=December 2011|work=O'Reilly Media}}

The developers claimed that this version of Xubuntu could run on 64 MB of RAM, with 128 MB "strongly recommended".{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/get|title=Get Xubuntu|access-date=8 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214191650/http://www.xubuntu.org/get|archive-date=14 December 2006}}

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Xubuntu 7.04 was released on 19 April 2007. This release was based on Xfce 4.4.{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/feisty_release|title=Xubuntu 7.04 Released|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916201256/http://www.xubuntu.org/feisty_release|archive-date=16 September 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04180|title=Distribution Release: Xubuntu 7.04|access-date=7 June 2011|last=DistroWatch|date=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".{{Cite news|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=650&num=1|title=Ubuntu, Kubuntu, & Xubuntu Benchmarks|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Larabel|first=Michael|date=February 2007|work=Phoronix}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/news/gutsy/release|title=Xubuntu 7.10 Released|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802225740/http://www.xubuntu.org/news/gutsy/release|archive-date=2 August 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04541|title=Distribution Release: Xubuntu 7.10|access-date=7 June 2011|last=DistroWatch|date=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".{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/get|title=Get Xubuntu|access-date=8 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217182227/http://www.xubuntu.org/get#edgy|archive-date=17 December 2007}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release|title=Xubuntu 8.04 Released|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028145320/http://www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release|archive-date=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 viewer

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release|title=Xubuntu 8.10 released|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Canonical Ltd|date=October 2008|archive-date=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122072817/http://www.xubuntu.org/news/intrepid/release|url-status=dead}}

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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".{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/JauntyJackalope/Final|title=Xubuntu 9.04 Announcement|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Campbell|first=Jim|date=April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604023951/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/JauntyJackalope/Final|archive-date=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.

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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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/KarmicKoala/Final|title=Final|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Xubuntu Team|date=October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314081707/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/KarmicKoala/Final|archive-date=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".

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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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/LucidLynx/Final|title=What's new in Xubuntu|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Somerville|first=Cody|date=April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234045/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/LucidLynx/Final|archive-date=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.{{cite news|url=http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/10/xubuntu-linux-10-04|title=Xubuntu Linux 10.04|access-date=14 June 2011|last=Lynch|first=Jim|date=May 2010|work=Desktop Linux Reviews|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609221648/http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/10/xubuntu-linux-10-04|archive-date=9 June 2011}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/MaverickMeerkat/Final|title=What's new in Xubuntu|access-date=7 June 2011|last=Kravetz|first=Charlie|date=October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234222/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/MaverickMeerkat/Final|archive-date=3 June 2011}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/ReleaseNotes#Xubuntu|title=ReleaseNotes|access-date=8 June 2011|last=Pedretti|first=Fabio|date=May 2011}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/01/xubuntu-11-04/6|title=Xubuntu 11.04|access-date=6 June 2011|last=Lynch|first=Jim|date=June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122030422/http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/01/xubuntu-11-04/6|archive-date=22 January 2013}}

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Xubuntu 11.10 was released on 13 October 2011, the same day that Ubuntu 11.10 was released.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/OneiricOcelot/Final|title=Information about Xubuntu 11.10|access-date=14 October 2011|date=13 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105034741/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/OneiricOcelot/Final|archive-date=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.

File:Xubuntu-12.04-en.pngXubuntu 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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu|title=New Features in Xubuntu 12.04|access-date=6 May 2012|last=Canonical|date=26 April 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/12-04-release|title=Xubuntu 12.04 released|access-date=6 May 2012|last=Xubuntu Project|date=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/10/whisker-menu-xfce-ubuntu-app-menu-with-search|title=Power Up Your App Launching on Xubuntu With 'Whisker Menu'|date=30 October 2013|last=Sneddon|first=Joey|work=OMG!Ubuntu!|access-date=8 April 2019}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/12-10-release|title=Xubuntu 12.10 is out!|access-date=18 October 2012|last=Xubuntu|date=18 October 2012}}

The release included one notable bug fix: "No more window traces or "black on black" in installer".{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu|title=Xubuntu 12.10 Release Notes|access-date=8 November 2012|last=Xubuntu|date=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.

