Ubuntu 15.04

Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" Released

Sean Davis

23 Apr 2015 — 2 min read

Another six months of development have passed, and Xubuntu 15.04 is now available! This release includes the hotly anticipated Xfce 4.12, released on February 28, and the typical application, appearance, documentation, and translation updates.

What’s New?

With the release of Xfce 4.12, this list is a bit longer than usual…

Features

Xfce 4.12 and all of the wonderful things it includes!
A new application, LightDM GTK Greeter Settings, has been included to configure the login screen.
Light Locker is now configured through Xfce Power Manager
New “Xubuntu Light” and “Xubuntu Dark” color schemes in Mousepad and Xfce Terminal
QT applications now look better out of the box

Applications

abiword 3.0.1
apt-offline 1.6
blueman 1.99
exo (Xfce support library) 0.10.4
firefox 37.0
garcon (Xfce menu library) 0.4.0
gnumeric 1.12.18
inxi 2.2.16
light-locker 1.6
lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0
lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings 1.1.0
mousepad 0.4.0
parole 0.8.0
pavucontrol 2.0.3
ristretto 0.8.0
thunar 1.6.6
thunderbird 31.6
tumbler (Xfce thumbnailer) 0.1.31
xfce4-appfinder 4.12.0
xfce4-dev-tools 4.12.0
xfce4-indicator-plugin 2.3.3
xfce4-netload-plugin 1.2.4
xfce4-panel 4.12.0
xfce4-places-plugin 1.7.0
xfce4-power-manager 1.4.3
xfce4-screenshooter 1.8.2
xfce4-session 4.12.1
xfce4-settings 4.12.0
xfce4-systemload-plugin 1.1.2
xfce4-taskmanager 1.1.0
xfce4-weather-plugin 0.8.5
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.4.3
xfce4-xkb-plugin 0.7.1
xfconf 4.12.0
xfdesktop4 4.12.0
xfwm4 4.12.1

Screenshots

LightDM Gtk Greeter 2.0

Firefox and Thunderbird

Office Applications

Xfce Applications

LightDM GTK Greeter Settings

Xubuntu Light and Dark

Desktop

Known Issues

Catfish: Authentication in live session accepts any value as a password ( LP: #1395720)
Xfce Panel: Dragging applications in the taskbar causes repaint errors ( LP: #1397095)
Xfce Notes/Panel: When upgrading, the notes plugin is removed from the panel ( LP: #1446598)
Power Indicator: indicator-power icons are incorrect after upgrade ( LP: #1446605)
Virtualbox/VMWare: Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work ( LP: #1447038)

Download

Head to the Xubuntu website to grab the latest LTS or stable version here.

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