Ubuntu 23.04
Xubuntu Minimal provides a lighter-weight alternative to the full-size Xubuntu desktop. The core desktop experience allows you to build your very own version of Xubuntu with the tricky configuration already done for you. Scroll through the screenshots below to see it in action. When you’re done, download Xubuntu Minimal
Ubuntu 23.04
We have much to report in the Xubuntu development update for March 2023! Xubuntu Minimal is finally available. The recently added Flatpak support has been removed. Xubuntu has embraced Mastodon as our latest social network. And we’ve updated a ton of packages! Read on for more. Xubuntu Minimal has
Flatpak
Out of the box, Xubuntu supports Debian, Snap, and AppImage packages with no additional configuration or installation packages. If you want to expand your options further, you can easily enable Flatpak in Xubuntu. Here’s how! What is Flatpak? Flatpak bills itself as “the future of apps on Linux.” It’
Ubuntu 23.04
Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s the Xubuntu development update for December 2022! November was on track to be a quiet month for Xubuntu development. However, once-daily builds became available toward the end of the month, we were finally able to start publishing some changes. With a
Mastodon
Are you set up to receive the latest updates as I publish them? There are a few reasons you might not be: I recently moved this blog to a new platform and subdomain; Twitter is rapidly declining, and users are going elsewhere; my updates have been infrequent, and you thought
Ubuntu 22.10
Xubuntu 22.10, “Kinetic Kudu,” has been released! The antelope-inspired release packs the latest and greatest GNOME 43, MATE 1.26, and Xfce 4.17 packages. Some long-running issues have finally been addressed, making for a better overall experience over recent releases. I hope this new release makes using your
Ubuntu 22.10
In September, Xubuntu 22.10 Beta was released, various bugs were fixed, and our issue trackers received a powerful update. Xubuntu 22.10 Beta Xubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” Beta ( download, release notes) was released on Thursday, September 29. It features the latest Xfce 4.17, GNOME 43, and MATE
Ubuntu 22.10
We have some great news to report in the Xubuntu development update for September 2022. Xubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” is set to arrive on October 20, 2022. It will include the latest updates from Xfce 4.17, GNOME 43, MATE 1.26, and the family of supported applications that
Darkbar
Darkbar 1.0.1 improves support for Flatpak installations and extends support to GNOME and other desktop environments supporting the FreeDesktop.org dark style preference. And for the first time, Darkbar is available on Flathub! What is Darkbar? Darkbar is a tool for pixel perfectionists and dark mode users. It
MATE
MenuLibre 2.3.0 features experimental support for the MATE desktop environment and improves compatibility with other environments. What’s New? New Features * Added experimental support for the MATE desktop environment ( #40), as found in Solus and Ubuntu MATE * Added support for the Unity desktop environment, as found in Ubuntu
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish” will be released tomorrow, April 21, 2022. It features a modest set of updates for users coming from Xubuntu 21.10. If you’re coming from 20.04, there’s much more to take in. Check out the 20.10, 21.04, and 21.10
Documentation
The new Xubuntu documentation is finally complete. Two years, eight contributors, and numerous Zoom meetings resulted in over eighty commits refreshing our user docs. Incredibly, we managed to land all of the updates in time for the Xubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish” release. Here’s how we got here. Doing