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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.{{cite web|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/13-04-release|title=Xubuntu 13.04 is here!|publisher=Xubuntu.org|date=25 April 2013|access-date=28 April 2013}}{{cite web|first=Joey-Elijah|last=Sneddon|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/ubuntu-siblings|title=Ubuntu Flavours Release 13.04 Updates|publisher=OMG!Ubuntu!|date=2013-04-25|access-date=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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/xubuntu-1304-raring-ringtail-iso-size.html|title=Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Iso Size Raised To 1GB, Gimp And Gnumeric To Be Installed By Default|access-date=2013-05-06|date=15 May 2013|work=WebUpD8}}{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=07824|title=Distribution Release: Xubuntu 13.04 (DistroWatch.com News)|publisher=Distrowatch.com|access-date=2013-05-06}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/saucy-salamander-final|title=Xubuntu 13.10 is released!|publisher=Xubuntu|date=17 October 2013|access-date=18 October 2013}}

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Xubuntu 14.04 LTS was released on 17 April 2014 and, being an LTS, featured three years of support.{{cite web|title=Xubuntu 14.04 released!|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/14-04-release|access-date=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.{{cite web|first=Joey-Elijah|last=Sneddon|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/expect-xubuntu-14-04-lts|title=What to Expect in Xubuntu 14.04 LTS and Lubuntu 14.04 LTS|publisher=OMG!Ubuntu!|date=2013-07-27|access-date=2013-11-30}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/ubuntu-14-04-beta-1-download|title=Ubuntu 14.04 Flavours Release First Beta|access-date=2 March 2014|last=Sneddon|first=Joey|date=2 March 2014|work=OMG Ubuntu}}

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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.{{Cite news|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu|title=Xubuntu 14.10|access-date=24 October 2014|last=knome|date=23 October 2014|work=Xubuntu Team}}{{Cite news|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/14-10-release|title=Xubuntu 14.10 released!|access-date=24 October 2014|last=Xubuntu Team|date=23 October 2014|work=Xubuntu}}

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Xubuntu 15.04 was released on 23 April 2015.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule|title=Vivid Vervet Release Schedule|access-date=19 December 2014|last=Canonical Ltd|date=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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu|title=VividVervet/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu-Ubuntu Wiki|work=ubuntu.com|access-date=25 April 2015}}

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Xubuntu 15.10 was released on 22 October 2015.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule|title=WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule – Ubuntu Wiki|work=ubuntu.com|access-date=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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/FinalRelease/Xubuntu|title=WilyWerewolf/FinalRelease/Xubuntu-Ubuntu Wiki|work=ubuntu.com|access-date=22 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/xubuntu-15-10-officially-announced-uses-libreoffice-writer-and-calc-xfce-4-12-495122.shtml|title=Xubuntu 15.10 Officially Announced, Uses LibreOffice Writer and Calc, Xfce 4.12|first=Marius|last=Nestor|date=22 October 2015|work=Softpedia|access-date=23 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-15-10-release|title=Xubuntu 15.10 released!|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=25 October 2015}}

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Released on 21 April 2016, Xubuntu 16.04 is an LTS version, supported for three years until April 2019.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule|title=XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule – Ubuntu Wiki|work=ubuntu.com|access-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-04-release|title=Xubuntu 16.04 released!|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=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".{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/ubuntu-1604-something-get-excited-about|title=Ubuntu 16.04: Something to Get Excited About|work=Linux.com – The source for Linux information|first=Jack|last=Wallen|date=10 March 2016|access-date=23 April 2016}}File:Xubuntu 16.10 English.png

Xubuntu 16.10 was released on 13 October 2016.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule|title=YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule|date=22 April 2016|access-date=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".{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-10-release|title=Xubuntu 16.10 Released|author=The Xubuntu community|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=16 October 2016}}

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Xubuntu 17.04 was released on 13 April 2017.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule|title=ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule|date=13 April 2017|access-date=13 April 2017}}

This version continued the then-porting of Xfce panel plugins and applications from 16.10, along with a slight refresh of core theming to improve GTK3 support. It is also the first Xubuntu version to install a swap file instead of the former swap partition.

Joey Sneddon of OMG Ubuntu indicated that this release is mostly just bug fixes and has little in the way of new features.{{cite web|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/download-ubuntu-17-04-flavors|title=Ubuntu 17.04 flavors are now available to download, including Ubuntu Budgie|date=13 April 2017|last=Sneddon|first=Joey|work=omgubuntu.co.uk|access-date=13 April 2017}}

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Xubuntu 17.10 was released on 19 October 2017.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule|title=Artful Aardvark Release Schedule|access-date=23 April 2017|author=Canonical Ltd|work=wiki.ubuntu.com|date=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-17-10-release|title=Xubuntu 17.10 released!|author=The Xubuntu community|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=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".{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09995|title=Distribution Release: Xubuntu 17.10 (DistroWatch.com News)|author=DistroWatch|author-link=DistroWatch|work=distrowatch.com|access-date=29 October 2017}}

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Xubuntu 18.04 is a long-term support version, released on 26 April 2018.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule|title=BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule-Ubuntu Wiki|work=wiki.ubuntu.com|access-date=29 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/18.04/release-notes|title=Xubuntu 18.04 Release Notes|work=wiki.xubuntu.org|access-date=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.

File:Xubuntu 18.10 Desktop.jpg

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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-18-10-released|title=Xubuntu 18.10|author=The Xubuntu community|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=19 October 2018|date=18 October 2018}}

This version doesn't allow updating from a 32-bit installation of the previous 18.04. 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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/requirements|title=Xubuntu System Requirements|author=The Xubuntu community|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=19 October 2018}}{{cite web|title=Xubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish – Super green?|url=https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012136/http://dedoimedo.com/computers/xubuntu-cosmic.html|date=31 October 2018|last=Ljubuncic|first=Igor|archive-date=5 November 2018|work=dedoimedo.com|url-status=live}}

File:Xubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" Screenshot.png

Xubuntu 19.04 was released on 18 April 2019.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released|title=Xubuntu 19.04 released!|access-date=5 January 2020|author=Xubuntu Team|work=xubuntu.org|date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419083708/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released|archive-date=19 April 2019}} Starting with this version, Xubuntu no longer offered 32-bit ISOs.{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Xubuntu-No-More-32-bit|title=Xubuntu Will Stop Producing 32-bit ISOs Beginning With Xubuntu 19.04|last=Larabel|first=Michael|work=Phoronix|access-date=28 January 2019}}

In this release, new default applications were included, such as GIMP, LibreOffice Impress. LibreOffice Draw and AptURL,{{cite web|url=https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/xubuntu-d-development|title=Xubuntu 19.04: Development|work=blueprints.launchpad.net|date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417103932/https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/xubuntu-d-development|archive-date=17 April 2019|access-date=17 April 2019}} and Orage was removed.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/19.04/release-notes|title=Xubuntu 19.04 Release Notes ‹ Xubuntu Wiki|work=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released|title=Xubuntu 19.04 released!|access-date=23 April 2019|author=The Xubuntu team.|work=xubuntu.org|date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419083708/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-04-released|archive-date=19 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10526|title=Distribution Release: Xubuntu 19.04|access-date=23 April 2019|work=DistroWatch|date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423194735/https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10526|archive-date=23 April 2019}}

File:Xubuntu 19.10 Desktop.png

This standard release was the last one before the next LTS release and arrived on 17 October 2019.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EoanErmine%20/ReleaseSchedule|title=Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Release Schedule|access-date=7 May 2019|author=Canonical Ltd|work=wiki.ubuntu.com|date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507161108/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EoanErmine%20/ReleaseSchedule|archive-date=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/release/19-10|title=19.10 « Releases|work=xubuntu.org}}{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-19-10-released|title=Xubuntu 19.10 released!|work=xubuntu.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pcnewsbuzz.com/2019/10/17/xubuntu-19-10-released-with-xfce-4-14-desktop-environment-zfs-on-root-and-more|title=Xubuntu 19.10 Released with Xfce 4.14 Desktop Environment, ZFS on Root, and More|date=17 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://th3stars.com/2019/10/17/xubuntu-19-10-released-with-xfce-4-14-desktop-environment-zfs-on-root-and-more|title=Xubuntu 19.10 Released with Xfce 4.14 Desktop Environment, ZFS on Root, and More – | ALLSTAR|date=22 March 2021}}

File:Xubuntu 20.04.png

This release is a long-term support release and was released on 23 April 2020.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa%20/ReleaseSchedule|title=FocalFossa Release Schedule|access-date=24 October 2019|last=Conrad|first=AD|work=wiki.ubuntu.com|date=16 October 2019}} Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS was released on 6 August 2020.{{cite web|url=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-August/000259.html|title=Ubuntu 20.04.1 (Focal Fossa) released|date=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-04-released|title=Xubuntu 20.04 released!|access-date=24 April 2020|author=The Xubuntu team|work=xubuntu.org|date=15 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114547/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-04-released|archive-date=24 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/20.04/release-notes|title=Xubuntu 20.04 Release Notes|access-date=24 April 2020|author=bluesabre|work=xubuntu.org|date=15 April 2020}}

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This standard release was made on 22 October 2020.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GroovyGorilla%20/ReleaseSchedule|title=GroovyGorilla Release Schedule|access-date=25 April 2020|last=Laney|work=wiki.ubuntu.com|date=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-10-released|title=Xubuntu 20.10 released!|access-date=28 October 2020|author=The Xubuntu team|work=xubuntu.org|date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028194004/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-20-10-released|archive-date=28 October 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/20.10/release-notes|title=Xubuntu 20.10 Release Notes|access-date=22 October 2020|author=bluesabre|work=wiki.xubuntu.org|date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028194007/https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/20.10/release-notes|archive-date=28 October 2020|url-status=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".{{cite web|url=https://fossbytes.com/seven-official-flavors-of-ubuntu-20-10-groovy-gorilla-released|title=Seven Official Flavors of Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" Released|access-date=9 November 2020|last=Kumar|first=Sarvottam|work=fossbytes.com|date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201109150600/https://fossbytes.com/seven-official-flavors-of-ubuntu-20-10-groovy-gorilla-released|archive-date=9 November 2020|url-status=live}}

File:Xubuntu 21.04 Desktop en.png

Xubuntu 21.04 is a standard release, made on 22 April 2021.{{cite web|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hirsute-hippo-release-schedule/18539|title=Hirsute Hippo Release Schedule|access-date=9 November 2020|last=Laney|first=Iain|work=discourse.ubuntu.com|date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102182937/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hirsute-hippo-release-schedule/18539|archive-date=2 November 2020|url-status=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-04-released|title=Xubuntu 21.04 released!|access-date=22 April 2021|work=xubuntu.org|date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422224929/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-04-released|archive-date=22 April 2021|url-status=live}}

The release also included a full Adwaita icon theme, instead of shipping the partial version from previous releases due to "sub-par experience."{{Cite web|title=Xubuntu 21.04 Release Notes ‹ Xubuntu Wiki|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/21.04/release-notes#major_updates|access-date=2024-06-29|website=wiki.xubuntu.org}}

File:Xubuntu 21.10 Desktop en.png

Xubuntu 21.10 is a standard release, and was released on 14 October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-schedule/18540|title=Impish Indri Release Schedule|access-date=25 April 2021|last=Laney|first=Iain|work=discourse.ubuntu.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425125759/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-schedule/18540|archive-date=25 April 2021|url-status=live}}

This release included the addition of GNOME Disk Analyzer, GNOME Disk Utility, and the media playback software Rhythmbox.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-10-released|title=Xubuntu 21.10 released!|access-date=15 October 2021|work=xubuntu.org|date=15 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015154824/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-21-10-released|archive-date=15 October 2021|url-status=live}} It also included PipeWire alongside the already existing PulseAudio, in line with other Ubuntu flavours.

File:Xubuntu 22.04 Desktop en.png

This long term support release was made on 21 April 2022 and will be supported for three years until April 2025.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-04-released|title=Xubuntu 22.04 released!|access-date=15 April 2022|author=The Xubuntu team|work=xubuntu.org|date=21 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220425233241/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-04-released/|archive-date=25 April 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.04/release-notes|title=Xubuntu 22.04 Release Notes|access-date=26 April 2022|work=wiki.xubuntu.org|date=21 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220425233241/https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.04/release-notes|archive-date=25 April 2022|url-status=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.

File:Xubuntu 22.10.png

Xubuntu 22.10 was released on 20 October 2022, as an interim release supported for nine months, until July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-schedule/27263|title=Ubuntu Kinetic Kudu Release Schedule|access-date=July 17, 2022|last=Murray|first=BD|work=discourse.ubuntu.com|date=9 June 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220717163424/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-schedule/27263/1|archive-date=17 July 2022|url-status=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.{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-10-released/|title=Xubuntu 22.10 released!|access-date=13 November 2022|work=xubuntu.org|date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022202626/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-22-10-released/|archive-date=22 October 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.10/release-notes|title=Xubuntu 22.10 Release Notes|access-date=13 November 2022|work=wiki.xubuntu.org|date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031002514/https://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/22.10/release-notes|archive-date=31 October 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-notes/27976|title=Kinetic Kudu Release Notes|access-date=26 December 2022|work=discourse.ubuntu.com}}{{cite web|url=https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-22-10-release/|title=Xubuntu 22.10 Releases With Xfce Upgrades, and Other Refinements|access-date=13 November 2022|last=Das|first=Ankush|work=itsfoss.com|date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221113021933/https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-22-10-release/|archive-date=13 November 2022|url-status=live}}

File:Xubuntu 23.04 Desktop English.png

Xubuntu 23.04 is an interim release, which was made on 20 April 2023 and was supported until January 2024.{{Cite web|title=Xubuntu 23.04 released!|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-23-04-released/|author=The Xubuntu team|work=xubuntu.org|access-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230430215735/https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-23-04-released/|archive-date=30 April 2023|url-status=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.{{cite web|url=https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-23-04/|title=Xubuntu 23.04 Releases With Xfce 4.18 and Pipewire|access-date=15 April 2023|last=Rudra|first=Sourav|work=itsfoss.com|date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230430220704/https://news.itsfoss.com/xubuntu-23-04/|archive-date=30 April 2023|url-status=live}}

Xubuntu 23.10 was released on 12 October 2023 and is supported for nine months until July 2024.{{cite web|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-schedule/34989|title=Mantic Minotaur Release Schedule|access-date=3 May 2023|last=Murray|first=BD|work=discourse.ubuntu.com|date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230503220606/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-schedule/34989/1|archive-date=3 May 2023|url-status=live}}

File:Xubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat Desktop English.png Xubuntu 24.04 is a long-term support that was released on 25 April 2024, and is supported for three years until April 2027.{{Cite web|title=Xubuntu 24.04 released! « Xubuntu|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-24-04-released/|access-date=2024-04-25|website=xubuntu.org}}

Xubuntu 24.10 is an interim release that was released on 10 October 2024, and is supported for nine months until July 2025. {{Cite web|title=Xubuntu 24.10 released! « Xubuntu|url=https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-24-10-released/|access-date=2024-10-11|website=xubuntu.org}}

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.{{Cite mailing list|url=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2004-October/000003.html|title=Ubuntu 4.10 announcement|date=20 October 2004|access-date=2008-08-19|mailing-list=ubuntu-announce|last=Shuttleworth|first=Mark|author-link=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.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames|title=DevelopmentCodeNames-Ubuntu Wiki|publisher=Wiki.ubuntu.com|access-date=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.

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.{{cite web|last=Canonical Ltd|date=September 2010|title=Get Xubuntu|url=http://www.xubuntu.org/get|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622083826/http://www.xubuntu.org/get|archive-date=22 June 2010|access-date=8 June 2011}}

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".{{cite web|last=Honeyford|first=Martyn|date=January 2007|title=Reduce your Linux memory footprint|url=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-memory.html|access-date=24 December 2010|website=IBM}}

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".{{cite web|last=Smart|first=Christopher|date=9 September 2009|title=Lubuntu: Floats Like a Butterfly, Stings Like a Bee|url=http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618102018/http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7520/1.html|archive-date=18 June 2010|access-date=15 February 2020|work=Linux Magazine}}

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.{{Cite news|last=Tucker|first=Laura|date=Feb 2016|title=What OS are you using and why|url=http://maketecheasier.com/what-os-are-you-using|work=Make Tech Easier}}

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

;Element OS

:A distribution for home theater PCs — discontinued in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=element|title=Element|last=DistroWatch|access-date=8 February 2021|date=March 2019}}

;Emmabuntüs

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

;GalliumOS

:A Linux distribution for ChromeOS devices.{{cite web|url=https://galliumos.org|title=GalliumOS – A fast and lightweight Linux distro for ChromeOS devices|access-date=6 May 2017|last=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.{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=OzOS|title=OzOS|access-date=21 July 2009|work=DistroWatch|date=June 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cafelinux.org/OzOs|title=OzOS | apt:foo|access-date=21 July 2009|last=CafeLinux.org|date=July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809141118/http://www.cafelinux.org/OzOs|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

;Black Lab Linux (previously OS4 and PC/OS)

:A derivative of Xubuntu the interface for which was made to look like BeOS.{{cite web|url=http://www.pc-os.org|title=Welcome to PC/OS|access-date=10 February 2009|last=PC/OS|date=February 2009}} A 64-bit version was released in May 2009.{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05494|title=Distribution Release: PC/OS 10 "Open64 Workstation"|access-date=21 July 2009|work=DistroWatch|date=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.pc-os.org/2010/03/pcos-openworkstation-101-gnome-released.html|title=PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 GNOME Released|access-date=13 April 2010|last=PC/OS|date=March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430161612/http://www.pc-os.org/2010/03/pcos-openworkstation-101-gnome-released.html|archive-date=30 April 2010}} Renamed Black Lab Linux on 19 November 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.os4online.com/2013/11/os4-openlinux-project-terminated-black.html|title=OS/4 OpenLinux Project renamed. Black Lab Linux Project born.|access-date=29 December 2014|last=OS4|date=19 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230044438/http://www.os4online.com/2013/11/os4-openlinux-project-terminated-black.html|archive-date=30 December 2014|url-status=dead}}

;UberStudent Linux

:A discontinued education-use derivative of Xubuntu LTS releases{{cite web|url=http://uberstudent.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=599#p1835|title=UberStudent Forums|last=Ewen|first=Stephen|date=22 June 2014|access-date=17 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=uberstudent|title=UberStudent|work=DistroWatch|access-date=15 December 2020|date=March 2019}}

;UserOS Ultra

:A minimal Xubuntu variant was produced for Australia's PC User magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/dir/LatestEdition|title=March 2008: Notebook Mega Test|access-date=10 February 2009|work=PC User|date=March 2008}}

;Voyager

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

;ChaletOS

:An English distribution similar to the Windows operating system in appearance.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/chaletoslinux/home|title=ChaletOS Home Page|access-date=18 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=chaletos|title=ChaletOS|work=DistroWatch|access-date=18 December 2020|date=March 2019}}

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